With the completion of Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, and the construction of Palm Island, the eighth wonder in the world, Dubai has created a series of "geographical miracles".

With the completion of Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, and the construction of Palm Island, the eighth wonder in the world, Dubai has created a series of "geographical miracles".

(1) Because Dubai is located in the throat of the Strait of Hormuz (or the throat of the Middle East oil maritime transportation route) (1); Located in the air traffic hub of Asia, Africa and Europe (1 min); The geographical location of Dubai is similar to that of Singapore (1 min).

(2) Features: UAE has a tropical desert climate, which is hot and dry all year round (1); Lack of surface water and scarce rivers (1); Vegetation is scarce, mainly drought-tolerant plants (1); Deserts are widely distributed, mainly with wind-blown sand landforms (or serious land desertification) (1 min). Cause: Because of the development of seawater desalination technology (1) and drip irrigation technology (1); Strengthen greening construction (or afforestation) and forms (1 min).

(3) Dubai is rich in oil resources (1); Mining and processing oil requires a lot of labor (1 min) and high wages (1 min); Lack of young local labor force (or small local population) (1); A large number of employment opportunities have attracted a large number of workers from neighboring countries to move in (1 minute).

Test analysis:

(1) As can be seen from the figure, Dubai is located in the throat of the Strait of Hormuz (or the throat of the Middle East oil maritime transportation route); Air traffic hubs in Asia, Africa and Europe; The geographical location of Dubai is similar to that of Singapore. So Dubai is called "Singapore in the Middle East".

(2) The UAE has a tropical desert climate, which is hot and dry all year round; Lack of surface water and scarce rivers; Vegetation is scarce, mainly drought-tolerant plants; Deserts are widely distributed, mainly with wind-blown sand landforms (or serious land desertification), which reflects the integrity of the geographical environment. The causes of Dubai's beautiful landscape of "trees are shaded, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant" are: vigorously developing seawater desalination technology and drip irrigation technology; Strengthen greening construction (or afforestation).

(3) It can be seen from the population structure of Dubai that about 83% are foreign immigrants, mainly because Dubai is rich in oil resources; Mining and processing oil requires a lot of labor and high wages; Local lack of young labor (or local population is small); A large number of employment opportunities have attracted a large number of workers from neighboring countries to move in.

Comments: This question is moderately difficult. Based on the sketch map of Dubai's geographical location, the landscape map of the UAE Pavilion of the 20 10 Shanghai World Expo, the population structure of Dubai and the travel diary of Dubai, this paper investigates students' understanding of Dubai's geographical location, natural characteristics and socio-economic characteristics.