问题补充:
About seventy percent of the earth with water.
A. is covering
B. is covered
C. are covering
D. are covered
答案:
A. is covering
(答案→)B. is covered
C. are covering
D. are covered
解析:句意:地球大约70%的部分被水覆盖着。the earth做主语为不可数名词,所以谓语动词用单数形式,地球与水覆盖应该是动宾关系,所以用被动语态;故选B。