Antarctica is the continent which is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly __1____ with ice. This is one of the driest and__2____in the world. But people from all over the world come to__3____there. Near the South Pole， three thousand people live together in a place__4____ Amundsen-Scott Station.
The station has libraries,cinemas,shops， sports rooms， canteens and laboratories(实验室).There is electricity(电),and they have__5____ the system that they use to have a conversation(交谈)__6____someone in another place. And they have__7____ electronic machines that stores information and uses programs to help them find,organize,or change the information.
But the people here __8____ travel by car,or train,or bus,because there aren"t any roads or railways near the station. They travel by ship,helicopter,plane,or snow tractor,or__9____ dogs.
There aren"t __10____ trees or flowers there,but there are hundreds of different birds and other animals.
Most of the people here are__11____ . They study plant and animal __12____ and how ice moves. The ice can tell us about changes in climate. Ray Kingman is an expert at Amundsen-Scott Station,__13____us on the phone,"This is my second year here. It"s a very interesting and beautiful place,but life is very hard . In the summer we can go swimming in hot pools of water. We __14____ new comers here for _15___study of the continent!"
1. A. cover B. covered C. covers D. covering
2. A. warm areas B. coldest places C. cool areas D. hottest places
3. A. travel B. go sightseeing C. work D. enjoy themselves
4. A. called B. call C. calls D. calling
5. A. telephones B. radios C. televisions D. record players
6. A. to B. on C. with D. at
7. A. printers B icons C. mouses D. computers
8. A. don"t B. didn"t C. weren"t D. aren"t
9. A. with B. instead of C. on D. in front of
10. A. much B. any C. many D. either
11. A. teachers B. scientists C. doctors D. workers
12. A. life B. lives C. living D. alive
13. A. to tell B. telling C. says D. speak
14. A. bring B. take C. welcome D. make
15. A. farther B. further C. nearer D. nearest
答案：1-5 BBCAA 6-10 CDAAB 11-15 ADBCD
