当堂测一测之阅读篇BExploring Antarctica走进南极，探秘科考人的苦与乐。In the most 1. _ (south) part of our planet, theres a place thats covered with snow and ice all year round. But it has the clearest and cleanest air. Amazingly, in this place, the sun sometimes hangs even in the midnight sky. This place is Antarctica: the coldest, windiest and harshest (恶劣的) place on 2. _ (地球).As the worlds least-known place, Antarctica is of great 3. interest to 3. _ (科学家们) around the world. In 1983, China joined the Antarctic Treaty (南极条约). The treaty made Antarctica a 4. _ (peace) place for member countries to do scientific research. During 30 years, China has sent many scientists to Antarctica. They 5. _ (most) look at the resources under the icy land and do research about climate change and marine (海洋的) biology.Antarctica is a place with fantastic views. 6. _ (然而), life there is very hard. Food is one of the biggest problems. Frozen food which can be heated easily is peoples daily food. Fresh vegetables are hard to grow in the cold weather. Therefore, scientists often eat dried or canned vegetables.Sleep is also troublesome. In Antarctica, summer 7. l_ from November to March. During this period, Antarctica points to the sun and receives sunlight 24 hours a day. In order to get some sleep, scientists cover the windows with black plastic cloth to create “night”.Working in Antarctica is dangerous, 8. e_ when meeting gale-force (七级以上的) winds. Sometimes the wind is 9. e_ stronger than a typhoon. It can 10. _ (easy) blow people away. So there are ropes that connect buildings of some research stations. People can hold these ropes 11. _ (keep) their balance in forceful winds.Whats more, 12. _ (交流) with others is difficult. Without cables and Internet in some research stations, two-way radios are the only tools to communicate. If people want to say hello to friends and relatives, they can use satellite (卫星) phones.Although it is challenging 13. _ (work) in Antarctica, scientists passion to learn about this mysterious land will never end. It is 14. _ (hepe) that one day they will step every corner of this icy land.Scientists look up resources in Antarctica.Facts about the frozen continentAntarctica lies in the Southern Hemisphere (南半球). Seasons here are opposite of the seasons in the north. There are only two seasons in Antarctica: summer and winter. Summer in Antarctica is from November to March. It is light 24 hours a day. Winter is from April to October. It is dark 15. _ (整天).Although Antarctica has 16. _ (70) of the Earths fresh water, it sits in the middle of the largest, coldest, driest, and windiest desert. Even the hottest desert in the world sees more rain than the Dry Valleys, a place in Antarctica.There is about 17. _ (八倍) as much ice in Antarctica as in the Arctic (北极).Antarctica is the coldest place on the Earth. The coldest 18. _ (温度) ever recorded was a freezing -89.2 C.There are no permanent residents (常住居民；永久居民) living in Antarctica. No country or government owns this continent. The Antarctic Treaty made the continent a place that is not ruled by any country.19-22为选择题；23-25为英译汉。( ) 19. From Paragraph 1, we learn that the Antarctica _.A. is hot with sunshine B. has little windC. is very rainy D. is covered with ice( ) 20. Scientists go to the Antarctica to _.A. cause changes in gasesB. find out solutions to pollutionC. grow fresh vegetablesD. do scientific research( ) 21. In order to sleep well in the Antarctica, the scientists _.A. wear more clothes to keep warmB. cover the windows with black clothC. eat food with more fatD. tie the tent with ropes( ) 22. What does this passage mainly talking about?A. Working in the Antarctica.B. Sceneries of the Antarctica.C. How to live in the Antarctica.D. Climate changes of the Antarctica.23. _24. _25. _当堂测一测之阅读篇B1. southern2. the earth / Earth3. scientists4. peaceful5. mostly6. However7. lasts8. especially9. even10. easily11. to keep12. communicating13. to work14. hopeful15. all (the) day / the whole day16. 70 percent / per cent 17. eight times18. temperature19-22 DDBA23. 那里有一个中年被冰雪覆盖的地方。24. 在寒冷的天气里，新鲜的蔬菜很难生长。25. 如果人们想和亲朋好友打招呼，他们可以用卫星电话。