Module1DeepSouthPeriodOneIntroduction,Readingandocabulary同步精练（外研版选修8，新课标通用）.doc

Module 1 Deep South Period One Introduction,Reading and ocabulary 同步精练（外研版选修8，新课标通用） (时间：45分钟) Ⅰ.介副词填空 1．With annual rainfall close__________zero，Antarctica is technically a desert. 2．Antarctica holds 90% of the worlds ice，and most of its fresh water is________a frozen state. 3．________average it is two kilometers thick. 4．Yet Antarctica is full of wildlife，which has adapted________its extreme conditions. 5．The rest of the plants are made up________mosses，algae and lichen. 6．Gases and minerals，________the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice，can tell us a lot of about what the worlds climate was like in past ages. 7．One rock，known________the “Alien” rock，may contain evidence of extra-terrestrial life. 8．A Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevink became the first man to set foot________the Antarctic mainland. 9．________particular，it aims to keep Antarctica free from nuclear tests and radioactive waste. 10．Today scientists________many countries travel to Antarctica to study its resources. 答案　1.to　2.in　3.On　4.to　5.of　6.in　7.as　8.on 9．In　10.from Ⅱ.单词拼写 1．Covering about 14 million square kilometers around the South Pole，it is the fifth largest c________in the world. 2．Strong winds driven by g________blow from the pole to the coastline. 3．But the long Antarctic winter night，which lasts for 182 days，as well as the e________cold and lack of rainfall，means that few types of plants can survive there. 4．With annual r________close to zero，Antarctica is technically a desert. 5．In some places it reaches a d________of five kilometers. 6．98% of the surface is covered________(永久地)in the ice cap. 7．In 1961，a________(公约) signed by 12 countries，including Britain，France，and the USA，made Antarctica the worlds biggest nature reserve. 8．The aim of the treaty is to prevent the________(商业的) and military use of the continent. 9．Greek geographers believed that there was a large land mass in the south which________(使平衡) the land in the north. 10．When Europeans discovered the continent of Am