Unit 4 Wild Antarctica Get Ready and Reading 同步练习 1.docVIP

Wild Antarctica 同步练习 Period One　Getting Ready and Reading 基础落实 .课文理解 1．The sentence “Antarctica is one of the last real wildernesses left on the earth.” means “________”． A．Antarctica is now the last place people can go B．Antarctica is now the only continent no single person has set foot on C．Antarctica is now one of the few places on the earth whose environment has not been totally changed by man D．human beings have completely explored Antarctica 2．The Antarctic Treaty signed in 1961 said that Antarctica was a ________ place and could only be used for ________ purposes. A．nuclear；peaceful 　　 B．nuclear-free；war C．non-nuclear；peaceful 　　 D．nuclear；military 3．The word “this” in the sentence “This means that the ice is slowly melting.”(Para. 4) means “________”． A．research has been done B．scientists discovered that all the ice has melted C．the earth is gradually getting warmer D．the world’s ocean rises by 60 meters 4．The sentence “Sometimes the scientists studying these changes get dangerously involved in their own research.”(Para.5) means ________. A．sometimes scientists studying the changes are doing dangerous research in Antarctica B．sometimes dangerous scientists are taking part in the research in Antarctica C．sometimes it is dangerous for scientists studying the changes to do research in Antarctica D．sometimes scientists studying the changes are not dangerous at all 5．The author’s purpose in writing this article about the future of Antarctica is ________. A．to express his anger B．to show his love C．to show his concern D．to express his sympathy .课文缩写 Antarctica is one of the last real 1. ____________ left on the earth. Today 42 countries have 2. ________ the Antarctic Treaty，which declared it was a nuclear-free zone and could only be used for 3. ________ purposes. Every summer 3，000 scientists arrive there to carry out research projects. Although Antarctica is a land mass 4. ________ 90 percent of the world’s ice，it is as frozen as the Arctic. If all t