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Book 8 Module 1 Deep South教学案 Reading I. Words 企鹅 __________ 探险者 __________ 极地的 __________ 每年的 __________ 降水量 __________ 深度 __________ 重力 __________ 极端的 __________ 使适应 __________ 块，团 __________ 使平衡 __________ 勘察 __________ 条约 __________ 商业的 __________ 核的 __________ 试验 __________ 促进 __________ 使陷入困境 _________ 救生船 _________ 旅行 __________ II. Reading 1. Read paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks with the right numbers. 14,000,000 2,000 0 5th 90% A.Antarctica ’ s annual rainfall is close to_______. B.Antarctica is the________largest continent in the world. C.Antarctica is covering____________square kilometres around the South Pole. D.Antarctica holds________of the world ’ s ice. E.On average the ice cap of Antarctica ’ s surface is________metres thick. 2. Read paragraph2 and fill in the blanks: Antarctica is full of_________,which has adapted to its extreme__________.There are different________of penguins,_____________,seals,andwhales.______types of plants can________therebecause of the cold weather ,the lack of________and the long___________ winter night.The________of the plants are ______ up of mosses,algae and lichen. 3. Read paragraph 3 and check the true statements: ( ) ① Most of the ice has been in Antarctica for hundreds of years. ( ) ②Gas and minerals,which are in the form of coal,are trapped in the ice. ( ) ③ Most of the Antarctica rocks are meteorites from outer space. ( ) ④ There are lots of useful white rocks in Antarctica. 4. Read paragraph4 and put the following sentences into right order: ( ) ① Norwegian Carstens Borchgrevink set foot on the Antarctic mainland. ( ) ② The British explorer James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle. ( ) ③ Europeans discovered the continent of America. ( ) ④ Norwegian Roald Amundsen reached Antarctica. ( ) ⑤ Greek geographers believed that there was a large land mass. 5. Read paragraph 5 and answer the questions What has replaced the rivalry that existed between many of the earlier explorers? ② How many countries signed the Antar