问题详情：
完形填空；阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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. scientistsC. 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
【回答】
1B2B3C4A5A6C7D8A9A10B11A12D13B14C15D
知识点：日常生活类
题型：完型填空