外研版高中英语选修八Module 1 Deep South

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Module 1Deep South

Period One Warm-up & Reading (Ⅰ)

基础落实

Ⅰ.课文理解

1．How much of the surface is covered permanently in the ice cap?

A．90%. B．70%. C．98%. D．80%. 2．How long does the long Antarctic winter night last?

A．12 centuries. B．15 days.

C．11 centuries. D．182 days.

3．Why are the Antarctic rocks easy to see?

A．Because they are white while the background is black.

B．Because they are black while the background is white.

C．Because they are useful while the background is useless.

D．Because they are outer while the background is inner.

4．Who was the first to land on the Antarctica?

A．James Cook.

B．Roald Amundsen.

C．Greek geographers.

D．Carstens Borchgrevink.

5．What was the aim to make the treaty in 1961?

A．To stop the commercial and military use of the continent.

B．To prevent the research in Antarctica.

C．To keep the hunters from killing the penguins.

D．To avoid the war between the advanced countries.

Ⅱ.课文缩写

Antarctica，the coldest place on Earth，is the fifth largest continent in the world.The conditions there are quite 1.________ with nearly no 2.________.98 percent of the surface is covered

3.__________ by ice and strong winds driven by

4.________ blow from the pole to the coastline.However，it is full of wildlife like the famous

5.________，which can

6.________ to its hard conditions.The ice there has become a window on the past with gases and minerals

7.________ in it.It was not until 1895 that a Norwegian

8.________ called Carstens Borchgrevink set

9.________ on the Antarctic mainland.In 1961,12 countries signed a 10.________ to make it the world’s biggest nature reserve.Today scientists from all over the world go there to study its resources and to work together for progress and peace.

Ⅲ.介、副词填空

1．With annual rainfall close ________ zero，Antarctica is technically a desert. 2．Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s ice，and most of its fresh water (70%) is ________ a frozen state，of course.

3．________ average it is two kilometres thick，but in some places it reaches a depth ________ five kilometres.

4．Yet Antarctica is full ________ wildlife，which has adapted ________ its extreme conditions. 5．The rest of the plants are made up ________ mosses，algae and lichen.

6．________ a result，it has become a window on the past，and can give researchers lots of useful information.

7．Gases and minerals，________ the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice，can tell us a lot about what the world’s climate was like in past ages.

8．Since most Antarctic rocks are dark ________ colour，they stand ________ against the white background and are easy to identify and collect.

9．Then in 1895，a Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevink became the first man to set foot ________ the Antarctica mainland.

10．________ particular，it aims to keep Antarctica free ________ nuclear tests and radioactive waste.

能力提升

阅读理解

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Loch Ness，the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles，is twenty four miles long and，at one point，one mile wide.It has an average depth of four hundred and fifty feet and at times drops close to a thousand.It is cold and murky(浑浊的)，with dangerous currents.In short，it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the sharpest eyes of science.

The Loch Ness Monster，also called Nessie，is supposedly living in this area.The earliest recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was in the biography of Life of St.Columba by Adamnan in the year AD 565.The monster apparently attacked a man who was swimming in the River Ness.