职称英语考试

【单选题】TheCold Places
TheArctic is a polar region. It surrounds the North Pole.
LikeAntarctica, theArctic is a land of ice and snow.Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading—125 Fahrenheit below zero. Readings of 85 degrees below zero are common in both theArctic andAntarcticA、Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in theArctiC、At the South Pole the winter is about 73 degrees below zero.
One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to Jive inAntarctica and in parts of theArctiC、This one thing is the low temperature—the killing chili of the far North and the polar South.
To survive, men must wear the warmest possible clothing. They must build windproof shelters. They must keep heaters going at all times. Not even for moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero temperature.
Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold makes life difficult.But the explorers can stay alive.
What about animalsCan they surviveDo we find plantsDo we find life in theArctic and theAntarctica Yes, we do. There is life in the oceans. There is life on lanD、
Antarctica, as we have seen, is a cold place indeeD、But this has not always been the case.Expedition scientists have discovered thatAntarctica may have been much like our own.
Explores have discovered coal inAntarcticA、This leads them to believe thatAntarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have kept the trees in the forests alive.
At one time, the weather inAntarctica was so warm and damp that trees grew there.A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned

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