What about animals？Can they survive？Do we find plants？Do we find life in the Arctic and in Antarctica？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 that Antarctica has not always been a frozen continent.At one time the weather in Antarctica may have been much like our own.

　　Explorers have discovered coal in Antarctica.This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests.Heat and moisture must have kept the trees in the forests alive.

　　1．What does the underlined word“chill”probably mean?

　　A．coldness

　　B．coolness

　　C．damp

　　D．desert

　　答案：A　猜测词义题。根据前面的the low temperature可知这个画线词表示“寒冷”。

　　2．One of the reasons why there is no man living in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic is that________.A．there are no wildlife there

　　B．there are no minerals

　　C．they are extremely cold

　　D．they are hard to access

　　答案： C　细节理解题。根据第三段可知极度寒冷使人们不可能生活在南极和北极的部分地区。

　　3．According to the passage，which statement is TRUE?

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