《2025年课课练初中英语活页卷九年级下册译林版》

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。
The Antarctic is the continent (大陆) which is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly covered with ice. This is one of the driest and ____ 36 ____ areas in the world. But people from all over the world come to ____ 37 ____ there. Near the South Pole, people live together in a place ____ 38 ____ Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station.
The station has libraries, cinemas, shops, sports rooms, canteens and laboratories. There is electricity (电), and they have a system that they use ____ 39 ____ a conversation with someone in another place. Also, they have ____ 40 ____—electronic machines that store information and use programs to help them find, organize or change the information.
But the people there do not travel by car, train or bus, because there ____ 41 ____ any roads or railways near the station. They travel by ship, helicopter, plane, or snow tractor, or ____ 42 ____ dogs. There are not ____ 43 ____ trees or flowers, but there are hundreds of different birds and other animals.
Most of the people are ____ 44 ____. They study plants, animal life and how ice moves. The ice can tell us about changes in climate. Ray Kingman is an expert at Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station, telling us on the phone, “This is my second year here. It’s a very interesting and beautiful place, but life is very ____ 45 ____ in winter. In summer we can go swimming in hot pools of water. We welcome newcomers here for further study of the continent!”
( ) 36. A. warmest B. coldest C. coolest D. hottest
( ) 37. A. travel B. go sightseeing C. work D. enjoy themselves
( ) 38. A. called B. call C. calls D. calling
( ) 39. A. to have B. having C. had D. has
( ) 40. A. printers B. icons C. mice D. computers
( ) 41. A. aren’t B. isn’t C. are D. is
( ) 42. A. with B. instead of C. on D. in front of
( ) 43. A. much B. any C. many D. either
( ) 44. A. teachers B. scientists C. doctors D. workers
( ) 45. A. boring B. easy C. interesting D. hard

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