Antarctica (南极洲) is the continent which is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly
(1)c___________ with ice. This is one of the driest and coldest places in the world. But people from all over
the world come to (2)w___________ there. Near the South Pole (南极), three thousand people live together in
a place (3)c____________ Amundsen-Scott Station.
     The station has libraries, cinemas, shops, sports rooms and laboratories. There is electricity, and they have
telephones-the system (系统) that they use to have a conversation (4)w____________ someone in other place.
And they have (5)c____________-electronic or machines that stores information and uses programs to help
them find, organize or change the information.
     But the people here don't (6)t____________ by car, or train, or bus, because there aren't any roads or
railways near the station. They travel by ship, plane, or snow tractor, or with dogs.
     There aren't any trees or flowers there, but there are (7)h___________ of different birds and other animals. 
     Most of the people here are scientists They study plant and animal (8)l___________ and how ice moves.
The ice can tell us about changes in climate. Ray Kingman is an expert at Amundsen-Scott Station,
(9)t__________ 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 winter. In the summer we can go swimming in hot pools of water. We welcome
newcomers here for further (10)s___________of the continent!"