K120a Reading 1-4 Exercise
A. Answer the questions.
1. What is Antarctica? a. It is the biggest forest in the world. b. It is the smallest desert in the world. c. It is the smallest rainforest in the world. d. It is the biggest desert in the world.
2. What year did explorers find the South Pole? a. 1811 b. 1922 c. 1822 d. 1911
3. Is Antarctica a continent? a. Yes b. No
4. Roald Amundsen and his team found the South Pole second. a. True b. False
5. Robert Falcon Scott and his team found the South Pole second. a. True b. False
6. In Antarctica, what is the temperature in the winter? a. about -60°C b. about -6°C c. about 0°C d. about 6°C
7. In Antarctica, what is the temperature in the summer? a. about -60°C b. about -6°C c. about 0°C d. about 6°C
8. Do scientists live in a research station while they study Antarctica? a. Yes b. No
K120a Reading 1-4 Exercise
9. What animals can you see in Antarctica? Choose 3 things. Penguins
Pandas Walruses Unicorns
Penguins Whales Kangaroos
10.. Do you want to go to Antarctica? What would you do there? ( open)
B. Choose the correct word to complete the story.
coldest research station winter scientists
summer Earth aurora Antarctica
______is the biggest desert in the world. It is also the ______place on ______. It is about -60°C in the ______and about 0°C in the ______. Some ______visit Antarctica to study it. They live at a ______. Can you be a tourist here? Yes, but it is not easy. What you can do here? You can see an ______. It shimmers in the sky! Antarctica is so wonderful!
C. Match the picture to the sentence.
1 The scientists live in a research station.
2 You can see walruses in Antarctica.
3 You can watch penguins from a boat.
K120a Reading 1-4 Exercise
4 Antarctica is the biggest desert in the world.
5 She is a tourist.
6 Auroras are beautiful!
D. Put the title, and the paragraphs in the correct order. Number
Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth. It is about -60 °C in winter. In summer, it is about 0 °C. It is cold every day.
Antarctica
Can you be a tourist here? Yes, but it is not easy. It takes a long time to travel here. It is freezing cold here. You need a guide here. It is also expensive.
You can see walruses here. You can watch them from far away. If you are lucky, you can see some whales. If you are really lucky, you can see a narwhal!
The South Pole is in Antarctica. Explorers found it in 1911. Many people raced to find the South Pole. Roald Amundsen and his team found it first. Robert Falcon Scott and his team were second. Many people visit the South Pole every year. Some people visit the South Pole to see it. Some people visit to explore it.
K120a Reading 1-4 Exercise
Some scientists visit Antarctica to study it. They live at a research station. They study the animals here. They study the ice and snow here. They tag animals here. The tags help scientists learn about the animals. The tags help scientists see where the animals are. We can learn many things from these tags.
This is Antarctica. It is the biggest desert in the world. It is cold, dry, and windy. Antarctica is a continent. There are seven continents in the world. Do you know all of them? Which continent do you live on?
You can see penguins here. You can watch penguins from a boat. You can't touch the penguins.
What can you do here? You can see an aurora. Look at it shimmer in the sky. I would love to see them
Antarctica is wonderful. It is cold, but beautiful. I would like to visit Antarctica. I would visit in the summer. Would you like to visit Antarctica?
E. Word Count. Read the passage again. Count how many times you see the following words.
Word How many times did you see this word in the story?
Antarctica
world
tag (tags)
see
here
K120a Reading 1-4 Exercise
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