Question

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

　　Antarctica(南极洲)is actually a desert．It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake．

　　Antarctica is all ice all year around．The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole people used to think that a place so cold would have heavy snowfall．But less than ten inches of snow fall each year．That is less than half an inch of water．Ten times that much moisture(水分)falls in parts of the Sahara(撒哈拉沙漠)．

　　The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts．It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year．

　　When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it．

1．Why is Antarctica called a desert?

Because _____________________．

2．How much moisture does Antarctica have?

Antarctica has ________________．

3．Why is the snow in Antarctica very deep?

Because it ___________________．

4．When does the snow turn to ice?

____________________________．

5．What is the warmest temperature in Antarctica?

It is _________________________．

Answer 1

答案：
解析：

1．there are no rivers or lakes 　　2．about one-tenth the moisture of the Sahara 　　3．piles up each passing year and never melts 　　4．When the snow above it is heavy enough 　　5．zero