Passage 5(2025·宿迁市泗洪期末)
新素材 科普知识 For most of us, the Arctic（北极地区）and the Antarctic（南极地区）are very far places. The Arctic is the most northern part of the earth and it is the area around the North Pole. The Antarctic is the most southern part of the earth and it is the area around the South Pole. ______1______
Weather
Both places are very, very cold. ______2______ Much of the ice there never melts(融化). You may be surprised to know there are not many snowstorms in either place. Small pieces of ice blow around and look like falling snow.
What is under the ice?
One very big difference is what is under the ice. Water is under most of the ice in the Arctic. ______3______ The Antarctic is a large continent. It has plains, valleys and mountains. They are covered with ice.
Animals
______4______ Polar bears live in the Arctic. Some foxes and wolves live there too. Most animals can't live in the Antarctic because it is too cold. However, penguins can live there. There are some animals that can live in both places, such as whales.
People
Many people live in the Arctic. There are towns and small cities on the land areas. The Antarctic is so cold that nobody lives there for long. ______5______ They live in special buildings and don't spend much time outside.
A. Animals live in both places.
B. Both of them are covered with ice.
C. Land is under most of the ice in the Antarctic.
D. Or I think we should protect wild animals there.
E. There are so many animals that will move to the cold place.
F. Scientists who study the Antarctic stay there while they are working.
G. Both of the places have a lot in common, but they are also different in many ways.

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