阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整,每词或短语限用一次。
fine live because science all over the world
The Antarctic is the southernmost part of the world. People have never wanted (1) there because of its lowest temperature. But now scientists from (2) come to study the ice there to learn more about the earth's history. Some (3) live in the Antarctic for part of the year. But they don't usually stay there for more than six months (4) there are six months of light and six months of darkness. The Antarctic usually has a good deal of (5) weather without any wind at all.
like warm little interested thousands of
The strong winds are usually only in some parts of it. It is also (6) to learn that it isn't very wet there. There is little snow or rain. It snows in winter, but at other times the weather in the Antarctic is dry just (7) the Sahara. In winter, the sea around the Antarctic freezes for (8) kilometres. But scientists tell us that the earth is getting (9) . So in the future, there may be

1. to live
2. all over the world
3. scientists
4. because
5. fine
6. interesting
7. like
8. thousands of
9. warmer

本题考查选词填空，需结合固定搭配、词性转换和语境逻辑解题：
1. 第1空：固定搭配want to do sth. 意为“想要做某事”，结合语境“人们不想住在南极”，填to live。
2. 第2空：固定短语all over the world意为“世界各地”，此处指来自世界各地的科学家，直接填all over the world。
3. 第3空：some后接可数名词复数，将science变为表示身份的scientist的复数形式scientists，意为“一些科学家”。
4. 第4空：后半句是前半句“他们通常不会在那里待超过六个月”的原因，用because引导原因状语从句。
5. 第5空：固定搭配fine weather意为“晴朗的好天气”，符合后文“没有一点风”的语境，填fine。
6. 第6空：固定结构it is + 形容词 + to do sth.，此处修饰事物表示“有趣的”，将interested变为interesting。
7. 第7空：固定短语just like意为“就像”，此处指南极的天气很干燥，就像撒哈拉沙漠一样，填like。
8. 第8空：固定短语thousands of意为“数千的，成千上万的”，修饰后面的kilometres，符合语境。
9. 第9空：固定用法get + 形容词比较级表示“变得更……”，结合全球变暖的常识，warm的比较级是warmer，填warmer。