2 . Antarctica is the continent which is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly _____ with ice.This is one of the driest and _____ places in the world.But people from all over the world come to _____ there.Near the South Pole，three thousand people live together in a place _____ Amundsen－Scott Station.

The station _____ libraries，cinemas，shops，sports rooms，canteens and laboratories(实验室)．There is electricity(电)，and they have _____—the system that they use to have a conversation(交谈) with someone in _____ place.And they have _____—electronic machines that store information and use programs to help them find，organize，or change the information.

But the people here _____ travel by car，or train，or bus，because there aren't any roads or railways near the station.They ______ by ship，helicopter，plane，or snow tractor，or ______ dogs.

There aren't ______ trees or flowers there，but there are hundreds of different birds and other ______．

Most of the people here are ______．They study plant and animal life and how ice ______．The ice can ______ us about changes in climate.Ray Kingman is an expert at Amundsen－Scott Station，telling us ______ the phone，“This is my second year here.It's a very interesting and beautiful place，but life is very ______ in winter.In summer we can go ______ in hot pools of water.We welcome newcomers here for further ______ of the continent！”