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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, what percent of the Antarctic is covered by
ice?
a. 2%

b. 3%
c. 4%
d. 98%

2. What information was given first in the article?
a. There are no permanent human residents in the South Pole.
b. The air is much thinner and colder compared to the climate at the North

Pole.
c. The South Pole is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent in the world.
d. In contrast, the North Pole is an area of ocean surrounded by land.

3. Why is the South Pole the coldest place on earth?

a. Most of the South Pole is covered by ice.
b. The South Pole is surrounded by thick ice-sheets.
c. The South Pole is located at the coldest and highest continent on Earth.
d. all of the above

4. How do North Pole and South Pole differ?
a. The North Pole is colder than the South Pole.
b. The South Pole is colder than the North Pole.

c. The North Pole is situated higher than the South Pole.
d. The North Pole has thicker ice-sheets than the South Pole.

5. What would happen if the ice in the South Pole were to melt?

a. The water level would rise.
b. The people in the South Pole would die.
c. The world will become hotter.

d. The world will become colder.

6. Which sentence uses the word sits in the same way it is used in the
article?

a. The jacket sits well on you.
b. Look at the house that sits on a hill.
c. Carrey is sitting on the couch.
d. You can only sit the exam in L.A.

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