READ THE PASSAGE AND CHOSE THE BEST ANSWER (14PTS) GREENLAND HAS A VERY INTERESTING SUMMER

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D. changed

C. Reading: Read the passage and chose the best answer (14pts)

Greenland has a very interesting summer. In the months of May, June (12) July, the sun never sets

so there’s daylight for twenty-four hours every day. (13) winter, things are very different because the

sun never rises! It’s dark for twenty-four hours every day! Can you imagine (14) the moon and the stars

at lunchtime? Antarctica is (15) amazing place. It’s covered in snow and ice, but rarely snows and it

almost never rains. It means it’s a desert. Explorers and tourists visit Antarctica, but it’s too cold to live. There

are penguins and birds on the coast and fish and whales in the ocean, but it isn’t warm enough for most

(16) . Imagine hot sun and rain every day of the year! This is what it’s like in the Amazon (17) .

Here there is no such as summer and winter. The temperature changes very little and there’s no dry season.

Rain and sunshine help plants (18) . This is why there are so many tall trees and plants in the rainforest.