阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert (沙漠).

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词
Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert (沙漠). It’s famous not only for its opals (猫眼石) , but also for a very unusual【小题1】 rreason —the people live and work underground.
Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid (避开) the【小题2】hhot days and cold nights-daytime temperatures can rise to 50 °C or more and on a cold night they can fall to 【小题3】zzero . The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer【小题4】tto the unpleasant climate (气候) . In the underground homes, the temperature is always a very pleasant 19°C to 24°C .But that’s not the only advantage ; the people there don’t need to pay builders if 【小题5】 tthey want to build a home or make any changes.
You would be very surprised to see 【小题6】 hhow well people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms, sometimes even spas (温泉)“People think it’s impossible to live here and that we’re like ancient people, 【小题7】bbut that’s not truesays Bev Smith, who has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very 【小题8】d difficult and many people decided to leave. But now, things have 【小题9】cchanged a lot and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”
Abigail and Brian Tynan 【小题10】 1left their large house in Melbourne(墨尔本) two years ago to have in an underground home. My mouth fell open when I saw my wonderful underground home, remembers BrianI really enjoy living here.

解析：【小题1】考查名词：它的出名不是因为猫眼石，还有一个原因：reason【小题2】考查形容词：和cold对应的是hot【小题3】考查名词：fall to zero降到0度【小题4】考查介词：the answer to…“…的答案”【小题5】考查代词：they代指the people【小题6】考查感叹句：修饰well用how【小题7】前面说：People think it’s impossible to live here and that we’re like ancient people, 后面说：这不是真的，表示转折用but【小题8】考查形容词：当我和丈夫来到这里的时候，生活很困难：difficult【小题9】考查动词：现在情况已经变了：用过去分词changed【小题10】考查动词：leave their home离开他们的家，时间是two years ago用过去式left

对的，就是这个意思