Question

四、完形填空

Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人) ？

Let me tell you something about their 1 The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two 2 there,winter and summer. There are no spring 3 autumn there. The winter nights are 4 . You can't 5 the sun for more than two months,even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months,the sun never 6 and there is no night.

The Eskimos have 7 clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats,caps and 8 .

Near the North Pole trees can't grow,for it is too 9 there. The Eskimos 10 make their houses from skins,snow or stones (石头). When they 11 in the storm and can't 12 home,they make houses of snow. They 13 these snow houses when the storm is 14 .

Life is 15 for the Eskimos,but they still like to live there.

1. A. work   B. life   C. holiday   D. families

2. A. weather   B. seasons

   C. months   D. years

3. A. not   B. or   C. and   D. as

4. A. short   B. warm   C. long   D. cold

5. A. see   B. watch   C. look   D. look at

6. A. rises   B. goes up

   C. drops   D. goes down

7. A. beautiful   B. metal   C. warm   D. cool

8. A. goods   B. drinks   C. medicine   D. shoes

9. A. cold   B. hot   C. dry   D. wet

10. A. will   B. should   C. never   D. have to

11. A. go out   B. go over

   C. keep on   D. get on

12. A. get back   B. get off

   C. get on   D. get in

13. A. make   B. leave   C. stay   D. break

14. A. over   B. coming   C. going   D. hard

15. A. easy   B. interesting

   C. hard   D. lucky

Answer 1

四、 l.B解析:根据下文得知，这里介绍的是爱

斯基摩人的生活。

2. B 解析：根据winter和summer可知 答案。

3. B

4. C解析：由后一句话可推断出答案。冬夜 很长，两个多月看不到太阳，也就是没有白 天，这是北极的特征。

5. A解析：see表示“看”的结果，watch和 look都表示“看”的动作。

6. D解析:夏天白昼长，几乎没有夜晚，太阳 从不下山。故选goes down。

7. C解析:根据语境可知，他们要穿上暖和 的衣服才能抵御严寒。

8. D解析:这里是指用动物皮来做衣服、鞋 子和帽子。

9. A解析:根据语境和常识可知，北极很冷。

10. D解析:此处是指客观原因使他们不得 不用特殊的材料来建房。

11. A解析:此处是指在外面遇到暴风雨。

12. A解析：此处是指由于暴风雨而回不 了家。

13. B解析:根据语境可知，用雪造房是因为 遇到暴风雨回不了家，暴风雨过后自然要 离开雪房子了。

14. A解析:be over表示“结束”。

15. C解析:根据语境可知，在这种恶劣的气 候条件下，生活是很艰苦的。故选C.