Question

Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their lives. Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two seasons there, winter and summer.

There is no spring or autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can’t see the sun for more than two months, even at midday. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never goes down and there’s no night. Eskimos have warm clothes. They make their clothes from the skins (毛皮) of animals. From skins they make coats, caps and shoes.

Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too cold there. Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, snow or stone. When they get out in storms and can’t get back home, they make houses of snow. They leave these houses when the storm is over. Life is hard for Eskimos, but they still like to live there.

1.Near the North Pole there are _____ in a year.

A. two seasons — winter and summer

B. two seasons — spring and autumn

C. four seasons

D. two seasons sometimes and four seasons sometimes

2.Eskimos use skins of animals to make _____.

A. clothes    B. houses

C. beds    D. both A and B

3.There are no _____ near the North Pole.

A. days    B. nights    C. trees    D. animals

4.Eskimos make houses of snow to protect themselves from _____.

A. animals    B. storms    C. snow    D. rain

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】短文介绍了爱斯基摩人的生活情况。他们生活在北极附近，那里天气严寒，爱斯基摩人有用动物的毛皮做的御寒的衣服。他们还用动物的毛皮，雪和石头建造房子。虽然爱斯基摩人生活很艰难，但他们仍然喜欢在那里生活。

1.细节理解题。根据文中语句“There are only two seasons there, winter and summer.”理解可知。在北极只有两个季节，冬天和夏天，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据文中语句“They make their clothes from the skins of animals. From skins(皮毛) they make coats, caps and shoes.和The Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, snow or stone.”理解可知。爱斯基摩人常用皮做衣服或房子，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据文中语句“Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too cold there.”理解可知。在北极附近没有树木，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据文中语句“When they got out in storms and can’t get back home, they make houses of snow.”理解可知，答案选B。