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Do you know 1)Inuit? Let me tell you something about their 1________.
The Inuit live near the 2)North Pole. There are only two 2________ here, 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 Inuit 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 Inuit 10________ make their houses from skins, snow or stones. When they 11________ in storm and can't 12________ home, they make house of snow. They 13________ these snow houses when the storm is 14________.
Life is 15________ for the Inuit, 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. got 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
1) Inuit [??nju?t] n.因紐特人
例句:Whales have long been central part of Inuit life in Greenland.
在格陵兰,猎鲸是长期以来因纽特人生活的中心内容。
2) North Pole北极
例句:The North Pole has no land, only thick ice.
北极没有陆地,只有厚厚的冰层。
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因纽特人生活在北极地区,分布在从西伯利亚、美国阿拉斯加到格陵兰的北极圈内外,先后创制了用拉丁字母和斯拉夫字母拼写的文字。
因纽特人主要表现出黄种人的种族特征。他们不喜欢被称为“爱斯基摩人”,因为这是他们的敌人对他们嘲笑式的称呼。
【语篇解读角】
本文介绍了因纽特人的生活情况,包括那里的气候,以及为适应这种特殊气候而形成的因纽特人的特殊生活习惯。
【答案详析】
1. B。根据下文得知,这里介绍的是因纽特人的生活(life),与文章的最后一句话形成了首尾呼應。
2. B。根据下文的winter和summer判断可知是季节。
3. B。表示对两者否定时,我们用or而不用and。
4. C。由后一句话可推断答案。冬夜很长,几乎看不到太阳,也就是没有白天,这正是北极的气候特征。
5. A。see表示“看”的结果,watch和look都表示“看”的动作。
6. D。夏天白昼长,几乎没有夜晚,太阳从不下山,所以选go down。
7. C。由上文中那里特殊的气候可知,他们要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御严寒。
8. D。这里是指用动物皮来做衣服鞋帽。
9. A。寒冷是北极的特点,可知也是树木无法生长的原因。
10. D。由下文可知,客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。
11. A。由下文可知,此处说的是当因纽特人出去后在外面遇到风暴回不了家时的办法。
12. A。可与上一个选项一起理解。
13. B。用雪造房是因为遇到风暴回不了家,风暴过后自然要离开雪房子。
14. A。be over表示结束。
15. C。通过后面的but可知前面是描述他们生活不好的方面,故选hard。