2014年中考英语复习阅读理解训练（39） 2页

初中英语：阅读理解 (39)‎ 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 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 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. 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 ‎ ‎ 名师点评 本文介绍了爱斯基摩人的生活情况：爱斯基摩人的特殊生活习惯缘于那儿的特殊气候。‎ 答案简析 ‎1. B。根据下文得知这里介绍的是爱斯基摩人的生活（life）。‎ ‎2. B。根据winter和summer判断。‎ ‎3. B。no....or....表示对两者否定。‎ ‎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。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。北极很冷。‎ ‎10. D。表示客观原因使他们不得不用特殊的材料来建房。‎ ‎11. A。表示在外面遇到风暴时。‎ ‎12. A。由于风暴而回不了家。‎ ‎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了。‎ ‎14. A。be over表示结束。‎ ‎15. C。这种恶劣的气候条件下，生活是很艰难困苦的，故选hard。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎