2014中考英語完形填空：關于愛斯基摩人
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北極). 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 (石頭). 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
名師點評
本文介紹了愛斯基摩人的生活情況：愛斯基摩人的特殊生活習慣緣于那兒的特殊氣候。
1. B。根據下文得知這里介紹的是愛斯基摩人的生活(life)。
2. B。根據winter和summer判斷。
3. B。no....or....表示對兩者否定。
4. C。由后一句話可推斷答案。冬夜很長，幾乎看不到太陽，也就是沒有白天，這正是北極的氣候特征。
5. A。see表示“看”的結果，watch和look都表示“看”的動作。
6. D。夏天白晝長，幾乎沒有夜晚，太陽從不下山，所以選 go down。
7. C。他們要穿上暖和的衣服才能抵御嚴寒。
8. D。這里是指用動物皮來做衣服鞋帽。
9. A。北極很冷。
10. D。表示客觀原因使他們不得不用特殊的材料來建房。
11. A。表示在外面遇到風暴時。
12. A。由于風暴而回不了家。
13. B。用雪造房是因為遇到風暴回不了家，風暴過后自然要離開雪房子了。
14. A。be over表示結束。
15. C。這種惡劣的氣候條件下，生活是很艱難困苦的，故選hard。
