The Antarctic is actually a desert. It’s the ...

The Antarctic is actually a desert. It’s the only continent on the earth without a river or lake.

The Antarctic is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. The times that much water falls in parts of the Sahara.

The little snow that falls never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow gets to be about 80 feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it.

1. Antarctic is called a desert because it _______.

A. is sandy       B. is cold       C. has little water     D. is high

2. The snow there is very deep because it _______.

A. never stop falling          B. piles up year after year

C. never melts               D. falls often

3. The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Waterfall at the South Pole        B. The Antarctic ------An Ice Desert

C. Snowfall at the South Pole        D. The world’s Great Desert

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The Antarctica is actually a desert. It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake.

The Antarctica is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. Ten times that much moisture (水份) falls in parts of the Sahara.

The little snow that falls in Antarctica never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of snow above it .

1.Antarctica is called a desert because it_______.

A. is sandy.

B. has the same temperature as a desert.

C. has little moisture and no lakes or rivers.

D. there are no people there.

2.Antarctica has_______.

A. ten times as much moisture as the Sahara.

B. the same amount of moisture as the Sahara.

C. about one—tenth of the moisture of the Sahara.

D. none of the above.

3.The snow in Antarctica is very deep because it_______.

A. never stops falling.　　　　　　　　　　 B. piles up year after year.

C. never melts.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. both B and C.

4.The snow turns to ice when______.

A. it gets wet.

B. the next snowfall comes.

C. the temperature gets colder.

D. the snow above it is heavy enough.

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The deserted island is only _______ by boat.

A．suitable           B．practical          C．available          D．accessible

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The deserted island is only _______ by boat.

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The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and lives in Antarctica. The male and female are similar in size, reaching 122 cm in height and weighing anywhere from 22 to 45 kg. The back and head are black, contrasting sharply with the pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ears. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and their wings stiffen and flatten into flippers(鳍状肢) for a marine habitat.

Its diet consists primarily of fish, but can also include animals with hard shells. In hunting, the species can remain underwater up to 18 minutes, diving to a depth of 535 m. Its unusually structured hemoglobin(血红蛋白)allows it to function at low oxygen levels.

The emperor penguin is perhaps best known for the journeys adults make each year in order to mate and to feed their babies. The only penguin species that breeds(繁殖) during the Antarctic winter, it goes on a long journey of 50-120 km over the ice to breeding areas which may include thousands of individuals. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated(孵化)by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents take turns searching for food at sea and caring for their chick. They both care for the chick until it is able to enter the water to find food on its own. During the process of incubation, the male can lose up to 1/3 to 1/2 of his body weight. One of the coolest things about the male is that if the chick comes out its egg before the female returns, the male can actually produce a special liquid to feed the chick. He can only do this for a short time. If the female doesn’t return, he must leave the chick to go on with his own life. The emperor penguin can typically live for 20 years in the wild, although observations suggest that some individual may live to 50 years of age.

1.We can learn from paragraph 1 that ____.

A. the emperor penguin is the world’s largest kind of penguin

B. the emperor penguin has pale-yellow ears

C. the male and female emperor penguins are of different sizes

D. the emperor penguin lives in the most northern area on the Earth

2.The emperor penguin can stay underwater for a long time mainly because of its ____.

A. strong wings     B. streamlined body     C. structured hemoglobin     D. special diet

3.The emperor penguin differs from other penguin species in that ____.

A. it gives birth in the Antarctic winter        B. it feeds mainly on fish

C. the male won’t search for food on his own   D. it can only live for a short time

4.According to the passage, ____.

A. the egg of the emperor penguin is mainly incubated by the female

B. many emperor penguins will stay together to breed

C. the male emperor penguin will give up his own life to feed the chick

D. the female emperor penguin will leave the chick forever once it lays an egg

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（题文）When they got there, the village seemed deserted, the only sign of life ________ one or two dogs lying under some trees.

A. was　　 B. were

C. being　　 D. had been

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Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hemisphere of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has a wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves very much. When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hills, we looked up, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos（袋鼠）. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.

1.Which country is the writer most possibly from?

2.We can learn from the passage that _________.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

4.The underlined word “exhibition” in the third paragraph means _________.

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Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hemisphere of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has a wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves very much. When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hills, we looked up, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.

1.Which country is the writer most possibly from?

A. Japan　　 B. Canada

C. China　　 D. America

2.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. Australia is the smallest country in the world

B. Australia is the same size of Shanghai.

C. Australia is in the northern part of the earth.

D. The people in Australia are as many as those in Shanghai.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Australia has enough laws to fight against pollution.

B. Perth is the biggest city in Australia.

C. The wild flowers in Perth must be different from what the author sees in his/her country.

D. The author enjoyed his/her visit in the country.

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---Now the weight. Only 105. You’d better put on a few pounds.

---Well, actually, I ________ like a horse.

A. ate    B. was eating      C. have been eating    D. will eat

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Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are.

Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon.

While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare.

Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal.

Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas.

“We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon.

1.According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.

A. was born with disability

B. suffered a lot from the accident

C. chose to live because of a TV programme

D. was fond of swimming since he was young

2.What do we know about Philippe Croizon’s swimming across the English Channel?

A. It took him two years to finish it.

B. He was the first person to achieve it.

C. It was easy for him to finish the swim.

D. He spent a lot of time preparing for it.

3.Philippe Croizon’s crossing the seas joining five continents______.

A. lasted a month

B. ended in the Bering Strait

C. happened when he was 42 years old

D. was inspired by a television programme

4.Which of the following can best describe Philippe Croizon’s story?

A. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

B. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

C. Actions speak louder than words.

D. The finest diamond must be cut.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Hope in the corner

B. A disabled man’s dream

C. Challenges to Philippe Croizon

D. Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim

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