第 17 课,阅读练习题: The Eskimos make ________ the clothes themselves.
A. most of B. all C. none of D. few of


第 17 课,阅读练习题: The Eskimos make clothes from the ________ of animals.
A. skins B. hairs C. meat D. bones


第 17 课,阅读练习题: When the Eskimos go hunting, they live in tents of _______.
A. skin B. earth C. stone D. snow


第 17 课,阅读练习题: When the Eskimos are out in a storm and can't get back home, they build houses of _______.
A. snow B. skin C. earth D. stone


第 17 课,阅读练习题: The Eskimos live near _______.
A. the North Pole B. the South Pole C. the American Continent D. the Arctic Ocean


第 18 课,阅读练习题: Why did Alatook go to hunt seals?
A. He did it to get food and other supplies that they needed in daily life. B. He did it just for fun. C. He did it only to prove that he had been a hunter rather than a boy. D. He did it because seals sometimes might hurt people.


第 18 课,阅读练习题: When did Alatook go out to hunt seals?
A. In the daybreak and before the sun came up. B. In the midnight and he could see stars in the sky. C. In the daytime and there was nothing but sky, ice and snow. D. In the morning and there was no sound.


第 18 课,阅读练习题: Alatook went to hunt seals ______.
A. all by himself B. with his father C. with several friends D. with only one little boy


第 18 课,阅读练习题: Why didn't the seal move when Alatook got nearer?
A. Because the seal thought he was a seal too. B. Because there were few people at that area and seals were not afraid of people. C. Because the seal felt safe to see he was only a little boy. D. Because the seal was near- sighted and didn't see his gun.


第 18 课,阅读练习题: Why did Alatook keep moving his head from side to side when he was getting nearer the seal?
A. Because the seal always did so. B. Because it was very cold to move on the ice and snow. C. Because he was afraid that there might be someone else coming to hunt his seal. D. Because he was afraid that there might be someone else coming to hunt his seal.


第 19 课,阅读练习题: The Sahara has a very important mineral. It's ________.
A. oil B. gold C. coal D. date-palm


第 19 课,阅读练习题: Where _________________, there are oases.
A. underground water comes up B. rivers pass by C. dried-up watercourses have water again D. there is much more rainfall than other places


第 19 课,阅读练习题: The Sahara can't be thought as a "sea of sand", because ______________
A. there are plains of sands, plateaus with dried-up watercourses and mountain ranges. B. there are plains of sands, plateaus with rivers and mountain ranges. C. there are trees, flowers and grass just like other places. D. there are plains of sands, plateaus with dried-up underground water and mountain ranges.


第 19 课,阅读练习题: The Sahara is the _______ desert in the world.
A. largest B. best C. worst D. smallest


第 19 课,阅读练习题: The Sahara covers an area of _______square miles.
A. 3 million B. 4 thousand C. 1 thousand D. 3 thousand


第 20 课,阅读练习题: When the cock said that he saw a dog coming, ____________
A. he didn't tell the truth, there was no dog coming at all. B. he did tell the truth, there was a dog coming. C. he thought the fox might like to invite the dog to have breakfast, too. D. he knew the dog would like to meet them.


第 20 课,阅读练习题: When the fox saw the cock, he wanted to ___________.
A. eat him B. make friends with him C. have breakfast with him D. have a talk with him


第 20 课,阅读练习题: Why did the fox talk to the cock?
A. Because he wanted to cheat the cock. B. Because they knew each other. C. Because he felt lonely and wanted to talk with somebody. D. Because he wanted to tell the cock a piece of news.


第 20 课,阅读练习题: When the fox told that all animals are friends now, he mainly wanted to make the____________.
A. the cock and him could be friends and he wouldn't eat him B. he wasn't afraid of dogs any more C. dogs and cats had been friends D. cats and mouse had been friends


第 20 课,阅读练习题: Why did the fox run away when he heard that there was a dog coming?
A. Because he was afraid that the dog might hurt him. B. Because he didn't want to have breakfast with the dog. C. Because he was afraid that the dog might prevent him from eating the cock. D. Because he was afraid that the dog might tell the cock that dogs and cats were not friends yet.


第 21 课,阅读练习题: Ocean-going ships can travel _______ miles up the Amazon.
A. 1,000 B. 220 C. 2,300 D. 4,000


第 21 课,阅读练习题: The Amazon runs into _______ Ocean.
A. the Atlantic B. the Pacific C. the Arctic D. the Indian


第 21 课,阅读练习题: The water of the Amazon is very ________.
A. dirty B. cold C. hot D. clear


第 21 课,阅读练习题: In which continent does the Amazon mainly run?
A. South America B. Africa C. North America D. Asia


第 21 课,阅读练习题: The Amazon is nearly _________ miles long.
A. 4,000 B. 1,000 C. 2,300 D. 59,000,000


第 22 课,阅读练习题: The peasant depended on _____ to get the horse back.
A. his wisdom B. his good luck C. the mercy of the thief D. the help of other people


第 22 课,阅读练习题: The peasant went to town to buy a horse because __________.
A. his horse was stolen. B. his horses were not enough to use and he wanted another one. C. his horse was dead. D. he knew he would meet his horse in town.


第 22 课,阅读练习题: The peasant lost his horse _______.
A. three days ago B. yesterday C. the day before yesterday D. three years ago


第 22 课,阅读练习题: He recognized his horse when someone was trying to ______ it.
A. sell B. kill C. hide D. ride


第 22 课,阅读练习题: The horse was blind in ________.
A. neither of the eyes B. the left eye C. the right eye D. both eyes


第 23 课,阅读练习题: Why did Aesop give no answer until later?
A. Because he didn't know at first. B. Because he didn't want to answer at first and changed his mind later. C. Because he didn't really want to make the traveller angry. D. Because he didn't want to be regarded as a mad man.


第 23 课,阅读练习题: Aesop told the traveller that he would get to town in ______.
A. two hours B. one hour C. one day D. two days


第 23 课,阅读练习题: Upon the traveller's question, Aesop ___________.
A. answered later B. answered at once C. answered at once D. gave no response


第 23 课,阅读练习题: Aesop lived in ancient ________.
A. Greece B. Rome C. Babylon D. India


第 23 课,阅读练习题: The traveller asked Aesop to tell him _________.
A. how soon to get to the town B. how to get to the town C. how long to get to the town D. how much it cost to get to the town


第 24 课,阅读练习题: What does this story tell us?
A. Honesty is the best policy. B. If you want to have a lot of treasures, just tell people you don't like them. C. If you are too poor, God will help you. D. It was very lucky for the woodcutter to drop his axe into the river.


第 24 课,阅读练习题: The woodcutter was poor because _________.
A. the pay for wood was not good B. he was lazy and could not get enough wood C. no one liked to buy his wood D. his axe was not good enough to get a lot of wood


第 24 课,阅读练习题: Why did Mercury bring a silver and a golden axe out of the river the first two times?
A. Because he wanted to know whether the woodcutter was an honest man. B. Because he didn't know what the woodcutter's axe looked like. C. Because he wanted to give these two axes to the poor woodcutter. D. Because as an angel, it was no difference for him whether the axe was made of silver, gold or iron.


第 24 课,阅读练习题: The woodcutter didn't call the silver nor the golden axe as his own, because __________.
A. he was an honest man and only told the truth B. he wanted to get all of them C. he thought the iron one was more useful D. he liked his old axe more than anything else


第 24 课,阅读练习题: Mercury gave all the three axes to the woodcutter to__________.
A. make an honest poor man have some treasures B. help him get more wood afterwards C. have a way to deal with the other two axes that he brought out by mistake D. ensure that the poor man would remember and appreciate him for ever

• continent [´kɔntinənt] n.大陆，陆地 (初中英语单词)
• hunter [´hʌntə] n.猎人；猎狗；猎马 (初中英语单词)
• midnight [´midnait] n.午夜；漆黑 (初中英语单词)
• mineral [´minərəl] n.矿物 a.矿物的 (初中英语单词)
• rainfall [´reinfɔ:l] n.雨量 (初中英语单词)
• lonely [´ləunli] a.孤独的；无人烟的 (初中英语单词)
• mainly [´meinli] ad.主要地；大体上 (初中英语单词)
• indian [´indiən] a.印度的 n.印度人 (初中英语单词)
• peasant [´pezənt] n.农民；庄稼人 (初中英语单词)
• wisdom [´wizdəm] n.智慧，聪明，才智 (初中英语单词)
• stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)
• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)
• greece [gri:s] n.希腊 (初中英语单词)
• mercury [´mə:kjuri] n.汞；水银柱 (初中英语单词)
• appreciate [ə´pri:ʃieit] v.评价；珍惜；感激 (初中英语单词)
• arctic [´ɑ:ktik] a.北极的 (高中英语单词)
• daytime [´deitaim] n.白天 (高中英语单词)
• underground [,ʌndə´graund] ad.&a.地下(的) (高中英语单词)
• pacific [pə´sifik] a.和平的；温和的 (高中英语单词)
• response [ri´spɔns] n.回答；响应 (高中英语单词)
• honesty [´ɔnisti] n.诚实，老实 (高中英语单词)
• daybreak [´deibreik] n.黎明，拂晓 (英语四级单词)
• amazon [´æməzən] n.女战士 (英语四级单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)
• policy [´pɔlisi] n.政策；权谋；保险单 (英语四级单词)
• hunting [´hʌntiŋ] n.打猎 (英语六级单词)