To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It's hard work and it makes you short of ___(1)_____. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes, but it's an ___(2)_____ way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft（气垫船）___(3)_____ you don't mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise, you can go by hoar if you __(4)______ your sea-sickness pills. All these ways of transport have their ____(5)____, and the weary traveler often dreams of driving to __(6)_____ in his own car.“Not possible”, you say. Well, wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or a bridge.

　　Sydney is famous for her harbour. People can see at least glimpse（一瞥）of blue sea from their windows. Nearly everyone lives 1 an hour from a beach. So on weekends sails（帆） 2 different shapes, sizes and colours glide（滑翔） 3 the water. Watching is 4 favourite activity for some spectators.

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. 选择最恰当的单词或词语, 用A, B, C或D表示, 填入括号内.

　　Do you know Eskimos? Let me tell you something about their (1) .

　　The Eskimos live near the North Pole. There are only two seasons there: winter and summer. There is no spring (2) autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can't see the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never (3) .

　　The Eskimos have warm clothes. They make their clothes from the skins of animals. From skins they make coats, caps and shoes.

　　Near the North pole trees can't grow, for it is too cold there. The Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, stones or snow. When they (4) in a storm and can't get back home, they make houses of snow. They (5) these snow houses when the storm is over.

　　Life is hard for the Eskimos, but they still (6) to live there.

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