7. From this passage we can see that dogs were important to the Eskimos.　　　　 T　　 F

6. The Eskimos depended on wheat and corn for food.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

5. The clothes the Eskimos wear looked very nice.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

4. The Eskimos used wooden boat to travel in summer　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

3.In order to keep warm, the Eskimos burned the fat of animals.　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

2.The Eskimos made a living by hunting.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

1.From this passage we can that the Eskimos’ way of life ____.

A.　　 was quite different from ours 　　　　　

B.　　 was better than any other people’s

C.　　 was interesting and comfortable　

D.　　 was the same as ours

8.The word Punch in the fourth paragraph may be ___.

A.　　 the name of an official in the government

B.　　 an famous English film

C.　　 the name of an English magazine

D.　　 a man who did not like table tennis

Words per minute ______

%Comprehension _______

Passage 8　

They Burned Blubber

Do you wonder how the Eskimos were able to live in the Arctic? They needed special ways of getting their food, clothing, and housing. They needed special ways to travel.

Very few plants grow in the Arctic. To get food, the Eskimos hunted and fished. They hunted polar bears(北极熊), seals, and whales. During certain seasons, they hunted reindeer and sea birds, and they fished for salmon(大马哈鱼). In the winter, some Eskimos built igloos made of snow blocks. These snow houses protected them from the wind.

To keep an igloo warm, they used a stone lamp. They burned blubber (海兽脂), the fat of sea animals, for fue1. In the summer, the Eskimos lived in tents made from animal skins.

The Eskimos needed clothes that were warm and kept out wind and water. They made their clothes from animal skins. Their high boots kept out the snow, and mittens(连指手套)protected their hands. Both men and women wore pants (裤子) and a fur coat with a hood (头罩). An Eskimo woman had an extra-large coat so she could carry her baby on her back beneath it.

The Eskimos had to move about to hunt and fish and get the things they needed. In the winter, they traveled on a sled pulled by a team of dogs. In the summer, they traveled in a skin-covered canoe.

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Total Reading Time ___

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Answer the following questions without referring to the reading:

7.The word exported in the second paragraph means ___.

A.　　 sent something out of a country for sale

B.　　 brought in something from other countries

C.　　 asked others to make

D.　　 gave something to others without getting any money

6.The European championships was played in 1926.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F