Question

Thousands of years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks（块）of ice．These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities．Most of the ice was in the northern part of the world． Then the ice blocks started to move south．Cold and rain came with the ice．Animals and people had to move． At last, the ice began to melt （融化）．After half a million years, most of it had melted．More than half of the earth became covered with water．The climate became much warmer．Things began to grow．The earth began to look the way it looks today．

1.Thousands of years ago our earth was very ________．

A．warm             B．hot            C．cool          D．cold

2.What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved south?

A．They tried to stop them moving.

B．They tried to melt them．

C．They tried to move behind them．

D．They tried to stay ahead of them．

3.The melting ice may help to form___________.

A.mountains and valleys     B.the sun,the moon and the earth

C.cities and countries      D.seas,lakes and rivers

4.The underlined word "climate" means ________．

A．the freezing ice

B．the weather of the year

C．the moving of the ice blocks

D．a plant or an animal

5.Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?

a．Forests grew

b．Food became harder to find

c．Fishing became easier

d．The temperature dropped．

A．a; b            B．b; d            C．c; d              D．a; c

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了几百万年前，地球上大部分都被冰块覆盖着，这些冰块像现代城市的高楼大厦一样高，大多数的冰在地球的北部。然后冰块开始向南移动。寒冷与雨水伴随着冰块，动物和人类不得不迁移。最后冰块开始融化，50万年后，大多数的冰已经融化了，地球的超过一半的部分覆盖着水，气候变暖多了，生命开始生长，地球开始看上去和现在的样子差不多了。

1. years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice.几百万年前，地球上大部分都被冰块覆盖着，可知答案选D。

2.细节理解题。从Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move. 可知答案选C。

3. More than half of the earth became covered with water.地球超过一半的地方被水覆盖，可知答案D。

4. became much warmer变得暖和多了，可知答案选B。

5. began to grow.万物开始生长， More than half of the earth became covered with water.地球超过一半的地方被水覆盖，The climate became much warmer.气候变暖多了，可知答案选D。

考点：科普环保类短文阅读。