Question

Greenland is the largest island in the world．It is in the________of Europe．Near Greenland is another island．It is small．Its________is Iceland．Do you think that Greenland is green and warm？Do you think that Iceland is white with ice？If you do，you are________．Not many people live on the big island of Greenland．There________more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland．That is because Greenland is not green．Greenland is________．Most of the island is covered with lots of ice．The ice covering Greenland is________than the world’s tallest building．What________Iceland？Is it colder than Greenland？No，it isn’t．Iceland has ice，but not so much ice________Greenland．It has a lot of hot springs(泉)．They give out hot water and steam(水蒸气)．The climate(气候)is not as________as Greenland．And there are a lot______people who live in Iceland．

1.A．east        B．west   C．north   D．south

2.A．village     B．name   C．farm    D．town

3.A．wrong       B．clever C．right   D．bright

4.A．must be     B．are    C．is      D．be

5.A．yellow      B．brown  C．blue    D．white

6.A．more higher B．high   C．highest D．higher

7.A．of          B．in     C．about   D．on

8.A．as          B．like   C．than    D．then

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

10.A．many       B．much   C．more    D．most

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

1.格陵兰岛位于欧洲北部。这需要有一定的地理常识，下文并无提示。

2.根据Iceland(冰岛)可知该句是说它的名字叫Iceland。

3.如果你只从字面上看，认为Greenland是绿色的、暖和的，而Iceland是白色的、被许多冰所覆盖。那么你就错了。根据下文可知它们的地理特征并不像它们的名字所描述的那样。

4.There must be more people…表示肯定猜测，而如果直接用There are more people…则太绝对了。

5.根据下文得知格陵兰岛大部分地区被冰所覆盖，所以是白色的。

6.格陵兰岛的冰比世界上最高的楼还要高。故选high的比较级higher。

7.What about Iceland？意为：“冰岛(的地理环境和气候)又是怎样的呢？”

8.not so as…表示“不如……”。

9.因为冰岛有很多温泉，冰也没有格陵兰岛的多，所以就没有格陵兰岛冷。

10.a lot more people相当于much more people，意思是“冰岛的人口比格陵兰岛的多得多”。