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 2. The North Pole is a surprising place. Read and fill in the blanks according to the passage.
Near the North Pole there are two seasons: (1)________ and (2)________. The winter nights are long. For more than two months, you (3)________ see the sun, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun (4)________ sets, and there is no night at all.
The temperature is very (5)________ near the North Pole. Even in summer the temperature is below 0℃. So people there have warm clothing on all year round. They make most of it themselves. They make the clothing from the skins of animals. From skins, they make the coats, even the boots.
In the cold climate, plants can't grow. So people there have to build their houses with skins, stones or snow. When they go out to catch animals, they live in their tents of skins. When they move, they take their tents with them. When they are out in a storm and can't get back home, they build houses of snow. Now don't think that these houses must be very cold. In fact they are (6)________ and safe. They leave these snow houses when the storm is over.

答案： 2.
(1)winter/summer
(2)summer/winter
(3)can't
(4)never
(5)low
(6)warm

 3. After lunch, Ma Jian wants to telephone Jenny to ask her what she is doing now. But Tingting tells him not to do. Why? Read the following and complete the sentences.
At this moment in different places of the world people are doing different things.
In Beijing it's early morning. People are sleeping.
In London people are leaving work to go home. They are waiting for buses or running for trains. Some people are driving their cars. Some are having afternoon tea at home or walking to the bars to have a drink.
In Moscow (莫斯科) it's evening and people are having supper at home or in restaurants. Some are going to watch a ballet (芭蕾舞). Some are drinking in the bars.
In Los Angeles it's morning. People are working in their offices. Children are starting their lessons.
New York is midday now. People aren't working but having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or Coke. Some people are seeing friends or shopping.
(1) When children in Los Angeles are starting their lessons, people in Beijing are ________.
(2)From the passage we can see at night some people in ________ like to go to watch a ballet.
(3)We know that Moscow is ________ hours earlier than London.
(4)From the passage, we can see the time in New York now is ________.
(5)This passage mainly talks about ________ difference.

答案： 3.
(1)sleeping
(2)Moscow
(3)three/3
(4)12:00
(5)time