业余学校《世界上最冷的地方》阅读练习

2021年1月22日发(作者：夜不成眠)
Comprehension Test
阅读理解

The Coldest Place on Earth
世界上最冷的地方

Tim Vicary
（著）

1
Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
判断以下句子正确（
T
）或错误（
F
）。

a



The first man to find the North Pole was an American.
b



The name of Scott’s ship was
Fram.

c



Amundsen had more motor sledges than Scott.
d



They made depots because they couldn’t carry all the food with them.

e



Ponies are faster than dogs on snow.
f



The British killed some ponies to eat.
g



Scott didn’t try to learn to ski.

h



There are no mountains in Antarctica.
i



The Norwegians killed some dogs to eat.
j



Amundsen waited for Scott at the North Pole.

20 marks
2
Match a word from A with a definition from B.
在
B
部分中选择合适的序号与
A
部分组成
定义。


A
1


Sledge
2


Ski
3


Ice

B

a

A small horse
b

Something to carry food and equipment across the snow
c

A lot of wind and snow at the same time
d

A long piece of wood to put your feet on to travel on the snow
e

Cold hard water

20 marks
4


Pony
5


Snowstorm
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3
Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
在
B
部分中选择
合适 的序号与
A
部分组成完整的句子。


A

1



The Norwegians wanted to be the first men at the North Pole ...
2



On the
Terra Nova
, Scott’s men at
e in a room under the ponies ...
3



Bjaaland wasn’t happy with the skis and sledges ...

4



Johansen told Amundsen he was a bad captain ...
5



When the Norwegians arrived at the South Pole ...

B
a

because he started too early and his men nearly died in the cold.
b

so their table was often wet and dirty.
c

there was no British flag there.
d

but Peary, an American, found the North Pole a
year before.
e

so he changed a lot of things to make them stronger and faster.

20 marks
4
Explain in 3 sentences why Scott did not win the race to the South Pole.
有三句话解释原
因。

1

................................... ................................

2
< br>............................................... ....................

3

......... .................................................. ........


30 marks
5
Oates wrote a letter to his mother. Fill in the gaps using:
think, learn, sleep, drive, like.
用适
当的词填空

We had a very bad winter here. I don’t ............... Scott. We w
ere here all winter, but he
didn’t ............... to ski, or to ............... dogs. Our equipment is bad, and he doesn’t ...............
about other people. I’m going to ............... in his tent on the journey, but I don’t want to.


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Mutiple-choice Test
选择题

The Coldest Place on Earth
世界上最冷的地方

Tim Vicary
Setting
故事背景


Choose the best answer.
选择合适的答案

1
The journey to the South Pole began in the _____ of 1910.

a [ ] spring b [ ] summer c [ ] autumn d [ ] winter
2
Scott’s ship was called _____.


a [ ] Fram b [ ] Terra Firma c [ ] Terra Nova d [ ] New Land
3
In 1910, Scott was _____ years old.

a [ ] 31 b [ ] 39 c [ ] 41 d [ ] 43
4
Scott and his men wanted to _____.

a [ ] be the first at the South Pole b [ ] be the

first in Alaska c [ ] visit South America d [ ] travel around Norway
5
He wanted to _____ under his clothes.

a [ ] carry a bottle of whisky b [ ] wear something British

c [ ] wear another jumper d [ ] carry a British flag
6
Roald Amundsen decided to go to _____.

a [ ] Antarctica before Alaska b [ ] Alaska before Antarctica

c [ ] Britain d [ ] America
7
Amundsen’s friends were excellent _____.


a [ ] sailors b [ ] walkers c [ ] swimmers d [ ] skiers
8
Amundsen’s
ship first went to a small island to get _____.

a [ ] men b [ ] food c [ ] dogs d [ ] clothes
9
_____ was the first country to the North Pole.

a [ ] Britain b [ ] Norway c [ ] America d [ ] Antarctica
10
When Amundsen’s men hear
d where he really wanted to go, they _____.


a [ ] left the ship b [ ] were happy c [ ] were angry d [ ]
went to Scott’s ship.

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Characters
人物


Choose the best answer.
选择合适的答案

11 Robert Scott was _____.
















a [ ] strong and not very tall b [ ] strong and tall
c [ ] not very strong or tall d [ ] very thin and tall
a [ ] not very tall with a long face b [ ] quite short with a big face
c [ ] tall with long hair d [ ] tall with a long face
a [ ] swimmer in Norway b [ ] skier in the world
c [ ] leader of the Norwegian team d [ ] skier in Norway
a [ ] Oates b [ ] Wilson c [ ] Evans d [ ] Bowers
a [ ] built Framheim b [ ] drove the dogs
c [ ] made his depots d [ ] wrote letters
a [ ] January b [ ] April c [ ] June d [ ] September
a [ ] Oates b [ ] Meares c [ ] Evans d [ ] Wilson
a [ ] hands b [ ] legs c [ ] feet d [ ] fingers
a [ ] go more quickly b [ ] be first at the South Pole
c [ ] go home d [ ] make more depots
a [ ] feel ill b [ ] ski c [ ] die d [ ] leave
20 marks
12 Roald Amundsen was _____.
13 Olav Bjaaland was the best _____.
14 _____ thought that Scott made a lot of mistakes.
15 Amundsen _____ very carefully.
16 Johansen told Amundsen that he was wrong to start in _____.
17
_____ knew how to drive the dogs in Scott’s team.

18
Titus Oates’ _____ became black.

19 Hansen wanted Amundsen to _____.
20
Edgar Evans was the first of Scott’s men to _____.


Dialogue
对话


Who said or wrote this?
谁说的或写的这些话？

21
‘An American flag at the North Pole, a British flag at the South Pole.’

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a [ ] Scott b [ ] Johansen c [ ] Evans d [ ] Amundsen
a [ ] Bjaaland b [ ] Amundsen c [ ] Oates d [ ] Johansen
a [ ] Scott b [ ] Johansen c [ ] Amundsen d [ ] Oates
a [ ] Evans b [ ] Scott c [ ] Oates d [ ] Bowers
a [ ] Oates b [ ] Johansen c [ ] Bjaaland d [ ] Amundsen
a [ ] Scott b [ ] Oates c [ ] Amundsen d [ ] Johansen
a [ ] Amundsen b [ ] Bjaaland c [ ] Scott d [ ] Wisting
a [ ] Scott b [ ] Hanssen c [ ] Oates d [ ] Amundsen
a [ ] Evans b [ ] Oates c [ ] Scott d [ ] Wilson
a [ ] Scott b [ ] Wilson c [ ] Oates d [ ] Evans
20 marks
22
‘It’s a ski race, isn’t it, and the English can’t ski!’

23
‘I came here to learn about the Antarctic!’

24
‘All the ponies are in a small room at the front of the ship.’

25
‘That’s too early! We can’t start then –

it’s dangerous and stupid!’

26
‘You aren’t coming to the Pole with me.’

27
‘This is a wonderful place –

but I don’t want to stay a long time.’

28
‘Stop! This is it.’

29
‘Great God! This is an awful place!’

30
‘I’m going outside for a minute. I may be some time.’


Vocabulary
词汇


Choose the best answer.
选择适当的答案

31 when two or more people try to be first





a [ ] lie b [ ] camp c [ ] race d [ ] journey
a [ ] plateau b [ ] flag c [ ] pole d [ ] map
a [ ] travel b [ ] ski c [ ] journey d [ ] reach
a [ ] ice b [ ] rain c [ ] fog d [ ] wind
a [ ] reach b [ ] win c [ ] lose d [ ] pull
5


32 a drawing which shows where places are
33 to go from place to place
34 thick air which is difficult to see in
35 to be the first in something
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