Question

Keesh lived at the edge of the Polar Sea. He had seen 13 suns in the Eskimo（愛斯基摩人的）way of  1  time. Among the Eskimos, the sun each winter  2  the land in darkness. And the next  3 , a new sun returns, so it might be warm again. The father of Keesh had  4  a brave man. But he had died  5  for food. Keesh was his only son, who lived  6  with his mother, Ikeega.

One  7  , the village council（委員會(huì)）met in the big iglu（圓頂冰屋）of Klosh-Kwan, the chief. Keesh was there with the others. He listened, then waited for  8  . He said, “It is true that you give us some meat, but it is often old and  9  meat and has many bones.” The hunters were 10 . This was a child speaking 11 them, a child talking like a grown man. Keesh said, “My father Bok was a great hunter. It is said that Bok brought home more meat than any of the two best hunters and that he  12  the meat so that all got an equal share.”

“Na! Na!” The hunters cried. “ 13  the child out! ” Send him to bed! ”He should not talk to graybeards this way!” Keesh  14  until the noise stopped. “You have a wife, Ugh-Gluk,” he said, “and you speak for her. My mother has no one  15  me, so I speak. As I say Bok hunted greatly but he’s now dead. It is only  16  then that my mother, who was his wife and I, his son, should have meat  17  the tribe has meat. I, Keesh, son of Bok, have spoken.” Again there was a great  18   in the iglu, the council  19  Keesh to bed. It even talked of giving him no food. Keesh jumped to his feet. “Hear me,”he cried, “ 20  shall I speak in the council iglu again, I shall go and hunt meat like my father Bok.”

1．A．telling                   B．taking                 C．spending             D．keeping

2．A．flees                    B．disappears           C．leaves                 D．reaches

3．A．winter                  B．year                   C．summer              D．fall

4．A．been                    B．remained             C．made                  D．become

5．A．searching             B．looking               C．hunting               D．struggling

6．A．a(chǎn)lone                    B．well                    C．a(chǎn)long                  D．hard

7．A．morning               B．night                  C．a(chǎn)fternoon            D．noon

8．A．silence                 B．his turn               C．quarrel               D．his share

9．A．rotten                   B．fine                    C．smelly                D．tough

10．A．a(chǎn)ngry                 B．surprised            C．embarrassed       D．puzzled

11．A．a(chǎn)gainst               B．with                   C．of                      D．for

12．A．separated            B．cut                     C．divided               D．cooked

13．A．Drive                 B．Put                     C．Throw               D．Rush

14．A．talked                 B．complained         C．sobbed               D．waited

15．A．but                     B．a(chǎn)nd                    C．or                      D．including

16．A．true                    B．fair                     C．wise                   D．important

17．A．unless                B．until                   C．when                 D．so that

18．A．quietness            B．cry                     C．shout                 D．noise

19．A．ordered              B．pushed               C．begged               D．sent

20．A．Seldom               B．Hardly                C．Scarcely             D．Never

Answer 1

1—5 DCBAC       6—10 CBADB       11—15 ACBDA       16—20 BCDAD