Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the 1 of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its 2 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 3 . Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There 4 more people in your hometown than in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is 5 . Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is 6 than the world’s tallest building. What __7 Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice 8 Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(泉).They give out hot water and steam(水蒸汽).The climate(气候) is not as 9__ as Greenland. And there are a lot 10 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. not D. cool
10. A. many B. much C. more D. most
名师点评
这篇短文介绍了格陵兰岛和冰岛的地理环境和气候特征。
答案简析
1．C。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．B。
3．A。如果你只从字面上看，认为Greenland是绿色的，而 Iceland被许多冰所覆盖，那么你就想错了。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．B。There must be more people…表示肯定猜测，而如果直接用There are more people则太绝对化了。
5．D。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．D。格陵兰岛的冰比世界最高的楼高。故选high的比较级 higher。
7．C。What about Iceland? 意为“冰岛(的地理环境和气候)又怎样呢?”。
8．A。not so…as…表示“不如……”。
9．B。因为冰岛拥有很多的温泉，冰也没有格陵兰岛的多，所以气温就没有格陵兰岛低。
10．C。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”。