1. (2022六上·上海市期中) Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词组，完成短文，用A,B,C,D表示) 

Do you know Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their 1 .The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two seasons there: winter and summer. There are no spring 2 autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can't 3 the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never 4 and there is no night.

Near the North Pole, trees can't grow for it is too cold there. The Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, stones or snow. When they go out in a storm(风暴) and can't get home, they make houses of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is over. Life is 5 for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.