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Clare Kines had long dreamed of moving to the Arctic Circle. He had served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for twenty years, but never in the extreme north. He had friends who had worked up there and it was always a goal of him.

In 1999 Kines was offered his dream promotion in Nanisivik, a mining town 700km north of the Arctic Circle. He settled in a small village nearby called Arctic Bay. Also known as Ikpiarjuk, the isolated town had just over 600 people.

“In many ways it was like coming to another country,” he says. “The main language here is Inuktitut (the language of the Inuit), so you often need translators. In summertime it’s light all the time. You can go for a walk at 2:00 am.” The daytime temperature was 7℃ when he arrived in July. However, in winter it plunged to -30℃.

“We last see the sun in town on 5 November and it doesn’t come back until 6 February,” says Kines. But Kines didn’t mind the dark season. He found it was never completely pitch black during the day but, rather, different shades of twilight. “The light changes constantly. On a mid-morning there’s a beautiful light with orange colour on the hills, turning to a blue that gets darker.”

Despite not speaking the local language, Kines quickly felt at home in his new community. “Everyone was very welcoming and it was easy to get involved. I don’t know anywhere else where the whole community comes together so often to play games and dance,” he says.

1.What’s Kines’s goal?

A Getting quick promotion.

B Serving in the Arctic Circle.

C Learning Inuktitut for fun.

D Making friends with the Inuit.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句He had friends who had served up there and it was always a goal of him.可知Kine的目标是在北极圈里面去当警察，故选B。

2.What does the underlined word “plunged” in the third paragraph mean?

A Flew.

B Grew.

C Dropped.

D Increased.

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据前面的7℃和后面的-30℃可知温度是下降了，因此plunge的意思和drop意思相近，故选C。

3.How long couldn't the people in Arctic Bay see the sun in 1999?

A 90 days.

B 91 days.

C 92 days.

D 93 days.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第四段第一句We last see the sun in town on 5 November and it doesn’t come back until 6 February.可知1999年的时候Arctic Bay的极夜从11月6日持续到了第二年的2月5日，总共长91天，故选B。

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A The Inuit people speak both English and Inuktitut.

B The dark season is not completely dark.

C Arctic Bay is out of the Arctic Circle.

D Kine felt uneasy to live in Arctic Bay.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第四段第三句He found it was never completely pitch black during the day but, rather, different shades of twilight.可知北极圈的极夜并不是完全的一片漆黑，故选B。

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A Life in the Arctic.

B Dark season of the Arctic.

C The coldest place in the world.

D Few people live in Arctic.

解析：选A。主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了加拿大警察Kines在北极圈内的生活，故选A。