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Unit 7 读写专项训练
Ⅰ.阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题
For most people, summer holidays mean sun, sea and sand, but not for Canadian schoolgirl Sarah Landry. She had a holiday full of ice and snow. She and her family travelled across Greenland!Starting just above the Arctic Circle(北极圈), Sarah’s family used dogsleds with kites to cross the world’s biggest island.
Sarah said there wasn’t much to see during the long journey.There was only snow, ice, and more snow. The family travelled 15 miles a day for 22 days, moving faster when strong winds pushed along their kites.
Then the weather became too hot for the dogs to pull sleds during the day, so the family began travelling at night. The Landrys lived in tents, ate dried food, and took baths with heated water. When they weren’t travelling, they played with kites and made snowmen. Using their mobile phones, the family could send and get emails even on Greenland’s ice cap! The road to the top was icy and dangerous.
The difficult journey was worth it when