Australia is the smallest continent(洲) in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is near the south of the equator(赤道).So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Australia.
Australia has a small population (人口).The population of Australia is nearly the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After driving for a short time from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere. Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” below its breast(胸). The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very strange, isn’t it?China is __________than Australia.
| A．larger | B．large | C．small | D．smaller |
It is ________in Australia when it is summer in our country.
| A．autumn | B．spring | C．winter | D．summer |
Australia is famous for its _________.
| A．kangaroos | B．deer | C．elephants | D．birds |
There would be a school party on Friday evening. The girls were talking about what they were going to wear.
“I’m going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice me,” said Emily. “How about you, Linda?”
“I’m not sure. Maybe jeans, an old shirt, and a hat. People will notice me more than you!” Linda said.
“What are we going to do about the boys?” asked Jane. “Do you remember the last school party, last year? They just stood there, and we girls had to dance by ourselves!”
“I hear that some of the boys learned how to dance this summer. Maybe it’ll be better
this time,” said Mary.
The party was held on Friday evening. Groups of students arrived. The music began. The girls stood in a line on one side, and the boys on another side. Mr. Green, their teacher, tried to get them together, but failed. After a while, Tim said, “I don’t want to stand here the whole time. The party is only for two hours. It’ll be over soon.” He started to dance. All the others watched him. Then David asked Emily if she wanted to dance. Then Jack and Linda. Then, all began to dance. Soon there were more dancers than watchers.Before the school party, the girls were mainly discussing __________.
| A．the dance at the party |
| B．the teacher at the party |
| C．the dresses they would wear at the party |
| D．the boys at the party |
The girls wanted people to _________.
| A．buy them some dresses |
| B．teach them how to dance |
| C．notice them |
| D．invite them to the school party |
. The teachers tried to ___________.
| A．invite the girls to dance |
| B．play music instead of dancing |
| C．get the girls and boys to dance alone |
| D．get the girls and boys to dance together |
The party was ______________ last year.
| A．better than | B．not so good as |
| C．as good as | D．as bad as |
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“Three Little Cows” is ___________.
| A．the name of a zoo |
| B．the name of a movie |
| C．the name of a restaurant |
| D．the name of a party |
When are great drink specials and half price pizza offered?
| A．On Monday and Friday, 3-6 pm. |
| B．From Monday to Friday, 3-6 pm. |
| C．On Wednesday, 6-10 pm. |
| D．At any time. |
From 6 pm to 10 pm on Wednesday, customers can __________.
| A．have free wine |
| B．make a bottle of wine |
| C．pay $10 less for the wine |
| D．have wine for only $10 |
When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the sea. They’ll calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.
All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s minds and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “misleads” you sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.
Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
Smart (clever) uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospital and libraries seldom (很少) paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!The underlined word “misleads” means ______
| A．affects |
| B．effects |
| C．causes someone to have a wrong idea |
| D．give wrong directions |
We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in ______
| A．light blue or light green |
| B．deep red or deep brown |
| C．deep orange or deep red |
| D．light green or light yellow |
If you want to _______, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.
| A．weigh something with your hands |
| B．study attentively |
| C．face the lake or the sea |
| D．enjoy some rock music |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green |
| B．Scientists have known some differences among some colors |
| C．When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away |
| D．The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other are cool |
The reading mainly shows us _____
| A．the difference between red and white. |
| B．how to get on well with others |
| C．how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life |
| D．how to paint and decorate our rooms |
Maybe you can not imagine what a hotel made of trash looks like. But in Rome, Italy, there is a campaign called Save the Beach that has created a hotel out of 12 tons of trash in order to raise awareness (意识) of our waste.
Save the Beach is an environmental awareness campaign set up by the makers of Corona Beer. They collected all the trash from all the beaches all across Europe. Then they built the special hotel.
It was reported that the hotel was fully booked (预约). And it was open only for four days there in early June, the same time as World Environment Day. Next to the “trash hotel” was the slogan of Save the Beach. It said, we have built the first hotel made of trash in the world. This will be the future of our holidays if we do nothing to protect our beaches.
The hotel was built just to show the damage we were causing to the sea and the coastline (海岸线). We live in the time of trash and we are running the risk of becoming trash ourselves. Do we really want such a world?
The trash hotel in Rome was just the beginning to support healthy, clean and trash-free beaches all across Europe by Save the Beach. Maybe there will be more surprising ideas in the future. Let’s wait and see. Where was the trash hotel built?
| A．In Europe | B． In Asia | C． In America | D． In Africa |
The trash was from the _____________
| A．Streets | B． Beaches | C． Woods | D． Hotels |
The hotel was open only for four days in early June because ___________
| A．Many people went to the beach in June |
| B．It was hot in early June |
| C．The hotel was not clean enough |
| D．That was the same time as World Environment Day |
. The underlined word “damage” means “_____________” in Chinese.
| A．危险 | B．需要 | C．毁坏 | D．目的 |
. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．No one could live in the trash hotel |
| B．The trash hotel was the first one in the world |
| C．The trash hotel was built just for fun |
| D．The trash hotel will be popular in the future |
Mrs Turner’s telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in town was 3464. People often made mistakes and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man’s voice came over the phone, “At what time does your latest film begin?”
“I’m sorry”, said Mrs Turner, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?” said the man. “ I am sorry about that. Well, good-bye.” Mrs Turner was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “No, that wasn’t a mistake. The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.” When the tired man telephoned Mrs Turner by mistake at first, she was ____
| A．angry | B． not surprised at all | C． pleased | D． surprised |
. Mrs Turner was surprised because the tired man ____
| A．wanted the cinema but called a wrong number |
| B．said something that had nothing to do with her answer |
| C．asked her silly questions that she didn’t know how to answer |
| D．was angry with himself for having made the mistake |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The Turners lived near the cinema |
| B．Neither of the Turners wanted to go to the cinema |
| C．The man didn’t want to go to the cinema with his wife that night |
| D．The man’s wife was angry for what her husband had done |
The husband would be happy because he ____
| A．laughed at his wife |
| B．could enjoy himself alone that night |
| C．could relax himself at home |
| D．could have good time at home with his wife |
By this story the writer wants to tell us ____
| A．that it is tiresome (令人厌倦的) to answer a wrong phone call. |
| B．that wives are easier to be fooled by their husbands. |
| C．only a joke |
| D．that it’s wrong for husband and wife to fool each other. |