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Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)—000 Telephone information—12455
。Medical(医学的) Care—1300369359 Taxi—1800421113
Surfing the Internet
With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it’s easy to surf the Internet in Australia.
Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.
。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.
。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.
Post Service
All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.
。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
。It costs 50 cents to send a standard（标准的） letter in Australia.
Public Holidays
On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.
。New Year’s Day—1st January
。Australia Day—26th January
。Christmas Day—25th December
If there is a fire, you can call________ in Australia.

A．1300369359

B．180042113

C．000

D．12455

Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia?

A．At 8:30 on Tuesday.	B．At 9:30 on Sunday.
C．At 8:30 on Saturday.	D．At 9:30 on Monday.

Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he isn’t in good health. He needs a nurse to look after him. What should he do?

A．Go to an Internet tearoom.	B．Send a letter to his son.
C．Call 1300369359.	D．Go to a hospital.

Which one might be open on public holidays?

A．Public libraries.

B．Shops.

C．Banks.

D．Post offices.

Which one is not right according to（根据）the above passage?

A．Surfing the Internet is cheap in Australia.

B．It costs 50 cents to send a standard letter.

C．Australians go to work on 26th January.

D．Australians don't go shopping on public holidays.

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?
In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.
The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.
The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.
The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Simon went to London to __________.

Which picture shows us where Rick’s flat was?

A B CD
According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _______ on the train.

A．playing cards

B．talking

C．doing some reading

D．singing and dancing

What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?

What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Differences in British and American culture	B．Simon’s funny story
C．Information abroad	D．Hiding the feeling

Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.
During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?
There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.
In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(电车) and train all over the city.
In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(机动车) and pedestrians are safe there.
In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.
根据短文内容, 选择最佳答案。
The passage is about .

The city of once experimented on a completely free bus service.

The city of experimented on a very cheap bus service.

The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets	B．traffic is computer-controlled
C．cars move very slowly	D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

Spaceship	Time	Astronaut	Event
Shenzhou V	2003.10.15 —10.16	Yang Liwei	China became the third country to succeed in sending up the manned spaceship into space.
Shenzhou VI	2005.10.12 —10.17	Fei Junlong Nie Haisheng
Shenzhou VII	2008.9.25 —9.28	Zhai Zhigang Liu Boming Jing Haipeng	Three Chinese astronauts were sent into the space together. Zhai Zhigang went out of the spaceship and walked in space for the first time.
Shenzhou VIII	2011.11.1 —11.17	No astronaut	Shenzhou VIII connected itself to Tiangong I successfully.
Shenzhou IX	2012.6.16 —6.29	Jing Haipeng Liu Wang Liu Yang	Astronauts connected Shenzhou IX to Tiangong I successfully by controlling them by hand. Liu Yang became the first woman astronaut who came into the space in China.

根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。
______ country (countries) had sent their astronauts into space before China.

______ was sent into the space twice among these astronauts.

______ walked in the space for the first time in China.

_______ has the same number of astronauts as Shenzhou IX.

Liu Yang ________ in China.

A．became the first woman astronaut who came into the space

B．is the first astronaut who came into the space

C．walked in the space for the first time

D．connected Shenzhou VIII to Tiangong I successfully

Dear Grace,
How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail. You want to know about my school clubs, right ? Well, it’s time for us to join the school clubs now. There are many clubs in my school, like the English club, the art club, the music club and the sports club. I have two good friends, Jack and Lisa. We all want to join the school clubs.
I want to join the music club, because I can play the guitar. I can’t speak English well, but I also want to join the English club.
Jack likes sports. He can play soccer and basketball. He is in the school soccer team(队). He wants to join the sports club. He can play the guitar, too. But he doesn’t want to join the music club.
Lisa likes drawing. She wants to join the art club. She also speaks English very well. I think she can be in the English club. But she can’t be in the music club. She can’t play any instruments(乐器).
Are there any clubs in your school? What club are you in?
Please write an e—mail and tell me about your school clubs.
Yours,
Jane
Grace wants to know Jane’s _______ .

Jane wants to join the _______ club.

下面哪项陈述是正确的？

A．Jack speaks English well	B．Jack is Jane’s good friend
C．Jack is in the art club	D．Jack can play the violin

Lisa can NOT__________.

A．draw well	B．play the guitar
C．join the English club	D．speak English well

Grace 下次给Jane写的邮件的主题可能是什么？

A．Grace’s birthday party.	B．Grace’s favorite subjects.
C．Grace’s school clubs.	D．Grace’s school day

Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. American schools begin in September. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Then the students have a great summer vacation.
High school students have only four or five subjects each term. They usually have same lessons every day, and teachers don’t ask them to do much homework. After school, they can do many interesting things like playing sports. Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.
After high school, many students go to college（大学）. They can go to a small one or big one. They need a lot of money to go to college. So many college students work after school to make money.
American students always go to school in ________after summer vacation.

Most children go to college when they are _________ in America.

划线词语“make money”的汉语意思是______________

A．还钱

B．花钱