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 DecemberIf 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. |
| For Sale（出售） One-bedroom apartment It’s near No. 1 High School. There is a park, a library and a supermarket near here. Right price. Tel:86825044 Time:10:00 a. m. -4:00 p. m. |
City English Center Good English teachers give classes from 8:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m. on weekends. Classes are ￥50 an hour. Please call Lisa at 53545156 on weekdays. Time:9:00 a. m. -4:00 p. m. |
| For Rent One hundred bikes. All bikes are new and colorful. It’s near the Center Hospital. Ten yuan a day. Call Mr. Li at 33843535 every day. |
Found A green MP4 on the playground on Monday evening. See Lin Tao in Class 4, Grade 7. Room 518, Building B. |
根据以上信息，选择正确答案。
A. a bike B. an MP4 C. a bedroom
A. ￥50 B. ￥100 C. ￥150
A. Mr. Li B. Lisa C. Lin Tao
A. has B. found C. lost
A. The apartment for sale has only one bedroom.
B. It will cost you ten yuan to rent a bike a day.
C. You can call Lisa at 53545156 on Sunday.
One morning , the boss comes to the factory at nine thirty. He sees a man drinking tea. How much money do you make a day? The boss asks the man. One hundred dollars”. The man answers
The boss gives the man one hundred dollars and says angrily , take the money and get out of here. Then the boss asks jack, a worker in the factory,_______________
Tom says , he doesn’t work here. He comes here to pick up a package[包裹]
A.老板 B.领班 C.经理
A.nine
B. nine thirty
C. ten thirty
A. having breakfast
B. drinking tea
C. sleeping
A. The man is worker of the factory.
B. The boss asks the man to get out of here.
C. The man comes here to pick up a package.
A.What is the man doing here?
B.Why is the man here?
任务型阅读。（每小题2分，共6分）
When it comes to November 11, what’s on your mind? Well, as to the old people, it’s only a common day. However, the young will consider it as the Singles’ Day as well as the on-line shopping carnival(狂欢节). In fact, on November 11th, 2014, Tmall and Taobao (the biggest Chinese online shopping platform) has sold out more than 57 billion yuan goods. This data(数据) has surprised the media(媒体)at home and abroad. Apparently, people have more interests on cyber (网络)shopping than spend the night with their single friends. Some home media even suggest that November 11th should be the Chinese on-line shopping carnival.
In 2010, Jack Ma, the CEO of Tmall and Taobao, had coined the term “Double Eleven”, aimed to encourage the single people to do something to celebrate their own festival. Instead of dating lovers, people go on-line shopping to relive(再体验) the loneliness. According to the survey, China had 564 million Internet users at the end of last year and 180 million single people. And the single people are the main force of the China’s spending power. The debut(开张) was a great success. Then “11.11” has an unusual meaning, which stands for on-line shopping carnival.
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Amy, a little third-grader, was tired of being teased about her limping(跛行). It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. Sometimes even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing made her feel all alone.
One day when she heard that there was a Christmas wish contest on the radio station, she decided to write a letter to Santa.
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me Santa?
Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. I just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.
yours, Amy
When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, manager Lee Tobin read it carefully. He thought it would be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special third-grader and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called up the local newspaper.
The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the local newspaper. The story spread quickly. All across the country, newspapers and radio and television stations reported the story of the little girl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who asked for such a simple Christmas gift -- just one day without teasing.
During that unforgettable Christmas season, over two thousand people from all over the world sent Amy letters of friendship and support. And Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing at South Wayne Elementary School. Additionally, everyone at school got another lesson. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.
That year the Fort Wayne mayor(市长) officially made December 21 as Amy Day throughout the city. The mayor explained that by daring to make such a simple wish, Amy taught a universal lesson. “Everyone,” said the mayor, “wants and deserves to be treated with respect, dignity and warmth.
| A．laugh at | B．talk about |
| C．look up to | D．run after |
| A．strange | B．alone | C．happy | D．surprised |
| A．Amy didn’t want to go to school any more |
| B．Amy wanted the mayor to make a special day for her |
| C．Amy didn’t want to be teased forever |
| D．teachers and students in her school got a special lesson |
| A．if we have trouble, we can write to the radio station |
| B．why Amy was teased by others |
| C．everyone deserves to be treated with respect, dignity and warmth |
| D．Amy’s wish is realized |
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why. “Look down, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross (十字形的) of twisting, turning streets leading to the square.
“See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she could not believe the lunches were as bad as I said. When I turned to Father for help, he didn’t say anything. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson.
In the years that followed, I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. It not only helped me deal with the lunch trouble, but also made me know where I wanted to go in life. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square.
| A．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town |
| B．find out how many ways lead to the square |
| C．encourage her to find out another way to solve her problem |
| D．help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day |
| A．did something delicious for the writer |
| B．refused to do something about the awful lunch |
| C．tasted the awful lunch |
| D．spoke to the school about lunch |
| A．when one road is blocked, try another |
| B．how bad the lunch of her school is |
| C．how wise her father is |
| D．about the church tower near her home |
| A．the writer doesn’t like her mother any more |
| B．every time she has problems, she would first go to her father |
| C．the writer finally found out the way to solve the awful lunch at school |
| D．the writer’s friends like to ask her for advice |