Sydney is a young city. Its history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the oldest city. It is also the country’s largest city. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and the most populous (人口稠密的) city of Australia.
The climate of Sydney is very good. It’s not too cold during the winter and not too hot during the summer.
Many people think that Sydney is one of the most attractive cities in the world. It has many tall and modern buildings. Among them, Centre point Tower is the tallest. Standing on the 305—meter (80 stories) tower, you will have a great view of the city.
Sydney is famous for its deep harbor(港口) .The harbor has many bays(湾) and beautiful surf beaches. Among them, Bondi beach is the most popular. Sydney Harbor is not only beautiful, it also serves as a large port. Ships carry wool, wheat and meat from Sydney to other countries. People living in Sydney seem to have an easy life style. The sky is blue，the air is fresh, birds sing in the garden.
Sydney | The oldest and 1. city in Australia |
Its history | More than two 2. . |
Its climate | 3. too cold nor too hot. |
Among the buildings | Centre point Tower is 4. than the others. |
5. living in Sydney | Having an easy life style. |
A: Hi, Jane. Nice to see you again. I heard that you went to the U.S.A. during the vacation.
B: Yes, I went there to attend a summer 1. in English.
A: Wow. You were lucky. Can you tell me something about your course?
B: Sure.
A: How 2. did you stay there?
B: About 40 days. I went there on July 15th and 3. on August 25th.
A: Where did you live?
B: In Mr. Smith’s house. And 4. with an American family, I could speak English with them daily.
A: How nice! And how about the course?
B: The course was also very good. You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom. And you are welcome to 5. your ideas with others. I really like it.
A: How interesting! Maybe my own teacher Miss Wang is 6. to try that. 7. tell her about it.
A: Hello, Peter. You look unhappy. What’s wrong?
B: 1. I have tried my best. But I find it’s really
difficult for me. I’ve decided to drop it.
A: 2.
B: I don’t really want to, but I don’t know what to do, Ann.
A: 3.
B: She is very busy. She has a lot of work to do.
A: Don’t worry. I have a good idea. You are good at math, and I do well in Chinese and Science. 4.
B: Great! 5.
A: I go to the art club and do volunteer work on the
weekends, but I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons.
B: I don’t have classes on Thursday afternoons, either. 6.
A: OK!
B: 7.
A: I hope so. Maybe you’ll find it easy and interesting, too. 8.
B: You can come to my home at two o’clock.
careful rule finish something learn |
A good way to pass an examination is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, don't learn only 1. of grammar.
Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night 2. things. Before you start the examination, read 3. over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last4. your examination, read your answers, correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have not 5. out.
(B)
As we all know, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge, open our minds and strengthen our character. In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books. Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It is true that we can get benefits from good books. Textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials can help us know more about the outside world and help us grow into an excellent person. Besides, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. Reading makes a full man! Let’s start reading now.
任务1：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）
任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写单词。
6. c________: something that you can choose
7.i________:to become or make sth greater in number , quality, size and so on
任务3：同义词转换，每空一词。
Besides, reading is also among the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.
8. _____
9. ______, reading is also among the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.
任务4：根据短文内容简答问题。
What can textbooks, newspapers, magazines and other kinds of reading materials help us know about?
10. ______________________________________
You can't always predict（预测）a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before going out should cause you to get wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post（柱）with its own rain－sensing（感应）umbrella.
The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be fit to have a canopy(伞篷) built into a street lamp，” he said.
The Lampbrella is a post－looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built－in electric machine which can open or close the umbrella. Sensors(传感器) then make sure that the umbrella offers walkers shelter（遮蔽） whenever it starts raining.
Besides the rain sensor, there's also a 360° moving sensor on the street lamp which finds whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.
According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a rather low speed, in order not to hurt the walkers. Besides, it would be fixed on the ground to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being fixed at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of walkers.
While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and believes that his creation could be fixed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.
1.. What does the underlined word “forecast” mean in Chinese?
A. 预报B. 情况C. 查询
2.. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella?
A. To remind people to take an umbrella.
B. To check the weather forecast.
C. To protect people from the rain.
3. Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?
machine sensors
A． 
B. 
C. 
4.. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. His creation was inspired by an experience from Belyaev's words in Paragraph 2.
B. Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella’s safety.
C. The Lampbrella will be put into immediate production.
5. The best title for this passage should be _____.
A. THE USE OF THE LAMPBRELLA
B. HOW TO PREVENT RAIN
C. THE NEW INVENTION－LAMPBRELLA
We sometimes have to meet some difficulties that we never expect, but we should develop a positive attitude to life. Keeping a positive attitude isn't always easy, especially when we are going through a difficult time in our life. However, we know, only when we take a positive attitude, can we overcome the difficulties.
On July 23rd, 1993, Wang Jiapeng lost his legs when his plane crashed. Wang was only 12 years old. He felt he was the unluckiest person in the world. When he saw students with their schoolbags on their backs, the sound of his wheelchair made him sick. Wang’s mother took him to a special hospital in Beijing. She looked after him in the daytime and worked at night to make money. But after two years,
Wang was still not able to leave the hospital. Wang’s mother became too tired to go on and one day she herself became a hospital patient! One morning she woke up and saw her son holding breakfast for her. Wang’s trip to the food shop was his first time outside the hospital in two years. The five-minute walk took him thirty minutes.
But he was finally able to make an important decision. He didn’t care how other people looked at him. He had to learn to do things himself.
For the next few years, Wang taught himself all his middle school subjects in the hospital and five years after the accident, he won a chance to study in a college in Norway. Wang learned to drive, go rock climbing and ski. He even won two gold medals for skiing in an international skiing competition.
“You are what you think you are,” said Wang. “If you think you’re disabled, you are. If you don’t think so, you aren’t.”
So we know that if you can keep a positive attitude, even when things aren't going well in your life, you are the true winner of life.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
(注意，考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)
1.Wang Jiapeng, born on July 23rd, 1993, lost his legs because of a plane crash.
2.At first he felt very unlucky when seeing others going to school.
3.In order to look after him, his mother had to stop work and she finally fell ill.
4.He finished the middle school by himself and got a chance to go to college.
5.Positive thinking benefited Wang Jiapeng and he became good at skating.
