Australia is in the southern part of the earth, one of the seven continents in the world with an area of nearly 7.7 million square kilometers. It’s also the world’s sixth l1.nation after Russia, Canada, China, the US and Brazil. Canberra is its c2..
Australia is like the US in lots of ways. The first people there were aborigines(土著居民). Most people live in or near cities. They speak nearly the s3. English. Though there are some very different words that Australians use. For example, they say “G day” i4. of good day or hello in American English.
The weather in Australia is warm and p5.. The warmest months in Australia happen when people are having winter in America. A special point is that few Australians live in the middle part of the country because there they cannot get very much r6.and it is very dry. The Great Barrier Reef(大堡礁), which is m7. up of coral and algae(海藻), is in Australia. It is s8. a good sightseeing that it attracts a number of visitors, for it’s the world’s biggest living coral island, about 1250 miles long. Sports in Australia seem quite popular. Cricket, the national sport, has many f9. as well as Australian Rules Football. The boomerang is also pretty famous.
Australia is really a great country which is w10. visiting! Seeing is believing! So let’s enjoy it!
请根据要求改写下列句子,每空一词。
1.The first computers were built in the 1940s. (对划线部分提问)
_______ ________ the frst computers built?
2. Shelley was so lucky that she won a free trip to Hong Kong. (改为简单句)
Shelley was lucky _____ to ______ a free trip to Hong Kong.
3.Mary asked the teacher, “Does the sun go down in the west every day?” (改为宾语从句)
Mary asked the teacher _____ the sun ______down in the west every day?
4.They cancelled the concert because of the bad weather. (改为被动语态)
The concert_______ _______ because of the bad weather.
5.I won’t go to the party if I’m not invited. (保持句意基本不变)
I won’t go to the party_______ _______ invited.
I will never forget the tenth summer of childhood with my grandfather in western Norway at the mountain farm where my mother was born. As a boy ,I always thought people simply bought whatever they need. Whether Grandfather knew this, I don’t know. One day he said, ”Come, I have something for you.”
I followed him to a workroom. “You should have a toy boat. You can sail it at Storvassdal.” He said. Great, I thought,looking around for the boat. But there was none.
Grandfather pointed to a block of wood. “The boat is in there,” he said. Then he handed me some tools and showed me how to use them properly. “It’ll be a fine boat,and you’ll make it with your own hands,” he said,”No one can give you what you do for yourself.” The words rang in my head as I worked. Finished the boat. It wasn’t much to look at ,but I was poud. Then I sailed it at Storvassdal.
We had to return to America. “You cannot bring that boat home with you,” my mother said. We already had too much baggage. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal.
I said good-bye to Grandfather, not knowing I would never see him again.
In 1964, I went to Storvassdal with my parents and my wife and children. To my surprise,for 34 years my treasure stayed here,waiting for my return. I felt we three were togethet again although my grandfather had died 22 years before.
I carved”1930”and”1964” on its side and put it back.
I returned to the lake in 1968,1971,1977 and 1988. Each time I had the boat and carved the year,my grandfather seemed near.
My last trip to Storvassdal was in 1991. I brought my granddaughters: Catherine,13; Claire,12. I hoped they would understand the importance of the little boat and its simple message. At Storvassdal, Claire said softly, ‘Grandpa,someday I’ll come back.’ She added,”And I’ll bring my children.”
1.What lesson did the writer’s grandfather probably teach him?
A.Boys should have a toy boat at childhood.
B.People can simply buy whatever they need.
C.Boys should learn to make a boat out of wood.
D.No one can give you what you do for yourself.
2.The underline words”we three” in Paragraph 6 refer to__________
A.Mother,the boat and me.
B.Grandfather,the boat and me.
C.Catherine,Claire and me.
D.Grandfather , Mother and me.
3.According to the passage,we can infer（推断） that _____________
A.The writer’s mother was born in western Norway
B.The writer’s grandfather died in 1930
C.The boat took me back to Norway four times
D.Claire understood the meaning of the boat
4.What’s the best titile of the passage?
A.The Little Boat That Sailed Through Time
B.The Little Boat And My Wife
C.The Little Boat That Sailed At Storvassdal
D.The Little Boat And My Parents
In the science film Sunshine, an astronaut named Mace must leave his spacecraft without a protective suit for 15 seconds. He makes it through with the damage(损害) as a result of being very cold. Have you ever wondered what might happen to your body in space without a spacesuit?
On Earth, our atmosphere (air) protects us from the sun’s harmful UV rays, controls temperatures and also keeps a nice atmosphere pressure. The vacuum (真空) of space, however, is full of dangers.
One of the serious dangers Mace might face in outer space is ebullism (体液沸腾). The pressure in the vacuum of space is so low that the boiling point of the fluids (液体) in your body drops below the body’s normal temperature (37℃), which results in the formation of gas bubbles in your fluids that can really make you feel aching.
Another serious danger is the lack of oxygen. After around 15 seconds, your body would have used up all pf the oxygen in your body and you’d lose consciousness (意识). Some of you may be thinking “But I can hold my breath for minutes!?” The situation in space is a little different than here on Earth because of the lack of outside pressure, and if you held your breath in space without a suit you’d be in a big trouble. This is because any remaining air would rapidly enlarge, breaking the lungs.
After losing consciousness, you’ll probably last a couple of minutes at most before you die. Of course, there’s all that awful UV from the Sun which is going to give you serious sun burn, likely leading to cancer.
Is little damage for coldness a reasonable result of Sunshine’s suit less spacewalk? Actually it’s extremely cold in space, but astronauts wouldn’t immediately freeze because heat leaves the body very slowly in a vacuum. Therefore, the cold wouldn’t cause Mace too much harm in just 15 seconds, even if he faced the very lowest temperatures in space. The more likely damage would be caused from the enlargement and breaking of the skin’s small blood vessels (血管).
Anyway, obviously it’s never a good idea to go into space without some kind of protection. But don’t lose hope because you are probably saved with timely help before you die, so keep up!
1.Where can we read the passage?
A.In a magazine. B.In a diary.
C.In a movie poster. D.In a how-to book.
2.What does the writer think of the air or the vacuum?
A.The vacuum helps astronauts walking and Waving in space.
B.The air supplies living protection and temperature control.
C.The air brings people serious problems sometimes on Earth.
D.The pressure of vacuum in space increases the boiling point.
3.What is the purpose of writing this passage?
A.To encourage readers to watch the film Sunshine.
B.To show the readers many serious air problems.
C.To discuss the causes of cancer from the sunburn.
D.To explain the unreasonable damage in the film.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Keep Alive in Space B.Walking Freely in Space
C.Without a Spacesuit D.Coldness Damage in Space
Welcome to our school. You can do a lot of things here. Come and join us.
Timetable | |
Sunday 8:30-11:30 Personal (个人的) Inventions You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions. | Monday 19:00-21:00 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West If you want to know more about the universe. |
Wednesday 19:30-21:00 Modern Medicine Mrs. Lucy Green Would you like to know medical science? | Friday 18:30-21:00 Computer Science Mr. Harry Morison from Harvard University. Learn to use Windows XP. |
1.You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on ________.
A.Sunday B.Monday C.Wednesday D.Thursday
2.The person who teaches Computer Science is from ________.
A.Canada B.Australia C.America D.China
3.You may learn something about a disease called TB from ________.
A.Dr. West B.Mr. Morison C.Mrs. Green D.Mr. Smith
As the teacher called my name, I knew what lay ahead. She looked at me directly and made me to the whiteboard to perform a division（除法）problem. Division was my_________ subject. I repeatedly put the numbers in the_________places, or forgot to add in the zeros.
I worriedly_________myself out of my seat. With every slow step I took, I grew more nervous. My stomach ached, and my whole body shook with_________.
The teacher read the problem aloud. Unsure of myself, I looked at the girl beside me, and tried to _________ what she was writing, but she went faster than I could understand, writing down what seemed to be foreign symbols.
My eyes fixed on the chicken scratch I had tried. Impossible to understand. Why me？Why couldn’t I _________the problem that seemed easy to all other kids？These_________filled my head.
As the other girl finished and danced back to her seat, I wrote some random （胡乱的） _________ on the board, and rushed back to mine. The teacher read over our work.
“Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely_________.”
“As for Tara,” the teacher said jokingly, “I don’t even know what she did.”
The class burst into laughs, and I felt my face turn____________as I tried to sink as low as possible into my seat, hoping to prevent them from____________me at all.
But this memory is one I remember, surprisingly, in a positive way. It made me____________, and gave me persistence. When I get a____________grade in school, or am put down by somebody, I think of that moment and every single one of those____________that I asked myself. The terrible ache in my stomach comes back and gives me the motivation to answer all of those whys and try hard until perfection, or as ____________as I can get.
1.A.favourite B.weakest C.easiest D.excellent
2.A.proper B.incorrect C.special D.unimportant
3.A.lifted B.dropped C.calmed D.knocked
4.A.tiredness B.excitement C.shyness D.fear
5.A.accept B.explain C.copy D.describe
6.A.find out B.turn out C.work out D.carry out
7.A.questions B.ideas C.messages D.suggestions
8.A.words B.numbers C.drawings D.forms
9.A.carefully B.politely C.slowly D.correctly
10.A.red B.white C.green D.blue
11.A.changing B.inviting C.seeing D.teaching
12.A.healthier B.stronger C.cleverer D.happier
13.A.good B.funny C.poor D.pleasant
14.A.ways B.chances C.hows D.whys
15.A.close B.soon C.fast D.much
