Welcome to Gold Coast Wax Museum
The Gold Wax(蜡像) Museum is one of the Cold Coast's longest running attractions. It's a collection of famous figures. It's Australia's largest museum of its kind, featuring more than 110 life-size wax figures copies of British and Australian History.
The Wax Museum is visited by many thousands of people each year who are shocked at the amazing realism of the life-size figures in authentic costumes. This is your invitation to wander through at your leisure and meet many important and famous people's figures on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Come face to face with such celebrities as Michael Jackson, President Obama, past President John F. Kennedy, King Hussein, members of the Royal Family, and many others whose lives have all left an indelible (擦不掉的) mark on our world. Information cards are located alongside each figure.
The Gold Coast Wax Museum contains figures which have been made by leading local and overseas sculptors to international standards, equal in quality to the world's best, as seen in Europe, the United Kingdom, and U. S. A. The detail in the figures is amazing -and includes hair applied one strand at a time, requiring many working hours for one hand, and the eyes are so real that they seem to follow the viewer around.
Price
Child (1-3yrs) free
Child (4-12yrs) $ 22. 00
Adult $ 29. 00
Family (2 Adults + I Child) $68.00
Opening hours
Open 7 days a week, 10 a. m. to l0 p. m.
Closed at Christmas Day (25 Dec.) and Anzac Day (25 Apr.)
Location
Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise ( Gold Coast ) QLD
How to get there
You can choose any of the Gold Coast airport transfers, car rentals, shuttles and private transfers to/from your hotel. Many coach operators also offer Gold Coast transfers to surrounding attractions, beaches, and the more distant destinations, throughout the day.
What to bring
Bring your sense of adventure and your camera and see something exciting and quite unique.
For further information, please click here to see more about the Gold Coast Wax Museum.
1. If you visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, you can
A. see many members of the Royal Family in person in the Museum
B. enjoy some world-class vivid max-works in the Museum
C. meet many leading local and international sculptors in the Museum
D. come at any time of the year except at Christmas Day
2.If a couple and their l0-year-old son visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, they may pay_____．
A. $87 B. $80 C. $68 D. $58
3.You will most probably find this passage ______.
A. in a guidebook B. in a magazine
C. in a text book D. on a webpage
Motivation means the desire to work toward a goal. It can come from inside or outside and can be and negative. When you say," If I make a hit, we'll win the game and I'll be a ” you challenge yourself to do something and imagine what the will be. You might also say “If I fail in school, I will be .” Imagining the pain that brings is a negative way of motivating yourself.
Sometimes motivation comes from . Your parents might say," If you do well in school, the whole will go to Disney World." now you have a reason to study hard. Your parents might also say, “if you do not your room, you will be forbidden to watch your favorite TV program." This is the negative .
The best kind of motivation comes from inside you. In fact, motivating yourself to do well waiting for someone else to tell you is a sign that you are . People who have no must be told what to do all the time.
Self-motivation is one thing we learn from the martial arts（武术）. When we begin, our master us everything. As we progress, the master tells us to every day at home- and leaves us on our own! The master does not ask in class whether we have practiced and does not us if we fail to do so. By saying nothing, the master us to be grown-up enough to motivate and discipline ourselves.
If we are about the arts, we will practice at home and do well in class. Our master will this and encourage us to continue. Soon we will be for testing to advance towards the next stage. We will move up because we’ve motivated ourselves.
1.A. difficult B. positive C. impossible D. secret
2.A. hero B. player C. judge D. member
3.A. comment B. salary C. procedure D. reward
4.A. tired B. confused C. ashamed D. busy
5.A. wisdom B. practice C. danger D. failure
6.A. outside B. mind C. bottom D. work
7.A. group B. family C. class D. school
8.A. powerful B. personal C. typical D. similar
9.A. give up B. take up C. fix up D. clean up
10.A. result B. image C. approach D. number
11.A. more than B. except for C. apart from D. instead of
12.A. growing up B. coming back C. taking over D. watching out
13.A. orders B. goals C. suggestions D. experiences
14.A. lends B. teaches C. brings D. promises
15.A. think B. work C. practice D. listen
16.A. disturb B. punish C. visit D. trust
17.A. challenges B. forbids C. commands D. permits
18.A. nervous B. anxious C. serious D. certain
19.A. explain B. complete C. report D. notice
20.A. sorry B. famous C. ready D. Grateful
Do you like travelling? Staying 1. (health) while 2. (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one. 3. you are travelling abroad, here are the tips you need to make your trip much 4. (easy):
Make sure you have got signed passport and visas. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help a lot if your passport 5. (steal). Leave one copy at home with friends or relatives. Carry the other 6. you in a separate place from your passport.
Read the Public Announcements or Travel Warnings for the countries you plan to visit. Get yourself familiar with local laws and customs of the countries to 7. you are travelling.
Leave a copy of your itinerary(旅行日程) with family or friends at home so that you can be contacted in case of an emergency.
Do not accept packages from strangers. Do not carry too much money or 8. (necessary) credit cards. If we make enough 9. (prepare), we will succeed. Have 10. good time!
假如你是班长，看到班上有部分同学在完成作业时，不是独立完成而是经常抄袭他人的作业。针对这种现象，你班召开班会课进行讨论，请你以“My opinion on copying others’ homework”为题，在班会课上谈谈你自己的看法。
主要原因 | 1. 作业量大，偏难； |
2. 懒惰，对功课不感兴趣； | |
3. 完成任务，取悦老师和家长。 | |
你的看法 | 1. 抄袭作业不诚实，违反校纪，对自己不负责任； |
2. 勤奋学习，有困难时请教同学和老师； | |
3. 自拟（至少1点） |
注意：1. 必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2. 词数：150左右。标题与开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
My opinion on copying others’ homework
Today we are going to have a discussion about copying others’ homework. Here I’ll say something about it first. __________________________________________
短文改错（每小题1分,共计10分）(请按要求改错，否则不得分!)
英语课上，老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下书信为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
One afternoon, when I was on my way home, the weather changed suddenly. Darker clouds were gathering. I began to feel worried so I didn’t have both a raincoat or an umbrella with me. It soon started to rain. Just as I was hurrying up home,I heard someone calling me from behind. I turned to have a look and find that he was Liu Wei, good neighbor of mine. He offered to share her umbrella with me. We walked all the ways home. With Liu Wei’s help, I would have got wet to the skin. How thankfully I was for his help.
The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as __1._ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the 2._ (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from 3. countries and cultures. However, __4.____there are many positive developments __5.__ (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. _6.__ concern relates to a lack of control over__7.__ appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are 8. (restrict限制) on what kinds of programs can 9._ (broadcast) and at what times of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable __10.__ their children to see.
