Question

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest　 1　 in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the　 2　 of the earth, Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly　　3　　that of Shanghai.

　　The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can　 4　 see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

　　Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition. There we saw　 5　 of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After　 6　 Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells　 7　 at the top of the hill.　　8　 we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as　 9　 as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

　　Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will

　 10　　yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

　　1.A. city　　　　　　 B. country　　    C. island　　　　　　   D. district

　　2.A. east　 　　　　   B. west　　　　　 C. south　　　　　　   D. north

　　3.A. large　 　　　　  B. largest　　     C. much larger　　　　 D. as large as

　　4.A. clearly 　　　　   B. quickly　 　　   C. hardly　 　　　　    D. nearly

　　5.A. lots of　　　　　 B. a great deal 　　 C. the number　　　　  D. a large number

　　6.A. visit　 　　　　   B. to visit　　　　  C. visiting　　　　　    D. visited

　　7.A. ring　 　　　　   B. ringing　 　　   C. shout　 　　　　　　 D. shouting

　　8.A. What　　　　　   B. How　　 　　   C. That　　　　　　    D. Since

　　9.A. quick　　　　　  B. quickly　　　　 C. soon　　 　　　　  D. early

　　10.A. think　　　　　 B. see　　　　　   C. feel　　　　　　　　  D. find

 

Answer 1

答案：C;C;D;A;D;C;B;A;B;D
解析：

1.       澳大利亚位于南半球； 2.       根据地理知识可知，澳大利亚是个岛国； 3.       形容population的时候用 “large/small”；同级比较“与…一样大” 的时候，用as…as； 4.       由于没有环境污染，可以清楚的看到花草虫鱼； 5.       这里只有a large number 可以加of；并且可以加可数名词的复数； 6.       after是介词，后面跟的动词应该用ing形式； 7.       ring是指铃声、电话声，shout是指人叫喊、吼叫； 8.       这里是what引导的一个主语从句，表示“我们所看到的” ； 9.       quickly表示动作迅速“快” ，soon表示“时间短，马上” 、early表示“早” ； 10.   find oneself是个固定搭配，表示发现自己做某事。