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France is well known for its fine art, tasty food and romantic scenery(风景). About 75 million visitors come here every year.

France is the largest country in Western Europe. It has a population of over 66 million. The country is home to many famous places of interest, like the River Seine as well as the Eiffel Tower.

Many visitors also come for the country’s art. Sculptor(雕刻家)Auguste Rodin and painter Claude Monet once created their great works here. If you visit France today, it is not a surprise to meet street artists in the city or come across a singer in the subway.

No visit to Paris is complete without a trip to Louvre, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Inside, there are 35,000 works of art, such as the painting Mona Lisa by Da Vinci and the statue(雕塑)David by Michelangelo. It would take nine months to enjoy all the pieces.

Besides, French food is world famous. Bread is very important in France. The best known French bread is called a baguette(法棍面包). They are long, delicious and taste salty. Snails (蜗牛)are also a must-have here. French people eat 40,000 tons of snails every year!

But France is not always good. Paris, the city of light, may also show its dark side to visitors. Chinese visitors feel sorry about the crowded subway in Paris.

1.How many visitors come to France every year?

2.If you visit France today, what do you often meet in the street or in the subway?

3.How long does it take you to enjoy all the works of art in Louvre?

4.Besides bread, what food is also a must-have for French people?

5.Why do Chinese visitors feel sorry about the subway in Paris?

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The seasons in Australia are not like ours.When it is winter in China,it is summer there.Australia is a southern country.It is in the south of the world.June,July and August are the winter months;September,October and November are spring;the summer is in December,January and February;and March,April and May are the autumn months.The north of the country is hotter than the south.

A very large part of this country has no rain at all.The east coast has rain all the year,and there are no dry months.The southeast winds blow the whole year.They bring rain from the sea.There is not much rain on the west side.The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds.They only blow here in summer.

The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain.The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only.In summer,the southwest of the country has no rain.In the north of Australia,there is no rain in winter.The rain comes in summer.The northwest winds bring it.

1.It is ________ in Australia in November.

A.spring B.summer

C.autumn D.winter

2.In Australia,it is ________ in the south than in the north.

A.hotter B.warmer

C.colder D.cooler

3.The ________ of Australia has the most rain.

A.eastern part B.southeastern part

C.southern part D.northern part

4.The southwest of the country has no rain in summer because ________.

A.it is dry there

B.the west winds never blow

C.the northwest winds blow

D.the west winds blow only in winter

5.There is no rain in winter ________ of Australia.

A.in the southeast B.in the north

C.in the southwest D.in the south

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Apls in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the ______ peak(山峰)in the Alps. Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop climbing and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not ______ his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber who was planning to climb the highest peak.

Franz was very ______ when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn't want Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, to go to the top ______ him.

Rudi turned out to be a very good climber, but as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could not go farther. Franz stayed behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the ______ to the top. Rude went after Saxo, hoping to beat him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must ______ whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

He decided Saxo's life was more important than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that Rudi was the real conqueror(征服者)of the mountain.

1.A.highest B.farthest C.biggest D.deepest

2.A.try out B.give up C.go over D.work out

3.A.tired B.glad C.quiet D.angry

4.A.after B.behind C.before D.over

5.A.first B.second C.third D.last

6.A.wonder B.remember C.ask D.decide

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