题目内容
Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hemisphere of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has a wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a 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 very much. When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hills, we looked up, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.
1.Which country is the writer most possibly from?
A.Japan |
B.Canada |
C.China |
D.America |
2.We can learn from the passage that _________.
A.Australia is the smallest country in the world |
B.Australia is the same size of Shanghai. |
C.Australia is in the northern part of the earth. |
D.The people in Australia are as many as those in Shanghai. |
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Australia has enough laws to fight against pollution. |
B.Perth is the biggest city in Australia. |
C.The wild flowers in Perth must be different from what the author sees in his/her country. |
D.The author enjoyed his/her visit in the country. |
4.The underlined word “exhibition” in the third paragraph means _________.
A.a public show for people to visit |
B.a market where you can buy all kinds of flowers |
C.a place where all kinds of flowers are grown |
D.a field where there are flowers and animal |
1.C
2.D
3.B
4.A
【解析】
1.推理判断题。根据第一段第二、三句Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China.可知答案为C。
2.细节理解题。结合The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai可知答案。
3.细节理解题。由第三段的第一句“…the biggest city in Western Australia”我们可以知道Perth是澳大利亚西部最大的城市,而选项B则说它是澳大利亚最大的城市,所以B项错误。
4.词义理解题。结合下文There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show可知答案。
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on You.
Tickets Grown-ups:$2.00
Children:Over 12 $1.00 Under 12 Free
Opening time:9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m. Except Friday 10:00 a.m. — 3 :00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean!Do not touch,give food or go near the animals.
1.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage?
A.Four |
B.Five |
C.Six |
D.Seven |
2.Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together?
A.$4.00 |
B.$2.00 |
C.$3.00 |
D.$1.00 |
3.Which of the following is the visiting time?
A.8:30 a.m. Monday |
B.9:30 a.m. Friday |
C.3:00 p.m. Sunday |
D.5:00 p.m. Tuesday |
4.From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.
A.fat |
B.long |
C.strong |
D.tall |
5.Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
A.To give some food to the dogs. |
B.To touch the monkey on the head. |
C.To throw things everywhere. |
D.To take a few nice photos. |
On April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted with great force. Fifty cubic kilometers of magma (岩浆) flew from its peak (山顶) and a blanket of ash as thick as one centimeter fell over more than 500,000 square kilometers of Indonesia and the Java Sea. The eruption destroyed Tambora’s peak and formed a hole six by seven kilometers wide. The eruption and resulting tsunamis killed 10,000 people. The agricultural loss and disease brought about by the thick ash caused the deaths of 82,000 more.
Indonesia was rocked again in 1883. On August 26, a small volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, erupted. The eruption produced an ash cloud 80 kilometers high and was heard in Australia—4,800 kilometers away. The eruption also caused a tsunami, which pounded (击打) the shores of Java and Sumatra—killing 36,000 people.
In 1902, St. Pierre was a thriving (兴盛的) community and the largest town on the French colony of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea. Mont Pelee cast a shadow over the town from where it stood, eight kilometers to the north. The townspeople were used to the light continuous sounds of the mountain, but in May, 1902 Pelee started to get really unstable. Clouds of steam and ash poured from the volcano and on May 8, Pelee erupted. Superheated gas and steaming volcanic ash flew out, pouring down the mountain at high speed. Within seconds, the deadly gas cloud had destroyed the town of St. Pierre and incinerated everyone in it — except one prisoner in a basement cell. It was the worst volcano disaster of the 20th century.
1.How many people died because of the eruption on April 10, 1815 ?
A.About 10,000. |
B.More than 82,000. |
C.About 36,000. |
D.More than 92,000. |
2.The underlined word “incinerated” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.
A.brought up |
B.burned up |
C.woke up |
D.shut up |
3.Only one prisoner survived the volcano eruption of Mont Pelee on May 8 because _____.
A.he was on a ship then |
B.he was kept underground |
C.he stayed in the water |
D.he was hidden in a well |
4. We can know from this article that _____.
A.no measures can be taken to protect people from a volcano eruption |
B.volcanoes usually caused a series of earthquakes |
C.sometimes a volcano can completely destroy a city |
D.volcanoes are much more violent than the earthquakes |