Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS to1d them they could drive from the mainland to an island,failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between.

As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay to nearby North Stradbroke Island,they started to notice the firm surface they were driving on giving way to the well-known bay mud.However,being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon,they decided to drive on,managing to travel around 500 metres before their car was up to its tires in mud.To make matters worse,the tide(潮汐)started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle.Just four hours later the car was trapped m two metres of water —to the great amusement of onlookers on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries.

Yuzu Noda,21,said she was listening to the GPS and“it told us we could drive down there.It kept saying it would navigate(导航)US to a road.But we got stuck…there's lots of mud”.She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki,22,and Keita Osada,21,instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck(吊车)driver who was called to the trapped car. No such luck for the hired car,though—after assessing the situation,no attempt was made to recover it.The students from Tokyo,who are due to return home tomorrow,said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit. Mr·Tomonari said,“It has rained every day on our six day holiday.Hopefully next time we come back it will be sunny.”

The car was covered by insurance,but the tourists will have to pay up to about $1500 in extra charges.

1.Why did the three Japanese tourists get stuck?

A.There was no way to the island.

B.Their GPS had given the wrong information.

C.Their GPS was broken during their journey.

D.Their car was not made in Japan.

2.What did the tourists abandon their car?

A.Some onlookers went to save them.

B.They got stuck in the mud.

C.There came the tide.

D.They managed to travel around 500 metres.

3.How did these Japanese students get back?

A.They had to walk back to their living place.

B.They had to repair their GPS and drove back.

C.They had to turn to passengers on boats and ferries.

D.They had to take a lift from the tow truck driver.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A.The car was left where it was trapped.

B.The passengers saved these students in the end.

C.Mr.Tomonari got very down after the journey.

D.No money has to be paid thanks to insurance.

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A Young Man Learns What’s Most Important in Life

In his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and little to spend with his wife and son.

One day, his mother phoned him and told him that his old _________ , Mr. Belser, had died. She asked if Jack would attend the funeral. Jack remembered _________ some of his childhood days with his old neighbor. It had been so long since Jack had thought of him. He _________ thought Mr. Belser had died years before.

Jack’s mother said, “He didn’t forget you. When I saw him, he’d ask _________ you were doing. He’d remember the many days you spent at his home. After your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man’s _________ in your life.”

“He taught me carpentry(木工手艺),”Jack said. “I wouldn’t be in this business if it weren’t for him. He spent a lot of time _________ me important things. I’ll be there for the funeral. ”

Mr. Belser’s funeral was _________ . He had no children and most of his relatives had died.

The night, after he returned home, Jack and his Mom _________ the old house next door. The house was _________ as Jack remembered.

Jack told his Mom that there was a small gold box that Mr. Belser kept _________ on top of his desk. He had asked a thousand times what was inside, _________ Mr. Belser only said “The thing I value most.” It was _________ . The house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser_________ had taken it.

“Now I’ll never know what was so _________ to him,” Jack said.

Two weeks after Mr. Belser died, Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. “Signature requested on a package. Please __________ by the main post office.”

Next day Jack collected the package. The return address _________ his attention: “Mr. Harold Belser”.

Jack opened the package. Inside was the gold box and an envelope.

“Upon my death, please _________ this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It’s the thing I valued most in my life. ”Jack _________ opened the box.

Inside he found a simple pocket watch and also these words ________ to it, “Jack, Thanks for your time! —Harold Belser.”

“My god! The thing he valued most was…my time. ”He couldn’t believe it.

Immediately he called _________ his appointments for the next two days, because he needed some time to spend with his family.

1.A. friend B. neighbor C. relative D. classmate

2.A. working B. playing C. spending D. talking

3.A. honestly B. actively C. foolishly D. carefully

4.A. when B. where C. how D. why

5.A. help B. influence C. shadow D. attitude

6.A. giving B. teaching C. helping D. assisting

7.A. big B. wonderful C. small D. moving

8.A. came B. returned C. painted D. visited

9.A. possibly B. strangely C. differently D. completely

10.A. buried B. discovered C. locked D. reached

11.A. so B. but C. or D. when

12.A. dear B. gone C. old D. clear

13.A. wife B. son C. family D. neighbor

14.A. valuable B. necessary C. important D. expensive

15.A. stop B. begin C. start D. hurry

16.A. gathered B. visited C. greeted D. caught

17.A. give B. improve C. return D. pay

18.A. casually B. sadly C. nervously D. carefully

19.A. attached B. writing C. reading D. printed

20.A. on B. at C. in D. off

Peter waved goodbye and closed the door slowly as Jane left home to visit her grandmother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife, “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go to visit your grandma.”

Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Adam, Bob, and Christopher—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Adam began using his spoon on Christopher’s head as if it were a drum. Christopher started to shout loudly in time to the beat (节拍). Bob chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Peter realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Adam wore Bob’s underwear on his head. Bob locked himself in the bathroom, while Christopher shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Peter knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Christopher was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Adam was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Bob, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room, but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Peter realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Peter called the daycare centre (日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Peter was smiling.

1.When his wife left home, Peter expected to .

A. have a relaxing day without pressure

B. enjoy his first day off work in weeks

C. watch TV talk show with his children

D. go out for a walk in the nearby park

2.Which of the following did Bob do?

A. Using his spoon on Christopher’s head.

B. Wearing his underwear on his head

C. Reading quietly in the family room.

D. Eating apple jam from the bottle.

3.Why did Peter ask the daycare centre for help?

A. Because he had to pick up his wife back home.

B. Because he found it hard to kill the time home.

C. Because he wanted to go to his office to work.

D. Because he found it hard to look after his boys.

4.This text is developed .

A. by time B. by giving examples

C. by comparison D. by space

For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the “sixth sense” of direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer. One funny idea from observing animals in nature is that animals might have a built-in compass.

Many birds migrate(迁徙)twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that? A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the horning pigeon(鹤子)and they have been widely studied. One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets (磁铁,磁场)to the birds’ heads to block their magnetic sense — just as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons. Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with magnets could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense. Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees.

In spite of the experiments, the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would animals get the magnetic stuff for a compass? An answer came from an unexpected source, A scientist was studying bacteria that lived in the mud of ponds. He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one direction 一 north. In fact, the bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earth’s magnet.

The big news was that a living thing, even a simple bacterium,can make magnetite. That led to a search to see whether animals might have it. By using a special instrument, scientists were able to find magnetite in bees and birds,and even in fish. In each animal, except for the bee, the magnetic stuff was always in or close to the brain.

Thus, the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable.

1.The main purpose of this passage is to .

A. explain how the animal compass was invented

B. answer how an animal would get the magnetic stuff for a compass

C .introduce a famous experiment

D. prove the idea that animals might have a built-in compass

2.Which of the following can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. The bacteria magnetic sense seemed to be the same as the earth’s.

B. The earth itself is a big magnet with which something magnetic might lines up

C. Little rod-like bacteria were found to swim north together through experiments.

D. Migrant birds can easily lose their way because of lacking magnetie.

3.The underlined words “keep on course” in the second paragraph means“

A.stay in the correct flying route

B.lose one’s way

C.remain calm

D.recognize star patterns

4.Where is probably the built-in magnet for a fish according to the scientists?

A.Close to its stomach. B.In its heart.

C.Far from its brain. D.Inside its head.

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