Brisbane, the third largest city in Australia was flooded, more than twenty deaths.——青夏教育精英家教网—

摘要： Brisbane, the third largest city in Australia was flooded, more than twenty deaths.

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　　The Brisbane City Council(BCC)is responsible for bus and ferry services with in the city limits and suburbs．Most buses will either arrive at the city or an interchange where connecting buses can be caught．BCC buses operate from 5∶30 am to 11∶00 pm Monday to Thursday and 5∶30 am t0 12∶00 am on Fridays．On weekends and public holidays buses operate less frequently Pre－paid bus tickets can be purchased from the QUT(Queensland University of Technology)bookshop, the campus newsagency．most other newsagencies and general stores, and any BCC Customer Service Centre．Short-term students at QUT cannot use their ID cards to gain a discount fare on BCC public transport．You will need to buy an adult ticket to travel．Bus fares are dependent on the number of zones you have to travel．There are several types of tickets：

　　Single：one way ticket to reach your destination, including transfers within 2 hours．

　　Daily：unlimited travel within the zones．

　　Off-peak’ Daily：discounted unlimited travel between 9∶00 am and 3∶30 pm and after 7∶00 pm Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and public holidays．

　　Weekly：unlimited travel within the zones for one week from the date of issue．

　　Monthly：unlimited travel within the zones for one calendar month from the date of issue．

　　Ten-trip Saver：10 trips at any time within the zones on buses and ferries only．

　　Transport routes．timetables and fare information are available from：

　　Public Transport Information Centre

　　69 Ann Street(corner of George St)

　　Brisbane City

　　Phone l3 12 30(Transport Information Service)

(1)

The transport guide above is most likely provided by ________．
[　　]
A．	Public Transport Information Centre
B．	the Brisbane City Council
C．	Queensland University of Technology．
D．	BCC Customer Service Centres

(2)

We can learn from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	buses are scheduled as usual on weekends and public holidays
B．	regular students at QUT need to buy adult tickets
C．	Pre－paid tickets can be bought from the Public Transport Information Centre
D．	Ten-trip Savers can be used at off-peak time

(3)

An exchange student staying at QUT for five days has to travel between zones every day．What type of ticket would he probably buy?
[　　]
A．	Single．
B．	Weekly．
C．	Off-peak Daily．
D．	Ten-trip Saver．

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　　Thirty million people visit Paris every year and when you are standing in a queue at the Louvre waiting to have a look at the Mona Lisa,it is possible to think that each and every one of them is in the same room as you.

　　But it is possible to see the iconic sites of the City of Lights without falling into the crowded tourists.

　　My favourite way to enjoy Paris is to

take enough money to last a visit of at least two months. I did this when I was 20. I lived in a poor hotel on Rue St. Jacques around the corner from the Sorbonne and the Jardin du Luxembourg. Surviving on 100 francs a day, I ate baguettes, tomatoes and a jar of mayon-naise. I drank my short blacks while standing at the counter of cafes. I walked everywhere,down the city's grand avenues and up its hid-den old alleyways. I loved every single pover-ty-covered moment of that winter.

　　I've been back several times since for shorter trips. Each time, Paris offers new joys and discoveries.

　　An increasingly popular way to get that true Parisienne (巴黎女子的) touch to your trip is to rent an apartment. Brisbane author Nerida Newtown loved the “at home” feeling when she and her family realized a long-term dream by living in Paris for a few months.

　　If you can't manage a long stay, never fear. Jodie Minus's excitable account of her whirlwind trip to the City of Lights shows how you can get the most out of Paris in a short time. Jenny Stevens managed to show a first-time visitor much of Paris. But now it's over to you: Share your secrets and passions about Paris.

(1) The text is mainly to tell readers________.

[　　]

A．where to visit in Paris

B．some tips on how to visit Paris

C．the writer's experience of visiting Paris

D．the introduction of Paris

(2) Those who want to get tips on short trips in Paris had better contact________.

[　　]

A．the Mona Lisa

B．Jodie Minus

C．Jenny Stevens

D．the writer

(3) According to the text, “ the City of Lights” should refer to“________”.

[　　]

A．the city of Paris

B．the hotel the writer ever lived in

C．a famous tourist attraction in Paris

D．the name of a Paris' street

(4) According to the writer, in order to know better about Paris, visitors________.

[　　]

A．should read Nerida Newtown's novels first

B．had better plan a long trip there

C．must get advice from Jenny Stevens

D．should visit Louvre for the Mona Lisa

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People want action on noise, a recent public meeting in Brisbane showed. Some want technical improvements such as quieter air conditioners or better sound barriers around major roads. Others want tougher laws to restrict noise from building sites or to require owners to take responsibility for barking dogs. But the highest priority (优先) was a noise complaints system that works.

Brisbane City Council receives more complaints about noise than all other problems put together. So it conducted survey and found that about half its citizens are upset by noise in one form or another—traffic, mowers, pool pumps, air conditioners or loud parties. This inspired the Council to bring together more than 100 citizens one evening to talk through solutions to the problem.

The meeting found the present noise complaints system bizarre. Depending on the problem, responsibility for noise can lie with the Council, the Environment Protection Authority, one of three government departments or even the police. So complaints often feel they are getting the run-round. When the people at the meeting were asked to vote for changes, the strongest response was for a 24-hour, noise hotline to be the first port of call for all complaints.

The meeting also favored regulatory measures, such as tougher minimum standards for noise in appliances like air conditioners. This even makes economic sense, as noise is a waste of energy—and money. Other measures the meeting supported were wider buffer zones around noisy activities and controls to keep heavy traffic away from residential areas（居民区）.

1. According to the passage, what do people want most?

A. Tougher laws. 　B. Technical improvements.

C. An effective noise complaints system 　 D. Tougher minimum standards for noise

2. What does the underlined word bizarre in the second paragraph mean?

A. reasonable B. wonderful C. strange D. responsible

3. How many regulatory measures against noise are mentioned in the last paragraph?

A. 3. B. 4. C. 2. D. 5.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Tougher minimum standards for noise in appliances are necessary.

B. Traffic, mowers, pool pumps, and air conditioners are all the sources of noise.

C. 90% of the residents are annoyed by noise.

D. Heavy traffic should be kept away from residential areas according to the meeting.

5. Brisbane City Council brought together citizens to talk through solutions to the noise problem mainly due to .

A. the result of the survey carried out by itself

B. a noise complaints system that works

C. people asking for tougher laws on noise

D. requirements of an effective noise complaints system

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　　The world now has more overweight people than hungry ones and governments should design economic strategies to influence national diets, a conference of international experts heard yesterday．The transition from a starving world to an obese(肥胖的)one had happened with dramatic speed, US professor Barry Popkin told the annual conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists．

　　“The reality is that globally far more obesity than undernutrition exists,”Popkin said, adding that while hunger was slowly declining, obesity was rapidly spreading．

　　There are more than a billion overweight people in the world and 800 million who are undernourished, he said at the Gold Coast convention centre near the eastern Australian city of Brisbane．

　　The“burden of obesity,”with its related diseases, was also shifting from the rich to the poor, not only in urban but in rural areas around the world, he said．China experienced the changes, with a major shift in diet from cereals to animal products and vegetable oils accompanied by a decline in physical work, more motorized transport and more television viewing．

　　Food prices could be used to influence people's diets and drive them towards healthier options, he suggested, while acknowledging that the effects of such policies needed to be carefully studied．

　　“We financially support some things; we don't support others．We control some items．So, for instance, if we charge money for every calorie of soft drink and fruit drink that was consumed, people would consume less of it,”he said．

　　“If we support fruit and vegetable production, people would consume more of it and we would have a healthier diet．”

　　University of Minnesota professor Benjamin Senauer used a comparative study of lifestyles in the United States and Japan to show how the costs of food and transport play a role in the problem．

　　Japan has one of the world's lowest rates of obesity and the US one of the highest．

(1)

The passage is mainly about ________．
[　　]
A．	the problem of obesity in the world
B．	the influence of diets on health
C．	the spread of obesity-related diseases
D．	the nutrition of different food and drinks

(2)

The underlined word“transition” is closest in meaning to the word“________” in the passage．
[　　]
A．	burden
B．	transport
C．	shift
D．	production

(3)

Which of the following statements about obesity is NOT true?
[　　]
A．	National diets have a great effect on the number of obese people．
B．	Both rich people and poor people may suffer from overweight．
C．	Obesity is a problem mainly existing among rich people in urban areas．
D．	Obesity is spreading with dramatic speed around the world．

(4)

According to the passage, which may have the least possibility of overweight?
[　　]
A．	Eating animal products, having vegetable oils and eating cereals．
B．	Eating cereals, fruit and vegetables and taking part in physical labour．
C．	Eating animal products, taking motorized transport and watching TV．
D．	Taking motorized transport, watching TV and having vegetable oils．

(5)

The reason why Japanese have the lowest rates of obesity might be ________．
[　　]
A．	their drinks don't contain as much calories
B．	their food costs less than that of the US
C．	their means of transport is more convenient
D．	the prices of food and transport keep them in a healthier lifestyle

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　　lf you go to Brisbane，Australia，you can easily get a small book called“Discover Brisbane”free．The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane：the restaurants，the shops，the cinemas，the streets，the buses，the trains，the banks，ect．Here is something about banks on page 49：

　　ANZ Banking Group

　　Cnr．Greek ＆Queen Sts……………………………………228　　3228

　　Bank of New Zealand

　　410 Queen Street……………………………………………221　　0411

　　Bank of Queensland

　　229 Elizabeth Street…………………………………………229　　3122

　　Commonwealth Banking Group

　　240 Queen Street……………………………………………237　　31ll

　　National Australia Bank Ltd

　　225 Adelaide Street…………………………………………221　　6422

　　Westpac Banking Crop

　　260 Queen Street …………………………………………227　　2666