Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth.  1 The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.  2 The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can
clearly 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  3 We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition.
After visiting 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 ringing at the top of the hill. 4  There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.  5  After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.
Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.
【小题1】Mexico is ____the USA.
A. on the south of     B. on the north of    
C. a part of      D. as large as
【小题2】Mexicans speak______.

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A robot called “Tiro” acts as master of ceremonies at a wedding for Seok Gyeong--Jae，one of the engineers who designed it，and his bride in Daejeon，130 kilometers south of Seoul．

“This is Tiro，master of ceremonies for today’s wedding，” the 21  --featuring a cone--shaped body, two arms and a dark--glassed 22  with eyes and a mouth of flashing lights---said in front of smiling guests．In a male voice，the robot  23   the couple to the crowd，let the couple bow to them and performed its 24___  duties．Manufacturer Hanool Robotics claims it is the first 25  in the world a robot has been 26  as master of ceremonies at a wedding．

After its marital（婚姻的）duties，Tiro---whose  27   was put at some 215，000 dollars---would be upgraded to perform various 28  functions，according to Hanool officials．Small other robots were also at the ceremony to 29  guests or give performances．

South Korean robots have also been given harder tasks to tackle. Last month it was  30  that a robot dubbed OFRO would be arranged as a school security guard in what was also claimed as a world first．

21．A．master             B．designer      C．engineer         D．robot

22．A．forehead   B．mind            C．face                 D．form

23．A．introduced        B．told             C．pushed          D．1ed

24．A．prepared   B．arranged      C．planned       D．programmed

25．A．day                  B．time            C．moment               D．stage

26．A．used                B．known  C．considered            D．created

27．A．wealth             B．cost             C．value                   D．charge

28．A．modem     B．special  C．old                      D．other

29．A．enjoy               B．guide           C．observe         D．visit

30．A．reported    B．believed      C．suggested             D．thought

It is reported that a bus went out of _____ control on a highway ____ south of the city last night.

A．/; /              B．/; the             C．the; /             D．the; the