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 .Australia is big , but its population is not large . The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai .

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution . 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 . There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before . 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 .What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could .There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path .

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos (袋鼠). After a short drive from any town , you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep . Sheep , sheep , everywhere are sheep .

Australia is __________ .

A. the largest country in the world

B. as large as Shanghai .

C. not as large as China .

D. the largest island in the north of the earth .

The government had made ______________ .

A. too enough laws to fight pollution .

B. so many laws that it can fight pollution .

C. enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution .

D. enough laws because the pollution is very serious .

Which of the following NOT true ?

A. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers .

B. Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia .

C. Perth lies in the west of Australia .

D. No other city is larger than Perth in Australia .

In Perth you may visit a wild flowers’ show in________________ .

A. October      B.  January      C. May   D .  July .

Which of the following is true ?

A. Australia is famous for its sheep , kangaroos and wild flowers .

B. We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep .

C. Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us .

D. If you go to the countryside in Australia , you will see a large number of whit sheep .

All writers dream of success. Yet some writers turn their back on success the moment it comes along. J.D. Salinger, the American author, is a good example.

On the face of it, the future did not look promising for the teenage Salinger. He seems always to have been running away from something. First it was school, then he dropped out of New York University. Finally, after failing to find a career in his father’s food import business and dropping out of yet another college he decided that his destiny was to be a writer. In the same year he joined a writing class at Columbia University which was taught by Whit Burnett, founder and editor of a magazine called Story. The March-April issue contained a story written by Salinger entitled ‘The Young Folks’. In it there are early versions of the moody, selfish youths that appear in his later fiction. Soon, his stories were appearing in various mass-circulation magazines but it was the famous New Yorker which he dreamed of, believing that publication within its covers would indicate his future potential as a serious writer.

Salinger has a huge reputation around the world yet it rests mainly on just one novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Published in 1951, it soon became highly popular with teenagers who identified with the hero’s powerful sense of dissatisfaction. Its success made Salinger a public figure. Most writers, of course, would welcome this. Salinger, however, hated it and refused it. He moved to a small house in Cornish, New Hampshire, where he lived away from society until his death in 2010 at the age of 91.

For Salinger, fame and artistic honesty were not the same thing. Some people become writers because they wish their works to speak for themselves. Salinger appears to have been disgusted by the idea that he had become the spokesman for a generation. In death he has perhaps achieved his highest goal: to be out of the spotlight, represented only by his work.

1.According to the article, J.D. Salinger is an example of _____________.

A. a selfish and moody youth       B. a serious writer who hates fame

C. a famous American author       D. someone who lives away from society

2.Salinger’s career as a writer improved greatly and his reputation was assured after he ____________.

A. failed to pursue a career in business

B. attended a writing class at Columbia University

C. published the novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’

D. became a spokesman for young people

3.Which event in his early life confirmed his status as a serious writer?

A. Publication in a magazine.                

B. Being taught by Whit Burnett.

C. Having a story accepted by the ‘New Yorker’. 

D. Dropping out of New York University.

    At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.

    Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.

    One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car, and not one of them saw it.

    They reached a hill; but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car; but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way, The slow car reached him.

   “Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.

   “Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.

   “One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.

   “Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.

   “I’ve often wanted a ride in one; but of course policeman can’t buy things like that. ” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’ face.

   “Jump in, ” said Rolls.

   “thanks, ” said the policeman, and did so. “Now, ”he said, sitting down, “you can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”

1.The policeman were told “to look the other way”(the under part in Paregraph2) so that______.

   A. they could watch the car coming form the other direction

   B. the car could go father than four miles an hour

   C. they car mark sure no one was in the way

   D. the car would not hit them on the road

2.In what way did the policeman carry out the order from their officers?

   A. They greeted polls when the car came along.

   B. They walked in front of the car whit a red lamp.

C. They pretended to be attracted by something else.

D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the rode.

3.The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to______ .

   A. teach Rolls a lesson

B. take a free ride home

C. have a talk with Rolls

D. have a car ride experience

4.After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls______ .

   A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to

B. could drive as fast as wished within a certain distance

C. could drive on any road he like for the rest of the journey

D. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge