[课文背景介绍]　

　 Australia is an island and it is a continent. It is the largest island in the world but it is the smallest continent. It is almost 7.7million square km. Compare this with China, China is about 9.7 million square km.

Australia is in the south of the world. It lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Indian Ocean is to the west and the south. The Pacific Ocean is to the east .

Most of the half of Australia is highland. But it is not very high, and the land is rather flat. High flat land is not called mountains. It is called Plateau(高原).The west of Australia is called the Western-Australian Plateau. It is about 300 m . high.

There is high land in the east of Australia, too. Some of it is plateau and some of it is mountains. The highest mountain is in the southeast. It is called MT Kosciusko. It is 2,228 m. high. This high land in the east is sometimes called the Great Dividing Range. It has this name because it divides the east coast from the rest of the country. Between the Great Dividing Range and the western Australian Plateau the land is low. This part of the country is called the Central Lowlands.

The only big river in Australia is the River Murray. It begins in the mountains in the southeast of the country and it runs westward into the Indian Ocean.

[释疑解惑]　

1．Yang Pei and Jackie are going camping in the Australian bush with some other friends.

　　 杨培和杰基准备同几个朋友到澳大利亚的丛林里去露营。

　句中的going camping属于go +doing的结构，表示“去干某事”的意思，多指从

事与体育、娱乐有关的活动。例如：

　　 go boating　 去划船　　　　 go camping　　 去露营

　　 go climbing　 去登山　　　　 go dancing　　 去跳舞

　　 go fishing　 去钓鱼　　　　　 go hunting　　 去打猎

　　 go swimming 去游泳　　　　 go shopping　 去买东西

　　 [重点词语] beyond, camp, faith, elder, starve, birth, task, curiously, fix up, die of,

　 　　　　　　　be known as, live by, feed on,　 hand down, rather than, by heart, tie sth. to…,

　　　　　　　　 round up, be experienced at…, intend to do sth.

　 　[重点句型] …times + as + adj. / adv. + as…

　　　　　　　 catch sb. doing sth.　

　 　[语法焦点] 动词+ing形式作宾语补足语与状语

　 [口语交际] 禁止和警告 　

　　 [能力指导] 写作训练(三): 练习描写某地的巨大变化

　　 [听力指导] 听力试题的题型及特点

20．Different kinds of sport shoes_______.

A．are designed for people of different weights.

B．meet the needs of different sportsmen.

C．are of the same price.

答案：1-5　 CBCAB　　　　 6-10　 CCCBC

　　　 11-15　 ABABB　　　 16-20　 ACCCB　

19．How many steps are there in the making of a shoe?

A．Five.　　　　　　 B．Three.　　　　 C．Four.

18．Why are good sport shoes popular with people?

A．Because they help to change body weight.

B．Because they help to develop leg muscles(肌肉)

C．Because they are comfortable to wear.

17．What’s the first step in making a new shoe?

A．Test several pairs.　　　 B．Design a shoe model.

C．Put a design plan into a computer.

16．What else can she do?

A．Typing, using a computer and taking short-hand.

B．Typing, computer programming and driving.

C．Typing, doing word processing and driving.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题

15．What foreign languages can the girl speak?

A．English and a little Chinese.　　　　　 B．English and a little Japanese.

C．English and a little French

14．What did the doctor advise him to do?

A．Go to work as well　　 B．Give up smoking

C．Stay at home for two weeks.

听第9段材料，回答15、16小题

13．What’s wrong with the woman’s father?

A．He has a bad cold.　　　 B．He is in hospital.　　　 C．He is seriously ill.