Have you ever studied abroad? Maybe it is an amazing experience, especially when you come to Australia as an foreign high school student. You can have a lot of fun there, especially on holidays.

There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is Christmas. Each year, the summer holidays at every high school last about two months from the beginning of December to February, which covers the Christmas time. Since it is a long holiday, most foreign students in Australia love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their families and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs. It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas.

Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.

Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines "Good Friday" and "Easter Monday". Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.

The Chinese new year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties.

Information about Australia

Summer holidays

From1._____ to February

The most popular activity in December

Going to the 2.____

Two important holidays

Christmas and 3._____

The thing people usually do on Good Friday

Going to see Easter 4._____

What to do for a few foreign students in summer

Get a part-time 5.____

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt .If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America .Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life .So accept their hospitality(好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America !

1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “____________”.

A.keep out B. give up

C. pay no attention to D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical (典型的) way of American hospitality ?

A.Treating friends at home.

B.Taking days off to be with friends .

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D. Sharing everything they have.

3.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon .

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships .

4.This passage is most probably written for____________ .

A.American students

B.Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America

D. American visitors to China

完形填空

Jessie was driving home happily when a truck went past her car. The driver was moving much too fast. When Jessie neared her exit(出口), she ______ something and stopped her car to the______of the highway(高速公路). An accident had happened on the left side. The truck had ______ a car, but the driver was gone. Jessie thought that the people inside must be badly ______ and she should help them as much as she could.

Not thinking of the _____, Jessie hurried to the other side of the road, though______people dared(敢)cross such a busy road. the car, she saw five people —two women and three children. Jessie was ______ to see all of them moving.

Jessie pulled one of the car doors. It wouldn’t______. She went to the next door. ______, she couldn’t move it. She almost thought that all was lost before she got one of the doors to open a little. “Please get the children out,” one of the women called. Jessie _______ a little boy from the car and moved him to a ______ place. Then she went to bring the other children to safety.

After the last child was out of the car, Jessie thought of the box in _________ car. She had something in it that could help get that door open. So she went back to get the box quickly. As Jessie was ______ on the door, the driver said, “Not many people would do what you’re doing.” “Your just take it easy, and I’ll have you _______ soon,” said Jessie. She was as good as her word. As soon as she helped the women out of the car, it caught fire.

1.A. did B. saw C. made D. forgot

2.A. right B. left C. front D. back

3.A. hit B. met C. passed D. followed

4.A. wanted B. treated C. needed D. hurt

5.A. matter B. trouble C. danger D. dangerous

6.A. a few B. a little C. few D. little

7.A. Looking after B. Looking into C. Looking out of D. Looking down

8.A. afraid B. happy C. nervous D. worried

9.A. close B. walk C. open D. drive

10.A. Again B. Clearly C. Perhaps D. Suddenly

11.A. picked B. dropped C. collected D. pulled

12.A. quiet B. cool C. safe D. clean

13.A. their B. her C. his D. its

14.A. working B. turning C. knocking D. setting

15.A. back B. past C. over D. out

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