Canberra is the capital of Austrlia. It is a modern and lively city with a pupulation of over 345,000.

History
Canberra is the eighth largest city in Australia It is 238 km from Sydney and 507 km from Melboume. Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. Sydney people also wanted to make their city the capital. It was difficult for the govement to make the decision. Then n 1911, the government chose a pl.ace to build the new apital. It w.as between Sydney and Melbourne, the two
Argest cities in Australia. Jt took more than 14 years to build the city, In 1927, the city was set up.It became the apital and was named Canberra. “Canberra” means “a place for friends to get together”.
 
Cutture
Canberra is a beautiful city with trees and  flowers everywhere. There’s a Flower Festival in Septem ber each year. People can enjoy aii kinds of beautiful flowers and welcome the spring to amve. A man-made lake –Lake Burley Griffin is in the centerof the city, It’s about 25 km fong. People like to ride bikes, walk or run around the lake. In Canberra, there’re many famous universities like the Australian Nationa/ University and the University of Canberra. The National Library and the National Museum of Australia are also famous places that people like to visit.
【小题1】 How far is Canberra from Sydneyt?
A.25 knLB.238 km.C.345 km. .D.507 km.
【小题2】Tboword “Canbena  means ______.
A.the largest cityB.beautiful man-made lake
C.the old capital cityD.a place for friends to get together
【小题3】  Canberra Flower Festival is a festival to        .
A.ride bikesB.visit universities
C.welcome the springD. walk around the lake .

B.根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。每空限一词。
One day, an old couple around the age of 70 walked into a lawyer’s office. They were there to get a divorce(离婚). The lawyer(律师) was very puzzled. A  1  having a chat with them, he got their story.
This couple had been quarrelling in their 40 years of marriage and nothing ever seemed to go right. They stayed together because of their children. Now all their children have grown up and have their o  2  families. There’s nothing else the old couple have to w  3  about. All they want is to live their own life, so both have agreed on a divorce.
The lawyer was having a hard time trying to get papers done. He couldn’t understand why the old couple w  4   a divorce. While they were signing the papers, the wife told the husband, “ I really love you, but I really can’t carry on any more.”
“It’s Ok, I understand,” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a d   5   together, just the three of them. The wife thought, why not, since they were still going to be f  6  .
The first dish was roasted chicken. At once, the old man took the chicken leg and gave it to the old lady. “Take this, it’s your f  7  .
Looking at this, the lawyer thought maybe here was a chance, but the wife looked
u  8   when she answered, “This is the problem. You always think so highly of yourself and never think about how I feel. Don’t you know that I h  9  chicken legs?”
Little did she know that, over the years, the husband had been trying many d  10  ways to please her; little did she know that chicken legs were her husband’s favourite.

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