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I栏是某论坛上发布的对澳大利亚某些信息的提问，II栏是六条关于澳大利亚的信息，请从A---F中为I栏各提问选出最佳的答案，期中有一项为多余的选项。

I

1.How many states are there in Australia?

2.Is Sydney the capital city of Australia?

3.What’s Australia’s national language?

4.How large is Australia?

5.How many people are there in Australia?

II

A. No, it isn’t. Its capital city is Canberra. Sydney is Australia’s largest city.

B. English. According to a study in 2011, English is the only language spoken at home for about 81% of the population.

C. Six. They are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania,Victoria and Western Australia.

D. Well, it covers an area of more than 7,692,000 square kilometers. It is the sixth largest country in the world.

E. Australia’s national colours are green and gold. Green and gold are also the traditional team colours of Australia national sports teams.

F. The total population in Australia was last recorded at 23.5 million people in 2014. By 2050, its population is expected to reach about 42million.

Mike would like to buy an Apple watch, but there was ______ in that shop.

A. nothing B. none C. no one D. neither

Every single student, ______ the help of this creative teacher, makes great progress in writing.

A. under B. at C. with D. for

Your house is always so clean and everything is in order – how do you ______ it with these children?

A. manage B. serve C. afford D. build

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

1.He was so hungry that he ____________ some bread from the shop.

2.I’m flying to Beijing and my car will ____________ there.

3.What a lot of ____________ weather we’re having this spring!

4.He told me what happened to him ___________ without smiling.

5.At least eighty people were injured, __________ five policemen.

语法填空，每空限填一词。

How many of you have ever noticed accidents at home? Any large hospital will tell you the number of the accidents 1. happen in the home is almost the same as those on the road. How and why do these accidents happen and 2. can we do to prevent them?

One of the most common and most dangerous 3. （起因）of home accidents is wrong and careless use of electric equipment. Sometimes one 4. （忘记）to cut off the power before mending a light.

If you’ve got children in the house, it’s always best to keep medicine of any kind out of their 5. （伸手够得到的地方）. When there are older people 6. (share) the flat with you, you have to take care in a number of ways in order to make them safe and happy.

Remember not to dry clothes in front of fires. Don’t forget to keep the children away 7. fire. You’d better give up 8. （吸烟）too as it may start a fire.

9. (Safe) first may mean a little more time and care, 10. it may save you a lot of trouble.

We were all_______ at the_______ news.

A. exciting;. exciting B. excited; excited

C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting

You'd better_______ there.

A. not drive B. don't drive

C. not to drive D. don't to drive

—Do the dishes, Mike, or I will tell mum!

—Mind your own ,Sue!

A. action B. duty

C. business D. way

Lily Sam likes popular songs, so they went to Zhou Jielun’s concert together last night.

A. Both, and

B.Either, or

C. Not only, but also

D.Neither, nor