【题目】You see people in movies celebrating a white Christmas in England or the United States. But Christmas in Australia is different.

The holiday, celebrated on Dec 25, comes at the hottest time of the year in Australia. The temperature is usually about 30°C in most cities and can even be over 40°C. There is certainly no white Christmas in Australia.

Because it is so hot, the tradition is to have a lunch outside and to swim in the pool or beach. (A) Most people have a one-week holiday during this time, so they will travel to meet their family for Christmas lunch. Christmas lunch is usually a big meal of ham, turkey, salad and fresh seafood. Family members all cook something different to bring to a big meal . I always enjoy Christmas lunch because there are lots of good cooks in the family. One year my aunt even made a delicious gingerbread house(姜饼屋) that we ate for desert.

Children get presents from “Santa Claus” and are always excited to play with them. (B) It is a fun time to play or swim in the pool with the other members of your family.

The sport of cricket(板球) is very popular in Australia and another tradition is to play a game of cricket in your backyard. So the children were playing cricket(C) __________parents were watching it in the backyard. So I always enjoyed playing with cousins when I was growing up.

So Australia might not have a white Christmas. But it is still a very exciting and fun time of the year.

1Why is there no white Christmas in Australia?

___________________________________

2请把(A)处划线的句子进行同义句转换

Most people have a one-week holiday during this time, so they will travel to meet their family for Christmas lunch.

Most people have________ ________ ______ during this time, so they will travel to meet their family for Christmas lunch.

3请把(B)处的句子翻译成汉语___________________________________________

4请在(C)处填入一个适当的连词,使句意完整、上下文通顺_______________

5请给短文拟一个适当的题目。

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【题目】Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”

He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.

1Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports __________as a child.

A. by teaching himself at home B. with the help of his mother

C. by going to school D. by visiting many famous teachers

2The underlined word “noble” in Paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to __________.

A. poor B. bright C. wealthy D. cute

3The correct order of the following statements is __________.

Confucius worked to help his mother as a child.

Confucius educated about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Confucius’ father died.

Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.

A. ③①④② B. ②③④① C. ①③②④ D. ④③①②

4Today we still remember Confucius mainly because___________.

A. he lived a poor life in his childhood

B. he had wise thoughts and great views about education

C. he traveled with his students from state to state

D. he lived during the Spring and Autumn Period

【题目】Is the world too crowded? Well, that’s a hard question to answer. It’s all a matter of perspective(视角).In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!

What is true is that the world’s population doesn’t stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate(比例).That’s in part because in each generation() these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.

Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world’s population was under 2 billion(十亿).Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that’s a whole lot of people! Soon the world’s population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals(相当于) too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources(资源) the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth’s resources.

1From the first paragraph we can know that ________.

A. Montana is too crowded

B. Macao is too crowded

C. the world is too crowded

D. the world is not too crowded

2The population is increasing fast partly because ________.

A. people live longer than before

B. there are less wars than before

C. medicine is developing faster than before

D. more couples now would like to have children than before

3What was the world’s population 100 years ago?

A. 450 million. B. about 2 billion.

C. 40 billion. D. 7 billion.

4The writer thinks that with the population increasing, we should ________.

A. find more resources

B. use more resources

C. think about our ways of living

D. move to other places

5From the passage we can learn that the writer ________.

A. thinks the world already has too many people

B. thinks the world can feed no more than 7 billion people

C. is not sure when the world’s population will reach 7 billion

D. is not sure what the largest population that the world can feed is

【题目】Jenny was my grandmother's sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and ___in 2000. It was a pity that she didn't live to celebrate(庆祝)her 100th birthday,___ she had a good,long life.

She had already been a professional ___ before many women had jobs. She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn't travel __ plane,so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months ____from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling_____easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.

Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her____her stories. They were____interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was____that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped ____.My grandmother's sister was really an amazing woman.

1A. death B. die C. died D. was dying

2A. so B. and C. or D. but

3A. singer B. teacher C. manager D. doctor

4A. on B. at C. by D. with

5A. to sail B. sailing C. to fly D. to send

6A. too B. much C. more D. a lot

7A. talk to B. talk with C. say D. talk about

8A. so B. such C. very D. much

9A. boring B. relaxing C. amazing D. tiring

10A. work and think B. working and thinking C. to work and think D. to have a rest

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