The seasons in Australia are opposite（相反）to ours. (1) it is winter here, it is summer there. Australia is (2) the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months. The summer is in December, (3) and February. The north of the country is (4) than the south.

　　Australia's main（主要的）problem is water. A (5) large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast（海岸）has rain (6) the year round. There are no dry months here.

　　In March, 1982, there was a terrible drought（干旱）in Australia. The summer rain didn't (7) There were 138 million sheep in Australia that year. This was 14% of all the sheep in the world.

　　Because there was not (8) rain and the grass didn't grow well, the farmers (9) to sell many of their sheep and many sheep 10 , too. It was a great disaster（灾难）for Australia farmers.

　　The 24th Summer Olympics were held in 1988 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. The competitors from the People's Republic of China __(7)__ the games for the first time. The Chinese competitors __(8)__ many medals since then. __(9)__ most of the medals were won by women. We hope men will __(10)__ their best to win more medals.

“Beijing, Toronto and Paris are the most __(1)__ cities bidding（申办）for the Olympic Games of 2008,” said Richard W. Pound, the IOC's first vice president.

　　“The host（主办）city of the Olympic Games of 2008 will be __(2)__ at the IOC's meeting in Moscow in 2001. Beijing is ready on its way because it __(3)__ became the host of the Olympic Games of 2000, and Toronto and Paris also have __(4)__ power,” said Pound at an IOC meeting.

　　For the first time, the host city will be decided __(7)__ IOC members visiting the places. The bidding scandals（丑闻）of the Salt Lake City have made the IOC find new __(8)__ of bidding. That is __(9)__ the IOC members will not be allowed to __(10)__ the bidding cities.

　　When a friend was visiting David, it began __(1)__. So David told him __(2)__ that night. “You may stay here __(3)__ the night,” he said. “OK,” answered his friend.

　　But __(4)__ minutes __(5)__, the friend went out. He didn't tell David where __(6)__ going nor（也没有） did he ask for an umbrella.

“Where __(9)__ you __(9)__?” asked David.

　　“I have been __(10)__,”answered the friend,“to tell my mother that I'll not go home tonight because of the rain.”

　　Mark Twain was a pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He __(1)__ a few naughty（淘气的）boys who later __(2)__ in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his book Life __(3)__ the Mississippi（密西西比）.

　　__(4)__ the Civil War（内战）he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period（时期）__(5)__ him famous and popular. He made a lot of money by writing, lecturing and running（创办）__(6)__ publishing house（出版社）. But he spent all of it on high living and __(7)__ business.

　　Mark Twain __(8)__ as a“funny man”. But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened in his own life. All his __(9)__ helped to shape（塑造）his stories __(10)__ showed the dark side of society（社会）. He died as an old man of 75 in 1910.

　　America is a very large country, but traveling there is really very quick and easy. When you are paying a visit to the USA and want to see as much of the (1) as possible, you'd better travel by bus. There is fast 2 service between cities, for example, the Greyhound Bus Service. All of its buses have a picture of a dog on the side. Some buses have two storeys（层）. The top covering of the bus is often made of glass. In the summer time, the heat of the sun will get in (3) the glass and you may (4) too hot. Although the buses are cooled by air-conditioner（空调）, it doesn't (5) work well because the sunshine on the top storey is too (6) . The seats are very soft. Over each seat there is a reading light. On the long-distance journey, stops are made for meals at roadside (7) . You can have enough time to stretch your legs and have a good taste of food. It takes about three and a half (8) to cross America by bus with short stops for meals. Many people, especially tourists, like to (9) a bus around the country. If you have chances to visit America, don't (10) to try a bus.

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　　Sam is less than eight years old now .His father works at the airport (机场) and his mother is a 1 . The boy isn't old enough to go to school. His mother 2 him to 3 from one to a hundred . Sometimes he learns to draw something on the paper, but nobody can 4 what he draws at all.

　　Sam's father gets on well with 5 and he has a lot of friends . He often asks them to 6 when he is on holiday . They like the boy and give some 7 to him .

　　One day, after a school year was 8 , Sam's mother decided to have a holiday in 9 with her family. Mr. King, a friend of Sam's father's saw them off at the airport . The man played with the boy and 10 some fruit for him . Sam thanked him and said 11 to him before he took the plane. Sam and his parents 12 some places of interest and the boy saw some strange animals . His mother bought many toys for him. They 13 themselves in Paris . But soon they had to go back to Canada. Mr. King 14 them at the airport . They were happy to see each other again . But Sam was 15 and called out, “Oh, dear Uncle King! Are you still waiting for your plane here?”

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Allan was worried. This was his first time to go travelling 1 . He did not know how to find his seat, 2 he went to the air hostess (空姐) and asked, “Could you help me? I can't find my seat. ” The air hostess showed 3 the seat and told him 4 and fasten the seat belt (系牢安全带) . She told Allan not to move about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Allan's ears might feel 5 strange, but he didn't need to 6 it because many people felt 7 that. When the plane was flying very high, Allan could stand up and walk round. He could 8 read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would 9 food and drinks. Allan could enjoy the flight and 10 soon.

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