Useful Information in Australia

Useful Numbers

All the telephone numbers are useful and free.

。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)—000 Telephone information—12455

。Medical(医学的) Care—1300369359 Taxi—1800421113

Surfing the Internet

With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it’s easy to surf the Internet in Australia.

Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.

。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.

。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.

Post Service

All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.

。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.

。It costs 50 cents to send a standard（标准的） letter in Australia.

Public Holidays

On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.

。New Year’s Day—1st January

。Australia Day—26th January

。Christmas Day—25th December

1.If there is a fire, you can call________ in Australia.

A. 1300369359 B. 180042113 C.000 D.12455

2.Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia?

A. At 8:30 on Tuesday. B. At 9:30 on Sunday.

C. At 8:30 on Saturday. D. At 9:30 on Monday.

3.Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he isn’t in good health. He needs a nurse to look after him. What should he do?

A. Go to an Internet tearoom. B. Send a letter to his son.

C. Call 1300369359. D. Go to a hospital.

4.Which one might be open on public holidays?

A. Public libraries. B. Shops. C. Banks. D. Post offices.

5.Which one is not right according to（根据）the above passage?

A. Surfing the Internet is cheap in Australia.

B. It costs 50 cents to send a standard letter.

C. Australians go to work on 26th January.

D. Australians don't go shopping on public holidays.

阅读下面短文，完成相关任务。

Microsoft has stopped providing service for Windows XP since April 8,2014. Microsoft has provided support for Windows XP for the past 12 years. 【1】The computers that use the XP system are not as safe as before.

The "demise"(停用) of Windows XP will have the greatest influence on China because it has about 210 million XP users, who make up about 70.percent of the PC market in the world. Microsoft's decision to "kill" Windows XP, a product with hundreds of millions of users, has a certain purpose to show its strong position in the operating system market.

At the same time, the "death" of XP has created opportunities for China's IT companies to grow and develop. China can break the monopoly(垄断)of international IT giants and protect the internet security(安全) by having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation.

1.把划线部分翻译成汉语：

根据短文内容回答第2—4题：

2.In which year, Windwos XP started to provid support?

3.According to the passage,how many XP users are there in the world?

4.How can China break the monopoly of international IT giants and protect the internet security?

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to protect our XP system?

B. How to change your computer?

C. Why did Mirosoft stopped providing service for Windows XP

D. The influenc about the “demise” of Windows XP.

阅读下面对话，从方框内选项中选择5个最恰当的句子完成此对话。（其中有2项是多余的）

A: Linda, are you free tomorrow evening?

B: 1.?

A:Why not go to the movies?

B: 2. I like seeing movies very much．

A: 3.

B: Well，I like comedies because they are funny． What about you?

A:I like them．too．I hear Mr. Bearl is on．4.

B:Sure．Let's meet at six o'clock tomorrow Evening．

A: 5.

A:OK．See you tomorrow evening．

B: See you．

2014央视春晚，一曲《时间都去哪儿了》让许多观众深受感动。假设你是九年级一班的李明，你将代表班级参加学校举行的“感恩父母”英语演讲比赛。演讲内容包括：

1.讲述一件你和父母之间难忘的事情; 2.你对“感恩父母”的认识；

3.具体的感恩行动（至少两点）； 4.表达祝福与愿望。

注意：

1．语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；

2．文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称；

3．词数80左右。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Hello, everyone! I’m Li Ming from Class 1, Grade 9. Today the topic of my speech is love for my parents.

—It’s reported that many people were hurt in Kunming Terrorist Attacks on March 1st ,2014.

— _______ bad news!

A. WhatB. HowC. What a D. How a

South Africa president Nelson Mandela has passed away ____December 5th,2013___the age of 95.

A. on, in B.in,at C. on,at D. at,in

I will go to visit my aunt in England ______ the summer holiday starts.

A. while B. since C. until D. as soon as

—I can’t afford the white sweater. Can you show me another one?

—What about the orange one? The price is a little ________.

A. cheaperB. higherC. lowerD. more expensive

—Yesterday I lost my pen. I couldn’t find_______.

—Oh, it’s a pity. You’d better buy ________ this afternoon.

A. it; it B. it; one C. one; it D. one; one