Australia is the greatest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is to the south of equator（赤道）. So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Ausrtralia.

Australia is big, but the population there is thin. The population of Australia is the same as that of Shanghai.

Australia is famous sheep and kangqroos. After a short dreive from any town you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere.

1.China is than Australia.

A. bigger B. small C. smaller

2.It is in Australia when it is summer in our country.

A. Autumn B. winter C. summer

3.The population of Australia is the same as that of in China.

A. Beijing B. Nanjing C. Shanghai

4.Australia is famous for its .

A. kangaroos B. deer C. birds

5.Australia is to the south of the equator, so .

A. It is the greatest island in the world. B. It's hot summer in December.

C. It's population is thin.

摘录信息。阅读短文，然后完成内容摘要。（10分）

I was walking home after the tiring practice at the theater. With the opening night show only a week away. I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with many things. So I wanted to give up both acting and Francisco.

As I walked down the empty streets. I felt very cold. So I began running to keep warm. Suddenly I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, but the street was empty. Still the noise made me afraid, so I started to run faster, Unluckily, my wallet fell onto the sidewalk. I wasn't cold or tired anymore. Although I searched the sidewalk for fifteen minutes, my wallet wasn't found.

Just as I was about to give up, a car stopped next to me. “ Is this what you are looking for?” a man asked.

It was nearly 12 o'clock when I went to bed. I wouldn't get much sleep that night. But I had got my wallet back. I also had get back some enjoyment of the city life. I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

Many people think that comics are for children, but Cai Zhizhong doesn't think so. He was born in 1948 and thinks comics can also show classical（古典的） culture and help people know some difficult old Chinese philosophies（哲学）. He shows these difficult ideas with simple and interesting cartoons. It makes people know them with fun.

Cai Zhizhong bagan drawing comics at the age of seventeen. In 1977, he had his own company and produced two cartoon films: Old Master Q and Shao Lin Temple. His early works make some difficult Chinese philosophies easy for people to understand. Lots of people especially kids and parents like them very much. His works have won a large number of readers in Taiwan. However, some people don't like him to make the classical works into cartoons.

Cai's works have been tranilated into lots of languages. Readers in 40 different countries have read cai's works and 40 million copies have been sold.

Cai has a special way of bringing up his daughter. His daughter even traveled to Japan alone at the age of 12. She lived there by herself for a week. Under the influence of he father, the daughter also likes cartoons.

1.What does Cai Zhizhong show in his comics?

2.In which year did Cai Zhizhong begin to draw comics?

3.Who like Cai Zhizhong's comic works a lot?

4.Who traveled to Japan with Cai Zhizhong's daughter when she was 12?

5.What is the passage mainly about?

英汉互译。阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英语或汉语。

I was a nice holiday but now it’s time to go back to school. 1.当新学期开始的时候我总是变得非常紧张！

Some students feel just like me. 2.They start to dream about being late for school.In their dreams they wake up and look at the clock.It’s eight o’clock!Oh,no!Others worry about their classmates.Have they changed?Will we still be friends?

Well,don’t worry too much. 3.It always takes a little time to adapt to it when you are starting something new.The big thing is to try to be happy.If you had problems last term,think of the new term as a chance to solve them . 4.If you had a good first term,think of the new term as a chance to improve your schoolwork.

As for me, I had a bad dream, too. In my dream, it was the start of the new term. I felt very confident. 5. 当我走进第一个课堂时，每个人开始笑我。 I look down, oh ,I was dressed in my underwear（内衣）。

A: Hello, may I speak to Bruce, please?

B: 1.. I'll see if he is in.

C: Hello! Bruce here.

A: Hello, Bruce! This is Bill speaking. It's Sunday tomorrow. What ate you going to do?

C: 2.. Do you have any ideas?

A: I hear many old inventions will be on display in the science museum tomorrow.3.

C: Good idea! 4.

A: Let’s meet outside the school gate at half past eight in the morning .

C: How shall we go there?

A: 5.

C: Sorry, my bike is broken. Let’s go by bus, OK?

A: All right. See you!

C: See you!

假如你是Tom，非常想学好英语，但进步缓慢，尤其是口语，你写信向你的好朋友Mike，把自己的困惑告诉他，希望得到他的帮助。

你的困惑：1.害怕在课堂上讲英语；2.在分组成派对活动时格外紧张，担心比别人差；3.碰到外宾时，更是害怕因错误而受到嘲笑。

要求：1.格式正确。2.探讨的内容包括以上所提供的要点；3.字迹工整，语句通顺，可适当发挥，80词左右。

用所给词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

1.We are sure our homeland will be even _________(good) tomorrow.

2.If we don’t start out now, we must risk ______ (miss)the train.

3.There are many trees ________(plant).

4.Mr. Jiang is a learned person, and he has a lot of __________(know).

5.Be careful ___________ (not fall) off the ladder.

B）根据句意及所给汉语意思写出所缺单词。

6.The man gave away eight ______(百) of his books to the primary school in the countryside.

7.Details decide ______ (成功) or not. If we take everything seriously, we’ll achieve our goals.

8.Do you like the novels________ (写) by Mark Twin?

9.It was surprising that the boys’ team was __________(打败) by the girls’.

10.She didn’t feel like __________ (饲养) so many dogs.

—Could you tell me who invented _________ telephone?

—_________ Scotch scientist named _________ Alexander Graham Bell.

A. /, A, / B. a, The, /

C. the, A, / D. /, A, an

He has decided to live abroad, so he will ________ stay here.

A. not more B. mot longer

C. no longer D. no more

—_______ do you _______ about spring?

—The flowers and the green trees.

A. How, like B. How, think

C. What, think D. What, like