53．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A．Sharp eyes　　　　 　　　 　　　　　　　 B．What a life Aborigines live

C．Searching for a policeman.　　　　　　 D．Aborigines’ new way of life

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52．What can we know about the old Aborigine from the passage?

A．He was a friend of the police’s.

B．He knew the thief before.

C．His tracking skills helped the police find the thief.

D．He made his living by tracking for the police.

51．The old Aborigine lost the first tracks he had found because ______.

A．there was a sudden rainstorm

B．the streets were covered with heavy dust

C．they were mixed with many other people’s footprints

D．he had been too tired to find them after a long walk

50．What kind of life do you think the Australian Aborigines live?

A．A lazy life. 　　 　　　　　B．A hard life.　　

C．An easy life.　　 　　 　　　 　　D．A boring life.

49．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A strange girl　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B．Just the smallest things

C．A girl without problems 　　　　D．I’m going to be moving　

C

　　　 The native people of Australia are called Aborigines. Most of them live in the deserts of Australia, where they neither plant crops nor keep any animals. All the year round they move here and there through the deserts in search of food and water. They must depend on their own skills to track down (搜寻) wild animals for food in order to stay alive. It has been said that an Aborigine has the “eyes of an eagle (鹰)”.

　　　 The following story shows how surprising the Aborigines’ skill at tracking is.

　　　 Once a gold robbery in a small Australian town left the police quite puzzled (困惑的). They had to call on an old Aborigine tracker for help. The tracker found a set of footprints in the dusty street, and said he thought they were the tracks of the thief. Before the tracker could follow the prints very far, a rainstorm broke and washed the tracks away. Some time after that, the Aborigine was in another town, and his sharp eyes picked out the same footprints he had seen days before. The police could hardly believe his story, but they went with him as he followed the tracks through the dirty streets and past the outskirts (市郊) of the town. After about half an hour’s walk, the tracker stopped near a wooden house and simply pointed. Sure enough, the wanted man was hiding inside.

48．From the third paragraph, we can learn that the author and her friends ______.

A．helped get the girl out of trouble　

B．made the girl go to another school

C．were not the girl’s friends 　　　　

D．didn’t want to help the girl at all

47．How did the girl feel before the author became her friend?

A．Happy and comfortable. 　　　　　　 B．Pleased and confident.

C．Worried and surprised. 　 　　　　　　 D．Sad and lonely.

46．The underlined word “geek” (in Paragraph 1) probably refers to a person ______.　

A．who is naughty and always makes fun of others 　

B．who is confident and works very hard

C．who is not popular and does strange things　　

D．who is not honest and is badly behaved

45．The purpose of this passage is ______.

A．to discuss the prevention of El Nino 　　

B．to explain how El Nino trouble farmers　

C．to let us know about El Nino　　　　

D．to tell us how to prepare for El Nino

B

　　　 Everyone had their friends, but I knew one girl who didn’t. I guess you could call her a geek, because all she did was read, study, and do homework. I don’t think she even played a sport. She was one of those quiet people who no one really paid attention to, and those who was often laughed at. I had heard all kinds of rumors (谣言) that she had problems, but I didn’t　 really believe them.

　　　 My friends and I were nice to her. We let her sit at our lunch table and we often said “Hi” to her, but she wasn’t our best friend. Throughout the year, she started talking to us more and more. We continued being kind to her. She was normal as far as I was concerned (就我而言). She was just really quiet.

　　　 During the summer holidays I got a letter from her. It read, “I just wanted to thank you so much for being so extremely kind and friendly to me this year. Before you became my friend, I had no one to talk to or sit with at lunch. I didn’t think anyone wanted me around. I even wanted to kill myself because of this. But you and your friends changed that. You made me feel wanted. It meant so much to me. I am going to be moving and going to another school next year. I’ll never forget you and what you did.”　

　　　 By the time I finished the letter, I was in shock. I could not believe what I had just read. I learned that the simplest things and the smallest acts of kindness can mean the world to someone else.

44．If El Nino happens, the following will take place EXCEPT ______.　

A．sea water temperature rise　　　

B．diseases spreading around the world　

C．floods and droughts　 　　　　　

D．death of fish and sea birds