高中英语阅读理解

When people hear a president speak, they seldom think about others helping to shape the presentation（报告）. Today, however, presidents depend on writers such as J. Terry Edmonds to help them communicate（交流）effectively. Edmonds is the first African American ever to work as a full-time speechwriter for a U. S. president; he is so the first African American to serve as director of speechwriting for White House. His is an all-American story of success.
Edmonds grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; his father drove a truck, and his mother worked as a waitress. A. great reader, Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high School, Baltimore City College.  After graduating in 1967, Edmonds went on to Morgan State University.
Edmonds began his career in business, with jobs in public relations and communications. He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman （国会议员） from Baltimore During Bill Clinton’s presidency. He wrote speeches for Health and Human Services, Secretary Donna Shalala and

Only three local students won Chinese Blog（博客）Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China. 
170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many posting based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese. 
Themes ranged from local opinions－such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre－to food blogs. 
The entries were judged on Language proficiency（熟练程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers. 
Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges. 
In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China. 
“No surprise.” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Ianova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”
One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao，19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts（播客）.Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible. “Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”
The competition was organized by _______

A．the National University of Singapore

B．Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

C．Ianova Junior College

D．the Saint Andrew’s Junior College

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Chinese students won most of the awards.

B．Not all the themes were about local subjects

C．The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

D．The judges were from university in Singapore and China.

What Miss Gao said suggests that _____________

A．she likes to blame the authorities

B．she has a sense of responsibility

C．she thinks highly of the others’ blogs

D．she loves to read valuable posts

I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. There, “I’m having a dinner party” means: "I'm booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you can't afford and we'll be sharing the checque evenly, no matter what you eat." Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don’t drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: "Where are you going?" And it's not like I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go.
But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York. The mix is less striking. It's like a gathering at Bloomingdale's, a well-known department store.
For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York. But at Mallery's, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was. In New York people would think it was a usual new club.
What does the word "shot" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Choice.

B．Try

C．Style.

D．Goal

What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York?
A There is a strange mix of people.       B. The restaurants are expensive.
C. The bill is not fairly shared.        D. People have to pay cash
What does the author think of the parties in London?

A．A bit unusual	B．Full of tricks.
C．Less costly.	D．More interesting.

What is the author's opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience？

A．Easy-going.

B．Self-centred.

C． Generous.

D．Conservative.

What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can
trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place .Of course for each item (商品)sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_______.

A．a way of buying and selling goods

B．a website for them to upgrade

C．a place to exhibit their own photos

D．a chance to buy things at low prices

Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university?

A．For fun.	B．To make money.
C．For gathering the engineers.	D．To fulfill a task of his company.

From “he has never looked back”in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter______.

A．did not feel lonely	B．was always hopeful
C．did not think about the past	D．became more and more successful

How does eBay make money from its website?

A．By bringing sellers together.	B．By charging for each sale.
C．By listing items online.	D．By making e-photos.

Though war is something people hate, Director Feng Xiaoning often exposes his audience to it.
“If we don’t impress the audience, who are without the painful experience of war, with the cruel injury to life and human nature war causes, how can we bring them a love of peace and objection to war?” asked the director with a glance in his eyes.
After Red River Valley and Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River, both of which star Chinese model and actress Ning Jing, Feng drew a satisfactory full stop to his war trilogy (三部曲) last month with Purple Sunset.
The film tells a story which took place in 1945, at the very moment when World War II was drawing to an end. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier flee into a forest, where they seize a Japanese girl. They follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest, but instead they arrive in a Japanese base. Humanity (人道主义) prevents them from killing the young, innocent (无辜的) victim of Japanese militarism. This humanity, the longing for peace and eagerness to survive, make the three unite.
“If people are touched by justice, tolerance and unselfishness, I think I have achieved my goal,” Feng said. Feng admits that there are violent and bloody scenes in the film, such as tanks fighting and Japanese burning Chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of the war. But that’s never his personal preference, he says.
“Everyone who has watched my films can tell how much I hate war,” he said. “I wrote all the things for my war films by myself. Whenever I finished one, I felt as though I had suffered great pain.”
Feng regards every one of his productions as an opportunity to learn about human nature and humanity. In spite of violent scenes which frighten and sicken the audience, a balance is sought with beautiful scenery. Just like the snowy mountains in Red River Valley and the grand plateau (高原) in Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River, a beautiful vast grassland appears in this film. “I used to study art, and I appreciate beautiful things,” Feng said. “I believe that films should offer the audience a chance to enjoy beauty.”
Director Feng Xiaoning shot war film because _____.

A．he was deeply interested in such a topic

B．he wanted to give the audience the painful experience of war

C．he hoped to arouse people’s love of peace and objection to war

D．he dreamed of becoming a world-famous director

All of the following belong to Feng’s war trilogy except _____.

A．Red River Valley	B．Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River
C．Purple Sunset	D．In the Mood for Love

A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman solider seized a Japanese girl so that _____.

A．they could find the Japanese base easily

B．she could take them out of the forest

C．they could kill her for revenge

D．it would cause the Japanese militarism to give in

Scenes of Japanese burning Chinese people alive in the film are to ______.

A．show that war is cruel

B．attract people’s interest

C．show Feng’s personal preference in dealing with details

D．make the film moving and interesting

A used book or nearly-new kitchen gadget (配件) may not be at the top of every Christmas wish list, but hard economic times coupled with a new green awareness are changing attitudes about gift-giving in France.
French holiday shoppers are choosing larger numbers for “green” gifting this Christmas, studies show. About 30 percent of French consumers will give second-hand items as gifts to stretch out their tight budgets but also to do their little bit for recycling, according to a study by international consulting firm Deloitte.
The survey of Christmas consumer behaviors in 18 European countries found the French were more than twice as likely as other Europeans to give second-hand items. Websites promoting re-gifting and green gifting are popular in France, with many reporting a rise in business.
“Concerns about the ecology and the economy have come together and we are now seeing people who accept the types of gifts that were not appreciated just a short time ago,” said Sebastien Ravut, who runs a website promoting eco-friendly consumerism. His site lists shops in France that offer fair trade products, bio-friendly goods and recycled items. Over the Christmas holidays, the number of visits to the site has doubled from last year, reaching 60,000 a month.
A study by online survey firm Vivodi for PriceMinister showed eight out of 10 people would be happy to receive a used item as a gift and that younger consumers were more open to the idea.
But Gilles Goldenberg, author of the Deloitte study, said that environmental concerns are not why customers buy used goods. “The number one concern is getting the lowest possible price,” said Goldenberg. “Eco-friendly products are drawing a lot of interest, but not if that means paying more.”
Theatre tickets and other low-carbon gifts are fashionable, and eco-friendly websites are also encouraging gift givers to offer time and services instead of stuff. “The order of the day is to spend less time shopping and more time connecting” over the holidays, said Florence de Monclin from the Nicolas Helot foundation for Nature and Humanity.
We can judge from the Deloitte study that _________.

A．over a quarter of the French give second-hand Christmas gifts

B．the French are less willing to buy eco-friendly gifts than other Europeans

C．80% of French people are happy to receive second-hand gifts

D．less than 10% of European consumers are likely to give second-hand gifts

According to Goldenberg, the main reason for customers to buy used goods is that _______.

A．they want to be eco-friendly	B．they want to save money
C．it is encouraged by websites	D．it is a new fashion in Europe

All the following might be a promoted gift EXCEPT ________.

A．a theatre ticket

B．a second-hand book

C．a nearly-new digital toaster

D．a box of heavily packaged chocolate

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Old people are not open minded enough to accept second-hand gifts.

B．People wish to receive second-hand gifts because of the economic downturn.

C．Ravut’s website received a sharp decrease in visits during the Christmas holidays.

D．In de Monclin’s opinion, people should spend more time with friends and family during holidays

Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people’s behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well.
“Psychologists’ interpretations (解释) of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningful insight (见识) into themselves and their world,” said a lead author of the study Carey More wedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1,100 people about their dreams. One of the studies focused on general beliefs about dreams and involved 149 university students. All students were asked to rate different theories about dreams. The experts found that a surprising majority of the participants supported the theory about dreams revealing (揭示) the hidden truths about themselves and the rest of the world.
In a second experiment, they surveyed 182 people at a Boston train station, and asked them to imagine one out of four possible situations that could have occurred the night before a scheduled airline trip. Most of the participants said that dreaming of a plane crash would be more likely to affect their travel plans than would just thinking about a crash, or being warned by the government of a terrorism risk. They said a dreamed crash would influence their travel plans just as much as learning about a real crash on their planned route would.
Another experiment involved 270 men and women from across the United States. In a short online survey, they were asked to recall one of the dreams they had seen about any person they knew. The findings showed that people were more likely to remember and describe pleasant dreams about a person they liked, rather than a person they disliked. Meanwhile, in most cases they tended to consider an unpleasant dream as more meaningful if it was about a person they disliked.
“In other words,” said More wedge, “people attribute (归因于) meaning to dreams when it corresponds (与……一致) with their pre-existing beliefs and desires.” The researchers say that more investigation (研究) is needed to fully understand how people interpret their dreams. According to More wedge, most people realize that dreams are not predicting their future, but they still try to find some meaning in there.
The purpose of the studies is to _______.

A．determine when people tend to remember their dreams

B．research whether dreams have anything to do with real life

C．find out how people interpret their dreams and what impact that has

D．understand what causes people to dream and how to interpret dreams

According to the second experiment, what might influence people’s travel plans most?

A．Thinking about a past plane crash.

B．Dreaming about a plane crash.

C．Hearing a government’s warning of a terrorism risk.

D．Imagining a plane crashing on their planned route.

What can be concluded from the study?

A．When a dream conflicts with people’s existing beliefs and desires, they tend to attribute less meaning to it.

B．Most people disagree that dreams help them better know themselves and the world.

C．A majority of people believes that dreams can predict their future and try to find their meaning.

D．Dreams can be a useful tool for learning and problem solving.

Which kind of dream is seen as more meaningful than the rest?

A．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.

B．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes

C．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.

D．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes.

For a long time, a boy wondered why his next-desk-pal was always the first in the class, whereas he could only rank the 21st. At home, he asked his mom, “Am I more stupid than other kids? How come I always lag behind? I just can’t come up with an answer.” Mom was aware that her son’s self-respect had been damaged by the ranking system, but she didn’t know what to say to help.
She was tempted (想要) to say that intelligence differs and that yes, her son’s friend really was the smarter boy. But that would have so upset her son. Thank goodness she resisted the temptation to say it.
Her son and his friend went on to high school that year, but despite trying as hard as he could, her son’s friend still outdid him. But she was proud of her boy for his hard work, sincerely proud. It was around this time she decided to take him on a trip to the seaside. On the trip, she at last found an answer for him.
Today her son no longer cares about rankings. He doesn’t have to, for he himself is now the top of the class – at the top national university he attends. Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood experience: “Once, on a trip to the sea, my mother and I were lying on the beach. She pointed to the sea and said to me: ‘Do you see the seabirds fighting for food out there? When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The “clumsy” seagulls (海鸥) are far less agile (灵活的) and have to struggle to get away from the wave. But these “clumsy” birds prove to have the biggest, strongest wings, which open the widest and allow the bird to travel the furthest. When the season changes, they leave for foreign shores, leaving the little birds behind. Son, I have a feeling that you are one of those seagulls.”
From the first paragraph, we could conclude the mother ______.

A．knew her son was not bright enough

B．saw the negative effects of the ranking system

C．decided to help with her son’s school work

D．was troubled by her son’s low rankings

The mom was glad she didn’t give an answer at first because ______.

A．she knew her son would forget his rankings soon

B．she felt intelligence doesn’t mean everything

C．she knew he was not strong enough for the truth

D．she wanted to avoid another blow to her son’s self-respect

The story conveys the message that ______.
a. only rankings show intelligence
b. hard work and confidence can lead to a change in rankings
c. parents should see children’s strengths and encourage them
d. competition between students is good for society

A．bc

B．cd

C．abc

D．bcd

Which of the following would be the best title for the story?

A．How important are rankings?

B．Little birds and seagulls

C．The answer Mom gave

D．Hard work pays off!

When you are in Nanoko, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel, whether you come on business or on holiday you will find everything as comfortable and convenient as you would expect in a first class international hotel.
Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, and colorful modern materials and furniture in the local style. In the Mistu Restaurant, you can choose your meals from a lot of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, listen to the music of internationally known artists. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the motel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.
By day the pool is alive with the holiday spirit and the happy shouting of children and by night, soft light and music make it a perfect place for a party, or simply for an after-dinner drink and conversation.
The Garden Hotel has its own minibus service. Give us a ring and we will arrange to collect you at the airport or in the city center.
If you prefer, we can arrange for you to visit the wainiri Islands that lie just off the coast. Here you can swim in peace; or you can fish there. As it is well known, Wainiri is really a good place for people going fishing. The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Nanoko’s modern shopping center. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.
Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel _____.

A．has a bathroom

B．has a colorful telephone in the local style

C．is colorful and modern with local style

D．is in an international style, comfortable and convenient.

The hotel arranges for the visitors to _____.

A．go fishing off Cape St. Cermain near wainiri

B．go across to the Wainiri Islands to swim or fish

C．see amounts of sea lives off the coast of Wainiri

D．go by bus to the Wainiri Islands for peach

You will find the Garden Hotel _____.           

A．on the beach not far from Nanoko’s excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all that money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shops

Can you communicate with others when you live in a foreign country with no or little knowledge of its language? Of course, it is possible. You can communicate your moods and intentions to one another without words, because all human beings share a lot of common visual（看见的）signals. These signals are as effective as words during communication.
The gestures of the head play a key role in body language. The movements of eyes and eyebrows are as important as head movements in body language.
　　Besides the gestures of the head or the movements of the eyes and eyebrows, the action of arms, hands and legs is also a large part of body language. Extending one's arm and shaking hands with others is a greeting in both formal and informal cases. This part of body language might date back to primary tribes（部落）.
　　Like handshaking, there are still many other forms of body language presented by hands. Raising one's hand and making a circle with his thumb（拇指）and for finger signals, that something is OK. Clasped（握紧的）hands raised above the head, a traditional picture accepted by sportsmen after winning a fight, is a display of triumph that grows out of a kind of feeling following a victory. Waving one's hands, a speaker can make his words more powerful and vigorous（有活力的）.
　　Besides hand gestures, there are times when a person says something with his legs as well as with his head and eyes. The leg gestures often reflect one's attitude towards something or someone that person is with.
　　According to the above facts, body language has offered a more reliable（可靠的）way to understand one's mind by means of gestures. Though it is soundless and wordless, once you understand it, you will feel the world is bigger than you realized.
Which of the following is the proper title for this passage?

A．Body Language	B．How to Communicate with the People around You
C．The History of Body Language	D．Gestures And Languages

After reading the passage we can conclude that ________.

A．hand shaking suggests that the speaker is excited

B．head plays a less important part in body language

C．actors and actresses are good at gestures

D．people began to use body language long long ago

What's the characteristic of body language?

A．Soundless and wordless.	B．Difficult to understand.
C．Powerful and vigorous.	D．Effective and normal

When sports men win a match, they probably ________.

A．clasp their hands to announce their victory

B．clasp their hands to express their excited feeling

C．have a picture taken as soon as possible

D．show a sign of thankfulness

When thinking about quitting(停止) smoking…
List all the reasons why you want to quit. Every night before going to bed, repeat one of the reasons 10 times.
Decide positively that you want to quit. Try to avoid negative thoughts about how difficult it might be. Develop strong personal reasons as well as your health and responsibility to others. For example, think of all the time you waste taking cigarette breaks, rushing out to buy a pack, hunting a light, etc. Set a date for quitting --- perhaps a special day like your birthday, a holiday. If you smoke heavily at work, quit during your vacation. Make the date seriously, and don't let anything change it. Begin to condition yourself physically; start a modest (适当的) exercise; drink more water; get plenty of rest.
Immediately after quitting...
The first few days after you quit, spend as much free time as possible in places where smoking is prohibited, e.g. libraries, museums, theatres, department stores, etc.
Drink large quantities of water and fruit juice. Try to avoid wine, coffee, and other drinks which remind you of cigarette smoking.
Start a conversation with someone instead of a match for a cigarette.
If you miss the feeling of having a cigarette in your hand, play with something else - a pencil, a pen, a ruler. If you miss having something in your mouth, try a fake (仿制的) cigarette.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．Whenever you feel like a cigarette, try to forget it by sleeping.

B．Try to start a conversation before asking for a light.

C．If you miss the feeling of having a cigarette in your mouth, play with a pen.

D．Every night before going to bed, repeat all the reasons 10 times.

From the passage, we know smokers __________.

A．should drink a lot of coffee	B．have to stop to smoke from time to time
C．should drink a lot of wine	D．should not do any exercise

According to the passage, what does the underlined word “prohibited” mean?

A．forbidden

B．allowed

C．received

D．welcomed

If the passage is in a newspaper, which section is it in?

A．Sports

B．News

C．Health

D．Culture

It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”
“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week.”
Which of the following is true?____________

A．The young man went past the railway station.

B．The young man was working in the railway station

C．The young man had just got off a train.

D．The you man was waiting for his friend there.

What do you think of the car driver?__________

A．He was a nice and clever man.	B．He liked to work very hard.
C．He was good at driving	D．He was not an honest person.

The driver felt very _________ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.

A．sad

B．sorry

C．happy

D．worried

From the passage we know that the young man__________.

A．knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.

B．Had been to the hotel several times.

C．Didn’t want to stay in this city.

D．Must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.

Every once in a while, it is necessary to take a step back in order to take a long, hard look at where we are in our lives. At this point, it is good to ask yourself a bunch of critical questions. Are you at the point in your career where you want to be ? Have you so far accomplished all of your goals in life ? If so, then maybe it is time to make goals that stretch yourself a bit more. If you have not accomplished your goals in life, then perhaps you have made the mistake of setting too many goals or trying to accomplish them at an unnaturally fast pace.
It is necessary to set reasonable, intelligent goals in order to succeed in life. Do not be unrealistic because life is not a fairy tale. But you should try to recognize what you want, and to be as specific as possible when attempting to visualize（形象化） or otherwise express what your goals in life are.
In order for a goal to sufficiently motivate you, it needs to be a major one. The bigger your goals are, then the more motivated you will need to be to work towards accomplishing them. If you want, for example, to be the greatest concert pianist, in the world, then you are going to find yourself a lot more motivated than you would be if your goal were merely to, say, play a couple of Beethoven pieces extremely well. If you are a beginner, then no doubt mastering those tough songs is a very intelligent and realistic goal to set. But if that is your only goal as a pianist, then you will stop growing as a pianist once that goal has been achieved. This is why it is necessary to constantly stop and re-evaluate our goals so that we are aware of what they are, and thus stay motivated.
From the passage, if your goals have all been achieved, you should then ______.

A．ask yourself some serious questions

B．take a hard look at your success

C．set some other intelligent goals

D．stretch yourself to relax

By saying “life is not a fairy tale”, the author suggests that you should ________ .

A．set as big a goal as possible

B．try hard to realize your dream

C．make your goals practical

D．abandon all your ambitions

To perform several Beethoven pieces well is a goal that _______.

A．is not suitable for the pianist

B．is appropriate for a beginner

C．stops you from growing as a pianist

D．is very easy to achieve

What is the best title for the passage ?

A．Set Intelligent Goals for Yourself

B．Try to Accomplish Your Goals

C．Get Yourself More Motivated

D．Goals Help You to Succeed

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览).There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.
Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.
Australia is                       

A．the largest country in the world	B．larger than China
C．as large as Shanghai	D．not so large as China

Enough laws have been made to__

A．increase the population	B．grow more plants
C．fight against pollution	D．show wild flowers

Perth is_       

A．the capital of Australia	B．in the west of Australia
C．in the east of Australia	D．the biggest city in Australia

In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' exhibition in        

A．October

B．January

C．May

D．July

Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.

B．Australia .is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.

C．We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the white sheep..

D．If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of White sheep.

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of cars because he could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made many cars of the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “ Model T ” did not appear until 1908. Five years ago, Ford started his great motor car factory．This kind of car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has become common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would be very expensive．
Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

A．cheap and strong	B．cheap and long
C．fast and expensive	D．strong and slow

Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

A．he made many cars	B．his cars are many
C．he made lots of cars of the same kind	D．both A and B

The young man became a mechanic，_______．

A．which was his father’s will	B．which was against his own will
C．which was against his father’s will	D．which was his teacher’s will

The “ Model T ” was very famous_____．

A．before 1908	B．between 1982 and 1908
C．before 1892	D．after 1908

Ford built his own car factory_____．

A．in 1903

B．in 1908

C．in 1913

D．in 1897