International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.
Canberra, the nicest city in Australia
I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.
Siggi Siebold from Germany
The small city of Mount Isa
I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.
Indra Ekanayake
Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)
In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.
There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.
Ida Robb from Indonesia
1.Siggi Siebold is from .
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A．Australia |
B．Germany |
C．England |
D．Indonesia |
2.What does the underlined word “facilities” probably mean in Chinese?
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A．设施 |
B．土地 |
C．交通 |
D．名胜 |
3.Lake Moondarra is a .
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A．city |
B．mountain |
C．mine |
D．dam |
4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Ida Robb?
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A．People can go fishing on Lake Moondarra. |
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B．There are 21,000 people in Mount Isa. |
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C．There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. |
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D．Many people like Mount Isa though it isn’t a beautiful green place. |
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．Siggi Siebold stayed in Canberra for six months. |
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B．Mount Isa is a famous village in Australia. |
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C．People in Mount Isa drink rainwater. |
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D．People can’t go water skiing on the lake. |
During his college years, Sherman Rogers spent a summer in logging(伐木) camp. When the boss had to leave for 41 days, he put Rogers in charge(掌管).
“What shall I do if the men 42 to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who complained all day, gave the other men a 43 time.
“Fire（解雇） them,” the boss said. Then, as if reading Rogers’ mind, he added, “I suppose you are going to fire Tony if you get the 44 . I’d feel badly about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is one of the best workers I’ve ever had. I know he hates everybody and 45 . But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an 46 for eight years on the hill where he works.”
The next day, Rogers went to Tony, “Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?” Tony said yes. “I was going to fire you the first time we quarreled, 47 I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, adding 48 the boss had said.
When he finished, Tony dropped the things in his hand and tears went down his 49 .
“Why didn’t he tell me that eight years 50 ?”
That day Tony worked 51 than ever before – and he smiled!
Rogers went back to 52 after that summer. Twelve years later he met Tony again who was now boss for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to be so 53 .
Tony replied, “Were it not for the one minute you talk to me back that day, I would kill somebody some day. One minute 54 my whole life.”
Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute to appreciate(欣赏) her or him? One minute. It can make a 55 for a lifetime.
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— weather! Shall we go to the park ?
— ______. Let’s go.
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A．What a fine, Sounds great |
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B．What fine, Sounds great |
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C．What a fine, You’re right |
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D．What fine, You’re right |
“I can’t stop worrying about my exam tomorrow.” “__________”
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A．That’s all right, never mind. |
B．I’m sure you’ll do well |
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C．You’ve done a great job |
D．Good luck to you |
Which of the following sentence is right?
I wonder _________.
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A．who broke the window |
B．whose pen is this? |
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C．which room I will live |
D．what’s the population of China |
Nowadays many people set up their own Blogs on the Internet, _______ they can express themselves freely or communicate with others.
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A．which |
B．to which |
C．that |
D．where |
