most of australia’s unique plants and animals are imported from other continents. （)

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famous for its_____2_____ production and seashore tour.As the climate there is warm and comfortable, many people spend vocations there every year.I’m a super fan of water_____2____, so I choose it as my destination.In Australia, the sky is bluer than blue, the clouds are whiter than white, all the local people enjoy an____3______ and active life.They also show their kindness and enthusiasm to the tourists.The first step should be______4____ Opera which is among the most brilliant and splendid architectures in the world.Many world-class____5______ are put on in it .The surface and shape of it is like a seashell with glory decorations inside.Then Melbourne is a good choice to be as the next step.In Melbourne, skin screen(粉底) is a must to take with as the sunshine is upset and may burn your skin.The most attractive thing to me is the Australia Open(澳网公开赛), which is one of the biggest world-class tennis competition.Many great players such as Roddick Federer and its local player Hewitt etc.gather to compete.It’s really a feast for the eyes.

1.A.ship B.wool C.wood D.steel

2.A.entertainment B.entertain C.entertaining D.entertainer

3.A.pessimistic B.passive C.optimistic D.persuasive

4.A.Texas B.Illinois C.California D.Sydney

5.A.plays B.pictures C.novels D.games

Journey to Australia

Australia is one of the famous Oceanian countries. The country is famous for its（）production and seashore tour. As the climate there is warm and comfortable, many people spend vocations there every year.

I’m a super fan of water（）, so I choose it as my destination.

In Australia, the sky is bluer than blue, the clouds are whiter than white, all the local people enjoy an（）and active life. They also show their kindness and enthusiasm to the tourists.

The first step should be（）Opera which is among the most brilliant and splendid architectures in the world. Many world-class（）are put on in it .The surface and shape of it is like a seashell with glory decorations inside. Then Melbourne is a good choice to be as the next step. In Melbourne, skin screen（粉底） is a must to take with as the sunshine is upset and may burn your skin. The most attractive thing to me is the Australia Open（澳网公开赛），which is one of the biggest world-class tennis competition. Many great players such as Roddick Federer and its local player Hewitt etc. gather to compete. It S really a feast for the eyes.

1.A. ship

B. wool

C. wood

D. steel

2.A. entertainment

B. entertain

C. entertaining

D. entertainer

3.A. pessimistic

B. passive

C. optimistic

D. persuasive

4.A. Texas

B. llinois

C. California

D. Sydney

young nation established in an ancient land. Its development represents a triumph(胜利)over remoteness and a harsh landscape.

It is generally accepted that Australia's original inhabitants, the aboriginal(土著的)people, have lived on the continent for 40,000 to 60,000 years. They were also its sole(唯一的)human inhabitants until two centuries ago. Indonesian traders probably visited Australia's northwest but it was unknown to the rest of the world until the 1600s. A huge south land appeared on maps before 200 AD but its existence was not confirmed until the 17th century when Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch merchants ventured into Asia.

The first European settlement of the continent--by the British--began in 1788, on the site now occupied by Sydney, Australia's largest city. There were then about 1500 Europeans and an estimated 300,000 aboriginal people in Australia. The population has reached 2.25 million by 1881, 5.41 million by 1921 and 7.4 million by the end of World War II(1945). It increased sharply, partly because of a large postwar immigration program, and reached more than 17 million in 1991, despite a decline that began in the 1970s in the natural increase and net immigration. The rate of population increase in the 40 years after world war II, about two percent, has halved.

Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in the world, with about 70 percent of the population living in the 10 largest cities. Australians have a high standard of living by world standards. The flag of Australia is the only one to fly over a whole continent in the world. The small Union Jack represents the historical link with Britain, the largest star has six points for each of the states and one point for the territories, and the small stars form. the Southern Cross - a prominent of the southern hemisphere night sky.

1. The passage is written to _____.

A. present a general picture of Australia

B. persuade people to travel in Australia

C. tell people the history of Australia

D. describe the characteristic of Australia

2. The first sentence in paragraph 1 mainly suggests that _____.

A. Australia is a strange country

B. it is not easy to find Australia

C. Australia has contradictory(矛盾的)features

D. Australia is a continent and a country as well

3. Which statement about Australia's population can NOT be inferred？ _____

A. The population change is a gradual increase.

B. The population increased rapidly for a time owing to the government's special policy.

C. The rates of population increase in different periods varied.

D. The rate of population increase before World War II was about one percent.

4. The word urbanized means _____.

A. of towns or cities

B. of emergency

C. of suburbs

D. of the countryside

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true？ _____

A. The large star on the flag of Australia has seven points.

B. People were certain of Australia's existence before 200 AD because it had appeared on maps.

C. Australia enjoy relatively high standard of living compared with people in other countries.

D. The aboriginal people of Australia were its only human inhabitants before the 18th century.

Most island of Australia is dessert.()

o leave australia，and most went overseas to the u.s. ()

in the North and South America, Australia and Eueope, and in the most of Christian world are Christmas and Easter. __2__Christians celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas.

Aslick advert by the Melbourne tourist board shows pictures of it senviable schools, beaches, transport system and nightlife, all of which have helped it earn the number one spot as the world's most livable city.

The 140 cities in the survey are judged on five broad categories:stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. The top scorers tend to be mid-sized cities in wealthy countries with a low population density. Some seven of the top ten – including Vancouver, Toronto and Sydney – are in Australia or Canada. Vienna, Helsinki and Auckland also made the top ten.

Of the cities surveyed – and some like Kabul and Baghdad were not included for safety reasons – Dhaka in Bangladesh was rated the least livable. Lagos, Harare, Algiers and Karachi all scored poorly as well.

The city that has dropped fastest down the list in the last year is Damascus, due to the ongoing conflict in Syria, while infrastructure improvements in China mean that cities like Shanghai and Suzhou have scored better than they did last year.

31. Which of the following cities are not surveyed for livability？__________

A. Damascus

B. Shanghai

C. Baghdad

D. Lagos

32. Which of the following cities is the most livable in the world？__________

A. Helsinki

B. Melbourne

C. Auckland

D. Vancouver

33. Which of the following elements is not considered in the survey？__________

A. Infrastructure

B. Stability

C. Culture

D. Income

34. Which of the following cities has dropped fasted in terms of livability？__________

A. Damascus

B. Sydney

C. Suzhou

D. Kabul

35. Which of the following is not correct according to the passage？__________

A. The most livable cities are all located in Europe and America.

B. Environment is surveyed in determining how livable a city can be.

C. Kabul is not surveyed for safety reasons.

D. Melbourne is one of the most enviable tourist resorts.