Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most ..

第1题

Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry for people to

live in. Around the edge of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone, A person can listen to someone else talk and give an answer.

When these radios first came into use, the Australian government set up for them in some areas. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away. Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. "Round Robin(知更鸟)Talks" by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who Was getting married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

This passage tells us something about ______.

A．how large Australia is

B．why the radio is important in Australia

C．how the radio is used in Australia

D．both B and C

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第2题

Mobile Phones

Mobile phones should carry a label if they proved to be a dangerous source of radiation, according to Robert Bell, a scientist. And no more mobile phone transmitter towers should be built until the long-term health effects of the electromagnetic radiation they emit are scientifically evaluated, he said. "Nobody&39;s going to drop dead overnight but we should be asking for more scientific information," Robert Bell said at a conference on the health effects of low-level radiation.(46)

A report widely circulated among the public says that up to now scientists do not really know enough to guarantee there are no ill-effects on humans from electromagnetic radiation. According to Robert Bell, there are 3.3 million mobile phones in Australia alone and they are increasing by 2,000 a day.(47)

As well, there are 2,000 transmitter towers around Australia, many in high density residential areas.(48)The electromagnetic radiation emitted from these towers may have already produced some harmful effects on the health of the residents nearby.

Robert Bell suggests that until more research is completed the Government should ban construction of phone towers from within a 500 metre radius of school grounds, child care centres, hospitals, sports playing fields and residential areas with a high percentage of children.(49)He adds that there is also evidence that if cancer sufferers are subjected to electromagnetic waves the growth rate of the disease accelerates.

(50)According to Robert Bell, it is reasonable for the major telephone companies to fund it. Besides, he also urges the Government to set up a wide-ranging inquiry into possible health effects.

(46)

A.He says there is emerging evidence that children absorb low-level radiation at a rate more than three times that of adults.B.By the year 2000 it is estimated that Australia will have 8 million mobile phones: nearly one for every two people.C."If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised," he said.D.Then who finances the research？E.For example, Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone build their towers where it is geographically suitable to them and disregard the need of the community.F.The conclusion is that mobile phones brings more harm than benefit.

(47)

A.He says there is emerging evidence that children absorb low-level radiation at a rate more than three times that of adults.B.By the year 2000 it is estimated that Australia will have 8 million mobile phones: nearly one for every two people.C."If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised," he said.D.Then who finances the research？E.For example, Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone build their towers where it is geographically suitable to them and disregard the need of the community.F.The conclusion is that mobile phones brings more harm than benefit.

(48)

A.He says there is emerging evidence that children absorb low-level radiation at a rate more than three times that of adults.B.By the year 2000 it is estimated that Australia will have 8 million mobile phones: nearly one for every two people.C."If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised," he said.D.Then who finances the research？E.For example, Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone build their towers where it is geographically suitable to them and disregard the need of the community.F.The conclusion is that mobile phones brings more harm than benefit.

(49)

A.He says there is emerging evidence that children absorb low-level radiation at a rate more than three times that of adults.B.By the year 2000 it is estimated that Australia will have 8 million mobile phones: nearly one for every two people.C."If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised," he said.D.Then who finances the research？E.For example, Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone build their towers where it is geographically suitable to them and disregard the need of the community.F.The conclusion is that mobile phones brings more harm than benefit.

(50)

A.He says there is emerging evidence that children absorb low-level radiation at a rate more than three times that of adults.B.By the year 2000 it is estimated that Australia will have 8 million mobile phones: nearly one for every two people.C."If mobile phones are found to be dangerous, they should carry a warning label until proper shields can be devised," he said.D.Then who finances the research？E.For example, Telstra, Optus and Vodaphone build their towers where it is geographically suitable to them and disregard the need of the community.F.The conclusion is that mobile phones brings more harm than benefit.

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第3题

Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but dost of it is too dry for people to

live in. Around the edge of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and give an answer.

When these radios first came into using, the Australian government set up for them in some areas. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away. Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. "Round Robin (知更鸟) Talks" by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was getting married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

This passage tells us something about ______.

A．how large Australia is

B．why the radio is important in Australia

C．how the radio is used in Australia

D．both B and C

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第4题

There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that his

native (本国的) language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world's most widely used language.

As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people: in the U. S. , Eng land, Australia and some other countries.

For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So English is the second language there.

As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.

The native language is a person's ______ language.

A．first

B．only

C．one

D．foreign

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第5题

There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that his

native (本国的) language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world's most widely used language.

As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people in the U. S. A., England, Australia and some other countries.

For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education and other activities (活动). So English is the second language there.

As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.

The native language is a person's ______ language.

A．first

B．only

C．foreign

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第6题

When people in developing countries worry about migration, they are usually con

cerned at the prospect of their best and brightest departure to Silicon Valsey or to hospitals and universities in the developed world. These are the kind of workers that countries like Britain Canada and Australia try to attract by using immigration rules that privilege college graduates.

Lots of studies have found that well-education people form. developing counting are particularly likely to emigrants , A big survey of Indian households in 2004found that nearly 40% of emigrants had morn than a high-school education ,compared with around 3.3%of all Indian over the age of 25. This "brain drain" has long bothered policymakers in poor counties .They fear that it hurts their economies, depriving them of much-needed skilled worker who could have taught at their universities, worked in their hospital and come up with clever new product for their factories to make

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第7题

Australia is nearly as large as the United States, but most of it is too dry to live in. A

round the edge(边缘) of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and give an answer.

When these radios first came into use, the Australian government set up a special(专门的，特别的 ) two-way radio programme(节目). Then, people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick, and the doctor could let them know how to care for the sick person.

Since the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not to go to school. Radio schools were set up for them in some places. At a certain time each day, the boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities miles away.

Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. "Round robin(知更鸟)" talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was getting married or who was sick or who was going away. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the markets would pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

This passage tells us something about ______.

A．how the radio is used in Australia

B．why the radio is important in Australia

C．how large Australia is

D．both A and B

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第8题

Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge of war

, persecution and poverty in other【M1】______ parts of the world. But as the EU faces what Angela Merkel has been called its toughest hour since the second world war, the tables【M2】______ appear to be turning. A new stream of immigrants is leaving the【M3】______ continent. It threatens to become a torrent when the debt crisis【M4】______ continues to worsen. Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many headed for the southern【M5】______ hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to same happening in【M6】______ Spain and Italy. This year, 2,500 Greek citizens have moved to Australia and another 40,000 have " expressed interests" in moving【M7】______ south. Ireland s central statistics office has projected that 50,000 people have left the republic by the end of the year, many for【M8】______ Australia and the US. Portugals foreign ministry reports that at least 10,000 people have left to oil-rich Angola. On 31 October,【M9】______ there were 97,616 Portuguese people registered in the consulates in Luanda and Benguela, almost double the number in 2005. The Portuguese are also heading to other former colonies, such as Mozambique and Brazil. According to Brazilian government figures, the number of foreigners legally living in Brazil rose to 1.47 million in June, up more than 50% from 961,877 last December. Not all are Europeans, but the number of Portuguese alone have jumped from 276,000 in 2010 to nearly 330,000.【M10】______

【M1】

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第9题

Home, Sweet（and Sour) HomeOn August 15, 1945, the day that war ended, Australia was jubila

Home, Sweet(and Sour) Home

On August 15, 1945, the day that war ended, Australia was jubilant. A month later it was more wary. In conversations around the teapot on the kitchen table, there was not often a glowing optimism about the future. It was the best and worst of times for the 550,000 Australian servicemen and women who began to return home from the war. Australia then had only seven million people. Regulations and rationing abounded. You could get a job, but not a car. Beer was hard to get, telephone calls hard to make. What we ate was stodge and the clothes we wore were often ill-fitting. Life was dull, but safe. Violent crime was almost non-existent, drugs unknown. The new era of the atom bomb was expected to be unsafe. Many also predicted unemployment would return just as it returned after World War I. And yet many Australians believed that with determination and purpose they might somehow create a better Australia.

Joseph Chifley, the nation's Prime Minister, was probably closer to socialism than any other Prime Minister in Australia's history. A steam locomotive driver for much of his working life, he had educated himself in nearly everything from public finance to literature after he left school, and now in his sixtieth year his chance had come. In Canberra he and his political colleagues sketched plans for providing more social security and economic regulations than Australians had ever known. In the following four years Chifley controlled daily life far more than most Australians would now accept, but in 1945 they gladly accepted regulations in the belief that they were temporary and in the nation's interest in a time of scarcity and transition. There was regulation of rents, regulation of food prices, regulation of the size and design of new houses, regulation of travel, regulation of the workplace of dentists as well as that of unskilled workers. Even after the war various goods continued to be rationed. People had to hand in a rationing coupon(票据) to buy meat and sugar, butter and tea. Petrol was rationed until 1950. Nearly all communications were still impeded by wartime shortages. In 1942, the sending of congratulatory telegrams for Christmas, New Year or Mother's Day had been banned, and they did not appear again until the first Christmas after the war. In those days a telegram was delivered by a boy on a government bicycle. At that time most houses in Australia possessed no telephone exchange. You did not dial a number—rather you took the phone off the hook and waited for someone at the telephone exchange to pick up your call and connect the number you requested. The idea of making an overseas phone call just did not enter most people's heads.

For a year or so after the war, many goods were too scarce to be rationed and were rarely to be found. Beef and cigarettes were often in short supply. A thousand items available in shops in 1940 could not be bought at the end of 1945. Early in the war tens of thousands of Australians had predicted shortages and put away small hoards of items likely to become unprocurable: Imported tins of salmon and sardines, bottles of Scotch and imported lime juice and perfume, and many kinds of foods and trinkets. Even when the war ended, many people kept their hoards untouched because the scarcity continued.

Farmers, then as now, were struggling. The typical farm was in debt, either to banks or to country storekeepers, many of whom themselves were in debt. We complain about droughts but in the south-eastern quarter of Australia a typical in land farmer and his wife aged about 50 had experienced more droughts and more dust storms than their children and grand children were to experience. Drought parched most wheatlands in the last phase of the war and towns were blinded by dust storms. In November 1944, some trains were halted by sands drifting onto tracks, irrigation channels were filled by sand in stead of water and a

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

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第10题

Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries. R

ecent research shows among 428 middle school students in Shanghai, nearly half of them would like to study abroad.

"Chinese children are eager to go abroad to get a wider view, less academic (学业) competition or even family honor," said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in the US for 16 years. "But life in foreign countries can be hard for young people."

"We have to face the culture shock and language problems," said Hong Guang, a Chinese student in London.

However, these are not always the most difficult things to overcome (克服)To most children, controlling themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge.

Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student from Shanghai, entered high school in Melbourne, Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there seldom pushed students to study. And usually there wasn't much homework.

Some of his friends spent their whole year' s money in the first two months of the new term. "Studying abroad at a young age call help students learn foreign languages quickly and broaden their minds, but students and parents should know about the challenges." Chen said.What does the research tell us？ (46) .

Chinese students expect to go abroad to get a wide view, less academic competition or (47) .

To study alone in a foreign country, students have to both face the culture shock and language problems and (48) .

Students in Australia have more free time because there is (49) .

What's the article mainly about？ (50) .

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第11题

根据以下材料，回答题Toads Are Arthritis and in PainArthritis is an illness that can cause p

根据以下材料，回答题

Toads Are Arthritis and in Pain

Arthritis is an illness that can cause pain and swelling in your bones. Toads， a big problem in the north of Australia， are suffering from painful arthritis in their legs and backbone， a new study has shown.

The toads that jump the fastest are more likely to be larger and to have longer legs.__________ （46）

The large yellow toads， native to South and Central America， were introduced into the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland in 1935 in an attempt to stop beetles and other insects from destroying sugarcane crops. Now up to 200 million of the poisonous toads exist in the country，and they are rapidly spreading through the state of Northern Territory at a rate of up to 60 km a year.

The toads can now be found across more than one million square kilometers. __________ （47） A Venezuelan poison virus was tried in the 1990s but had to be abandoned after it was found to also kill native frog species.

The toads have severely affected ecosystems in Australia. Animals， and sometimes pets， that eat the toads die immediately from their poison， and the toads themselves eat anything they can fit inside their mouth. __________ （48）

A co-author of the new study， Rick Shine， a professor at the University of Sydney， says that little attention has been given to the problems that toads face. Rick and his colleagues studied nearly 500 toads from Queensland and the Northern Territory and found that those in the latter state were very different. They were active， sprinting down roads and breeding quickly.

According to the results of the study， the fastest toads travel nearly one kilometer a night.__________（49） But speed and strength come at a price——arthritis of the legs and backbone due to constant pressure placed on them.

In laboratory tests， the researchers found that after about 15 minutes of hopping， arthritic toads would travel less distance with each hop （跳跃） . __________ （50） These toads are so programmed to move， apparently， that even when in pain the toads travelled as fast and as far as the healthy ones， continuing their relentless march across the landscape.

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A.But this advantage also has a big drawback——up to 10% of the biggest toads suffer from arthritis.

B.The task now facing the country is how to remove the toads.

C.But arthritis didn"t slow down toads outside the laboratory.

D.Toads with longer legs move faster and travel longer distances while the others are being left behind.

E.Toads are not built to be road runners——they are built to sit around ponds and wet areas.

F.Furthermore， they soon take over the natural habitats of Australia"s native species.

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