Question

Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. 1. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai. 2. 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. 3. 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 the 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. 4. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path. 5. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

A. The government has made enough laws to fight pollution.

B. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.

C. Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos.

D. Australia is big, but its population is not large.

E. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could.

F. There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before.

G. The people of Australia are very hard-working.

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.F

4.E

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文向讀者介紹了澳大利亞的人口，環(huán)境，花卉和綿羊等。

1.考查上下文的理解能力。由下文“The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.”可知，澳大利亞雖大但是人口卻不多。所以選擇D合適。

2.澳大利亞幾乎沒有空氣和水污染，天空湛藍(lán)，河水清澈。可知應(yīng)該選A （政府制定了許多法律來對抗污染問題）合適。

3.上文所說：上個(gè)月我們拜訪了佩斯，澳大利亞西部最大的城市，我們?nèi)ビ^看了野外花卉展覽�？芍�選擇F（在那兒我們欣賞了許多以前從未見過的野外花卉。）合適。

4.忽然我們聽到了山頂上傳來悅耳的鈴聲，以及下文說：有三百多只羊從山上朝我們沖來，可知選擇E（我們所見到情景讓我們拿起所有東西，快奔向自己的車?yán)铮┖线m。

5.下文：在任何一個(gè)鎮(zhèn)，只要你開一會車，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在白色的綿羊群中了，到處都是綿羊。可知選擇C（澳大利亞因綿羊和袋鼠而聞名）合適。

考點(diǎn): 信息匹配。