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The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.

The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.

In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.

Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.

1.The Aborigines painted pictures       .

A．on animals’ fur                        B．on the land

C．on the tree                            D．on the rock

2.What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?

A．To paint.          B．To hunt.           C．To fight.           D．To play.

3.The Aborigines thought        were the most important on the earth.

A．people           B．a(chǎn)nimals           C．spirits            D．plants

4.In an Aboriginal group        decided things.

A．the older men                          B．the leader

C．the English                            D．the Europeans

5.The number of the Aborigines is small today       .

A．because their living condition was very bad

B．because the English killed a lot of them in the wars

C．because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them

D．because of the wars and the new illnesses

 

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 “USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?” We often hear such discussion. As China opens its door, studying abroad has become a dream for many Chinese students. They want to learn about the world. It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Language skills will improve and it may be easier to find a job.

But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language and getting used to a different culture.

Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t had to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chinese students abroad sinking in an ocean of difficulties and giving up easily. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for the students to study well.

Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden (負擔) to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?

We know that there are many famous people who succeed in great things through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at Athens Olympics. So when you wonder which country is better to study in, consider whether studying abroad is the right choice.

1. Studying abroad can help students develop themselves ① It can help improve them      1      skills. ② It may be easy for them to find     2      .

2. Problems that should be considered before studying abroad ① Students should spend much time learning another language and getting used to a different      3     . ② Students have to learn how to      4      themselves. ③ The cost of studying abroad is very      5      so that it brings a heavy burden to the family.

3. Is studying abroad the right choice Different people have different ideas. In fact, whether they succeed or not depends on their      6     .

 

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"USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?" We often hear such discussions. As China opens its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.

It's true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language  skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs．

But there are problems that should be considered．Language is the first．Students must spend a  lot of time 1earning another language．

Students must also leam to live without parents’care and deal with all kinds of things they haven't had to do before，like looking after themselves．There are reports about Chinese students  abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally．When they have to take care of  themselves，it is hard for students to study well．

Finally，studying abroad brings a heavy burden(負擔) to most Chinese  parents，the cost of studying abroad is very high .But is it worth it?

We know that there are many famous people who have succeeded in great things through their    hard work in China．Liu Xiang is a good example．Once an American teacher invited him there，but    he refused． He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a     gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games . So when you wonder which country is better to study in，think again.

Title:Studying at  1.or abroad
Phenomenon(現(xiàn)象)	Studying abroad has become a  2.for many Chinese students.
Advantages	◆It is helpful to future  3.of Chinese students.
◆It helps in  4.foreign language skills.
◆It enables Chinese students to find jobs more  5..
6.	◆It  7.Chinese students too much time to learn a foreign language.
It’s hard for Chinese students to get used to the life abroad  8. parents’ care.
Parents may be under pressure(壓力)because the cost of studying abroad is very  9..
Purpose:To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be  10.by describing Liu Xiang’s example.

 

Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, “If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That’s the most interesting thing in the world.”So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.
One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.
When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, “I didn’t take anything. That family can’t have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano.”
【小題1】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Frank and His Work	B．One Piano Only
C．The Man and the Girl	D．Easy Work and More Money

【小題2】From the story we know that Frank_______________.

A．was more clever than most of the people	B．had many clever friends
C．didn’t want to do any work	D．knew many interesting things in the world

【小題3】 The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must ______________ .

A．find an easy job	B．work hard
C．have a lot of friends	D．learn something about money

C

It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.

Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便條) that she could trade in(交換) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.

She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.

1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.

A．get a new bike                         B．make a clay bike

C．receive a doll house                     D．repair her old Barbi bike

2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.

A．didn’t want a bike any more

B．changed her idea to some story books

C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months

D．a(chǎn)sked for it only on December 24

3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.

A．unhappy          B．worried           C．happy            D．sorry

4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.

A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay

B．make a small bike red and white

C．make her old bike red and white

D．put the present in the box

5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____

A．still wanted to get a real bike

B．didn’t know the meaning of the note

C．preferred a real bike to a model bike

D．was greatly moved by what her father had done