2. The        (普遍的) problem among the students is they spend too much time on the com?puter,

1. I        (打赌) you can win.

 Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life, Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries. 

  In the early,1970s,Tony met a young woman named Maureen. Iftiey soon married. Before getting jobs,Tony aad Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from England,through Asia,to Australia,On the trip,they visited places like Iran(伊朗)，India ，and so on.

  When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia,people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions,Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries' weather,customs (风俗) ， and places to see. But unlike other travel books then,Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.

  Tony and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued traveling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today,800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler,the great traveler,still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.

(  ) 1. Tony Wheeler and his wife ended the year-long trip in         .

   A. England   B. Iran

   C. India   D. Australia

(   ) 2. Tony Wheeler wrote the book Across Asia on the Cheap to         .

   A. make money for his next trip

   B. tell people about his new company

   C. draw people's attention to his family

   D. answer people's questions about his trip

(   ) 3. How was the book Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel books then?

   A. It was longer and more popular.

   B. It was the first travel book in the world.

   C. It talked about places most tourists did not go.

   D. It talked about a country's weather and customs.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE about Tony Wheeler's company?

   A. His father started it.

   B. It is an airline company.

   C. Hundreds of people work for it.

   D. It has no books about traveling.

(   ) 5. The passage mainly talks about         .

   A. a great traveler and his books

   B. a tour of different countries

   C. a great writer and his family

   D. ditteteat kinds ol companies

A: 1.       

B_: I'm looking at the photos that I took in Australia.

A_: 2.       

B_: Sure. Here you are.

A: Oh,how beautiful they are!What's this building?

B_: Oh,it's the Sydney Opera House. It's great and amazing,isn't it? 

A:Yes,it is. 3.       

B_: I saw koalas,kangaroos and there're sheep everywhere.

A_: You saw kangaroos? Wonderful！I like kangaroos. 4.        

B: Don't worry. You can visit Australia during summer holiday. 5.        

A: Yes,you're right.

   A. May I have a look?

   B. By the way,what animals did you see in Austria?

   C. What are you up to? 

   D. I haven't seen theiji,so far.

    E. Vmsure you'll see them.

(   ) 4. On Children's Day,children receive lots of gifts and are all in high         .

   A. mind   B. minds   C. spirit   D. spirits

(   ) 3. Bondi Beach is        beach that I have ever seen.

   A. most beautiful   B. the most beautiful   

    C. more beautiful   D. the more beautiful

(   ) 2. The Mississippi River is longer than any other        in the United States.

   A. river   B. a river

   C. rivers   D. many rivers

(   ) 1.[2013 •湖州]-Who's that man        sunglasses?

    -He's Jack Ding. I've just got an auto?graph from him.

   A. on   B. for   C. of   D. with

 Australia has a lot of lovely animals. You can?not find them anywhere else in the world.

  The most famous are kangaroos (袋鼠) and ko?alas (树袋熊) .

  The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. TViey don't walk. They jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at 74kilometres per hour.

  They can go over nine metres in one jump. Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their ba?bies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.

  Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV,in books and in the shops. But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them.

  There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of people in the country. Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat.

  They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them.

  The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears,and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees (按树) .Ko?alas have a special smell. They use it to mark their home―"This is my place,you can't come in!" Like kangaroos? a koala baby lives in its mother's pouch _t too. 

(  ) 1. If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests,we can go to         .

   A. China   B. France

   C. Australia

(   ) 2. What does a kangaroo look like?

   A. It looks like a bear.

   B. It has big eyes and ears.

   C. It has small eyes and big noses.

(   ) 3. The word "pouch" means         .

   A. 育儿袋   B. 肌肉   C尾巴

(   ) 4. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT TRUE?

   A. The kangaroos can go over nine me?tres in one jump.

   B. Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees.

   C. Koalas use their voices to mark their homes.

(   ) 5. What's the best title of this passage?

   A. Kangaroos and koalas

   B. Beautitul Australia

   C. How to protect kangaroos and koalas

(   ) 15. The present        he gave me yester- day was very nice and I liked it very much.

   A. what   B. that

   C. when   D. whose