International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.

Canberra, the nicest city in Australia

I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.

Siggi Siebold from Germany

The small city of Mount Isa

I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.

Indra Ekanayake

Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)

In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.

There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.

Ida Robb from Indonesia

1.Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.

2.What does the underlined word “facilities” probably mean in Chinese?

3.Lake Moondarra is a 　　　.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Ida Robb?

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.
Canberra, the nicest city in Australia
I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.
Siggi Siebold from Germany
The small city of Mount Isa
I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.
Indra Ekanayake
Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)
In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.
There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.
Ida Robb from Indonesia
【小题1】Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）

Rebecca Stevens was the　 61　 British woman to climb Mount Qomolangma. Before she went up　 62　 mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat(公寓) in South London.

In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia　 63　 some other climbers. She found that life on Qomolangma is hard. “You must carry everything on your　 64 ,” she said, “so you can only take things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn’t　 65 take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is　 66 　water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough　 67　 !”

When Rebecca 　 68　 the top of Mount Qomolangma on May 17, 1993, it was the best moment of her life. Suddenly she became famous.

Recently she　 69 a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. She has a new job too, on a science programme on television.

Rebecca　 70　 today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in South London among her pictures and books about mountains!