By the logic（逻辑）of geography, the continent of Australia should have been populated with Asians. Instead, by an accident of history, Australia has been mainly populated with Westerners.

Sadly, no major Australian newspaper or expert commented. This made me aware that Australians are reluctant to face Australia's painful new geopolitical realities.

Against this background, the release of the Asian Century White Paper is timely. It should provide a sharp wake-up call to the Australian population that Australia's destiny（命运）is now firmly tied to Asia. Julia Gillard is right in saying, "The transformation of the Asian region into the economic powerhouse of the world is not only unstoppable, it is gathering pace."

One truly impressive part of the paper is the data it provides on Asia's rise. It notes, for example, that "in the past 20 years, China and India have almost tripled（增三倍）their share of the global economy and increased their economic size almost six times over. By 2025, the region as a whole will account for almost half the world's output."

In this Asian century, as Western power gets weak steadily, Australia will be left "beached" alone as the only Western country (together with New Zealand) in Asia. Twenty-two million Australians will have to learn to deal with 3.5 billion Asians with great care and sensitivity.

Ignorance（无知）about Asia could prove to be fatal（致命的）for Australia's long-term future. This is why the report is right in focusing on Australian misunderstanding of Asia.

Sadly, this kind of terrible ignorance may be a result of Australian education. The report says, “Only a small proportion of Year 12 students study anything about Asia in the subjects of history, literature, geography, economics, politics and the arts under existing state-based curriculums." Worse, only 5 per cent of each Australian groups study any kind of Asian language.

Learning Asian languages would open windows to Asian cultural and political sensitivities. The time for Australians to think deeply about their Asian destiny has arrived. The sooner Australia adjusts to its new Asian destiny, the less painful the adjustment will prove to be.

Title: It's （71）            to accept our place in Asian region
（72）	（73）      speaking, Australia is close to Asia, yet few Australians are willing to face Australia's new geopolitical （74）                 ．
Release of the white paper	Aim: To tell Australians that their （75）       definitely has much to do with Asia． Cause: Asia has （76）         the economic powerhouse of the world． （77）     : China and India have tripled their share of the global economy and the region will account for half the world's output by 2025．
Writer's opinions	Australians will be lonely if they don't learn to deal with 3．5 billion Asians． Australian （78）         , in part, is responsible for their ignorance about Asia．  It's right for the paper to （79）         on Australian misunderstanding of Asia．    It's high time that Asia languages were （80）          to Australian children．

By the logic（逻辑）of geography, the continent of Australia should have been populated with Asians． Instead, by an accident of history, Australia has been mainly populated with Westerners．

Sadly, no major Australian newspaper or expert commented． This made me aware that Australians are reluctant to face Australia's painful new geopolitical realities．

Against this background, the release of the Asian Century White Paper is timely． It should provide a sharp wake-up call to the Australian population that Australia's destiny（命运）is now firmly tied to Asia． Julia Gillard is right in saying, "The transformation of the Asian region into the economic powerhouse ofthe world is not only unstoppable, it is gathering pace．"

One truly impressive part of the paper is the data it provides on Asia's rise． It notes, for example, that "in the past 20 years, China and India have almost tripled（增三倍）their share of the global ecoromy and increased their economic size almost six times over． By 2025, the region as a whole will account for almost half the world's output．"

In this Asian century, as Western power gets weak steadily, Australia will be left "beached" alone as the only Western country （together with New Zealand） in Asia． Twenty-two million Australians will have to learn to deal with 3．5 billion Asians with great care and sensitivity．

Ignorance（无知）about Asia could prove to be fatal（致命的）for Australia's long-term future． This is why the report is right in focusing on Australian misunderstanding of Asia．

Sadly, this kind of terrible ignorance may be a result of Australian education． The report says, “Only a small proportion of Year 12 students study anything about Asia in the subjects of history, literature, geography, economics, politics and the arts under existing state-based curriculums．" Worse, only 5 per cent of each Australian groups study any kind of Asian language．

Learning Asian languages would open windows to Asian cultural and political sensitivities． The time for Australians to think deeply about their Asian destiny has arrived． The sooner Australia adjusts to its new Asian destiny, the less painful the adjustment will prove to be .

Title: It's （71）            to accept our place in Asian region
（72）	（73）      speaking, Australia is close to Asia, yet few Australians are willing to face Australia's new geopolitical （74）                 ．
Release of the white paper	Aim: To tell Australians that their （75）       definitely has much to do with Asia． Cause: Asia has （76）          the economic powerhouse of the world． （77）     : China and India have tripled their share of the global economy and the region will account for half the world's output by 2025．
Writer's opinions	Australians will be lonely if they don't learn to deal with 3．5 billion Asians． Australian （78）         , in part, is responsible for their ignorance about Asia．  It's right for the paper to （79）         on Australian misunderstanding of Asia．    It's high time that Asia languages were    （80）          to Australian children．

（根据所给的首字母或中文写出适当的单词）

1..The _______(运动员) were warming up before the game when I got there.

2.In case of e________, to stay calm is the most important thing.

3..She didn’t give any _____________(解释，说明） for her being absent from the meeting .

4.The coldest place is in one area of Antarctica with the a_______ temperature of 58 degrees below zero.

5..I told my mother about my plan to leave school but wasn’t __________(批准）

6..Though he has made a mistake, as a good boy, he d________ to be given another chance.

7.They had only one week to make __________ （准备）for the wedding.

8..All her spare time was d__________ to helping the poor children in stricken areas(灾区), so she had no time to take care of her family.

9..She felt __________ （尴尬的）about the examination result and didn’t want to talk to her parents about it.

10..He didn’t like his daughter’s boyfriend and f_______ him to enter the house.

 

假设下面是你们学校对学生课外阅读情况所作的调查。请根据下面的图表为某报社写一篇有关这次调查的报道。请先简单描述饼状图和表格，然后说明如此多学生不读文学作品的原因，并适当发表你自己的看法。

图：学生阅读各类书籍的比例

表：不读文学名著的原因

原因	百分比（%）
1. 没有时间	48
2. 书太厚，没有耐心	20
3. 不喜欢文学	12
4. 对考试无用	20

要求：1.字数150左右。  

2. 短文中已写好了的部分，不计入字数。

参考词汇：account for (占…比例);  cartoon (卡通);  percent （百分比）

broaden one’s horizons (拓宽视野)    

Recently, our school has had a survey on reading. It shows _                             

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___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

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假设下面是你们学校对学生课外阅读情况所作的调查。请根据下面的图表为某报社写一篇有关这次调查的报道。请先简单描述饼状图和表格，然后说明如此多学生不读文学作品的原因，并适当发表你自己的看法。
图：学生阅读各类书籍的比例

表：不读文学名著的原因

原因	百分比（%）
1. 没有时间	48
2. 书太厚，没有耐心	20
3. 不喜欢文学	12
4. 对考试无用	20

要求：1.字数150左右。  
2. 短文中已写好了的部分，不计入字数。
参考词汇：account for (占…比例);  cartoon (卡通);  percent （百分比）
broaden one’s horizons (拓宽视野)    
Recently, our school has had a survey on reading. It shows _                             
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________