Have you ever studied abroad? If you come to Australia as a foreign high school student, you can have a lot of fun there, especially on holidays.

     There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is Christmas. Since it is a long holiday, most foreign students in Australia love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their families and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs. It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas.

    Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.

     Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines "Good Friday" and "Easter Monday". Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.

     The Chinese new year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties.

1.                   is the most important festival in Australia.

A. Easter  B. Christmas    C. The Spring Festival   D. New Year’s Day

2. Most foreign students in Australia often                   during the Christmas holiday.

A. get a part-time job in the restaurants

B. go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine

C. fly back to their homeland to stay with their parents

D. go to school to study

3.                 in December is very popular among Australians.

A. Skiing on an iced lake        

B. Hiking in the mountains

C. Studying in a school library   

D. Going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine

4. From the passage we can see that                        .

A. all the foreign students in Australia will go home during Christmas

B. people in Australia usually go to see Easter Show in March.

C. it’s hard to find a part-time job at Christmas

D. Chinese students in an Australian school needn’t go to school when Spring Festival comes

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Christmas time in Australia    

B. The holidays in Australia

C. Enjoy your visit to Australia    

D. Have you ever studied in Australia?

 

“You are my best friend.” It’s the nicest thing you can    36     to someone. It’s also the nicest thing you can    37    someone.

Good friendships begin in middle school. It’s the    38    you begin to develop your own personality. Your parents aren’t around so you    39    lots of time every day sharing your life with your classmates. You talk with them, you work with them and you become friends with them. But    40    them will become your “best” friend.

Best friends are the people who like you and    41     you the most. They are the    42    who are easy to work with and easy to have fun with.

Sometimes it’s    43    to find a best friend. And sometimes you can     44    a little lonely. But just because you don’t have best friend now, it doesn’t mean you    45     one in the future. Best friends seem to find each other as if by magic. And when you find your best friend, the magic will last forever.

 

1.A. tell             B. write              C. say                 D. go

2.A. hear from        B. hear of            C. hear about            D. think of

3.A. time            B. place              C. beginning            D. best

4.A. take             B. cost               C. pay                D. spend

5.A. none of          B. not all of           C. no one of            D. all of

6.A. understand        B. think              C. give                D. take

7.A. that              B. ones               C. those              D. these

8.A. easy              B. easily              C. not easy           D. easy enough \

9.A. think             B. know               C. become           D. feel

10.A. not have          B. don’t have           C. won’t have         D. haven’t

 

Many people catch a cold in the spring time and / or fall.  It makes us wonder .if scientists can send a man to the moon, why they can't find a cure for the common cold. The answer is easy. There are exactly hundreds of kinds of cold viruses there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one.

When a virus attacks your body, the body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(充血)with it .You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells.  You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.

Different people have different remedies（治疗法）for colds. In the United States and sane other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids.  Other people take medicine to stop the fever, congestion, and running nose.

There is one interesting thing to note - some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it .Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.  There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:

If it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine,  but seven days to get over a cold you take medicine.

1.The scientists think   .when someone catches a cold.

A．they have many ways to cure the patients

B．it's difficult to find a good way to cure the patients

C．taking hot baths and drink warm liquids can cure the patients

D．people should eat chicken soup to cure themselves

2. Why can't you breathe we11 when you catch a cold? Because.

A．you get a fever

B．the weather is so cold

C．blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion with it

D．too much virus stays in your nose and prevent you from breathing

3.The blood is _____for the virus when someone gets a cold.

A．peaceful

B．safe

C．useful

D．deathful

4.Which sentence is not right according to the passage?

A．The heat in your body can kill the virus when you have a fever.

B．A running nose can prevent the virus from attacking your cells.

C．If you have a cold , you mustn’t take medicines.

D．It's not the same to cure the patients when they have a cold.

5. What does the underline sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A．感冒了需要你吃一周的药才能治愈。

B．不吃药你的感冒—周不能治愈。

C．吃药一周治愈感冒对你的身体非常有害处。

D．感冒了吃不吃药都需要一周才能恢复过来。

 

Many people catch a cold in the spring time and / or fall.  It makes us wonder .if scientists can send a man to the moon, why they can't find a cure for the common cold. The answer is easy. There are exactly hundreds of kinds of cold viruses there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, the body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion(充血)with it .You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells.  You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people have different remedies（治疗法）for colds. In the United States and sane other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids.  Other people take medicine to stop the fever, congestion, and running nose.
There is one interesting thing to note - some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it .Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.  There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
If it takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine,  but seven days to get over a cold you take medicine.
【小题1】The scientists think   .when someone catches a cold.

A．they have many ways to cure the patients

B．it's difficult to find a good way to cure the patients

C．taking hot baths and drink warm liquids can cure the patients

D．people should eat chicken soup to cure themselves

【小题2】 Why can't you breathe we11 when you catch a cold? Because.

A．you get a fever

B．the weather is so cold

C．blood rushes to your nose and brings congestion with it

D．too much virus stays in your nose and prevent you from breathing

【小题3】The blood is _____for the virus when someone gets a cold.

A．peaceful

B．safe

C．useful

D．deathful

【小题4】Which sentence is not right according to the passage?

A．The heat in your body can kill the virus when you have a fever.

B．A running nose can prevent the virus from attacking your cells.

C．If you have a cold , you mustn’t take medicines.

D．It's not the same to cure the patients when they have a cold.

【小题5】 What does the underline sentence mean in the last paragraph?

A．感冒了需要你吃一周的药才能治愈。

B．不吃药你的感冒—周不能治愈。

C．吃药一周治愈感冒对你的身体非常有害处。

D．感冒了吃不吃药都需要一周才能恢复过来。

用所给单词的适当形式填空，其中有两个是多余的。

clothes, use, get, pass, do, play, spend, in, money, hard, owner, expensive

         Life used to be fun for teenagers. They used to have money to 66_______, and free time to spend. They used to wear teenage  67_______ and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do now. But for many young people, life is 68______ now. Jobs are hard to find. There’s not so much  69______. Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a cheap place to live 70______. Teachers say that students work harder than they  71______to. They are more interested in 72______ exams. They know that good exam results may 73______ them better jobs. Most young people worry more about money than their parents 74______ twenty years ago. They try to spend less and save more. They want to be able to get home of their 75______ one day.