53. According to（根据）the passage, people like American country music because      .            

   A. it is easy to understand                    B. it is sung by cowboys

   C. it comes from Europe                       D. it has a long history

52.Which one is true?

A. more and more Chinese like traveling by themselves better than joining in group tour.

B. Chinese like to use English when they search information about Australia on internet.

C. All Chinese?speaking visitors came from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia.

D. They only love to countryside in Australia and taste local food.

C

American country music, also known as country western music, has a very long history. It comes from the songs of immigrants（移民）from the Great Britain.

Country music uses simple music and words to express（表达）everyday feelings such as loneliness, love and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone can understand what the music is about.

It is believed that country western music became popular first among cowboys in the American west countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to get over their own fear. They were not well educated, so they sang about their life in very easy words. They played guitars, violins, and other instruments（乐器）. In the American South, many people added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cowboys visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country western music.

In recent years, many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past. These changes make the songs sound even better. Today singers such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rimes, Randy Travis, and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles. They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the world.

51. You can find ___________on the website.

A. Pictures                                        B. Information     

C. News                                                  D. Information and pictures

50. How many people have they served?

A. 14,113                 B. 13,753              C.800, 000                 D.8,000,000

49. You can find information on the Website www.aubest.com ___________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­.

A. if you want to study in Australia

B. if you plan to travel in Australia

C. if you plan to visit the USA

D. if you want to spend your holiday in the USA.

48. __________ is a good way for teenagers to stop fight.

A. Doing less homework

B. Playing computer games

C. Learning how to make friends

D. Paying no attention to each other

B

Australian Travel Information Chinese Online [www.aubest.com] which was founded in year 2000 is large Australian travel information (In Chinese language) Website on line. We are working for overseas(海外的) Chinese-speaking visitors to Australia. The head office is in Melbourne. Since our Website worked, we have served 8,000,000 people. Now, there are more than 3000 people visiting our Website each day. They are planning to visit Australia. Most of them are Chinese?speaking visitors who either live in Australia or came from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia.

So far, our site has 14,113 pages of information and pictures, 13,753 inter-links. We are also connected to more than 1,000 outside travel websites (tw,hk,cn,sq,my,au).We offer Chinese-speaking tourists an interactive Web page that allows overseas visitors to search almost every information they need. We have Chinese guide books for every state of Australia: VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NTand ACT, providing information of hotel, places of interest, transportation, restaurants, souvenirs to buy and other services for interest. The visitors will be able to have more detailed information and make better plans in their own countries before they visit Australia.

We all know that every year there are more and more overseas Chinese who prefer to plan and travel by themselves instead of joining the planned group tour. They like to join the local tour after they arrive. They like to buy local（当地的）- made souvenirs, taste local food. They love to visit natural scenes only found in Australia and experience different cultural background customs（风俗习惯）. They have some understanding of English, but still like to use their own language to search for more tourism information about Australia on internet.

We are very pleased to have the chance to use this Chinese language online tourism information service for you.

47. If Simon is feeling stressed, he should___________.

A. make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies

B. do much more homework

C. give his pocket money to Project Hope

D. buy some snacks

46. How many main problems are there in the survey?

A. Three.    B. Four.     C. Five.     D. Six.

44. A. many        B. enough          C. some              D. few