Several days ago, some students from the US visited our school. When we talked, I found __1__ differences in school life between the US and China. For example, each class __2__fifty minutes in the US. It is a little__3_than that in China. We usually have forty-five minutes in each class. Another difference is that they have less break time between__4__. Besides, although most schools in both countries finish their__5__classes at 12 o’clock, the students in the US only have _6__break, so they need to eat lunch quickly. Their afternoon classes begin at 1:00 pm and school is over at __7__ 3:00 pm. Then they take part in club activities or play sports.
Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years, __8__ the US students like to find a part-time job(兼職) in their free time. They don’t have a dream job in mind. They think __9__ is no difference between jobs. Working is a useful experience for them and they make money at the same time. Some of them even take one-year full-time jobs__10__they leave high school and then go to college.

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. 1t is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws (法律)have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth， the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition (展覽). There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path(小路) at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is well-known for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.
【小題1】Australia is ________.

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. 1t is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

Enough laws (法律)have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.

Last month we visited Perth， the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition (展覽). There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring every year Perth has the wild flower exhibition. After visiting Perth we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path(小路) at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

Australia is well-known for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

1.Australia is ________.

A．the largest country in the world            B．larger than China

C．a(chǎn)s large as Shanghai                      D．not as large as China.

2.Enough laws have been made to ________.

A．increase the population                  B．grow more plants

C．fight against pollution                    D．show wild flowers

3.Perth is ________.

A．the capital of Australia                    B．in the west of Australia

C．in the east of Australia                    D．the biggest city in Australia

4.In Perth you may visit a wild flower in ________.

A．October          B．January           C．May              D．July

5.Which of the following sentences is true?

A．All the big cities in Australia are seriously polluted.

B．Australia is well-known for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.

C．We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep.

D．If you go to the town in Australia, you will see a large number of white sheep.

動詞填空  用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當形式填空，并將答案寫在答題卡標有題號的橫線處（本大題共8小題，每小題1分，共8分）

1.You mustn’t enter the room unless you _____________ (allow) to.

2.More effort should be put into _____________ (protect) our environment.

3.His parents promised that they ____________ (take) him to the USA if he did well in all his subjects.

4.— Hi, Lin Tao. I didn’t see you at the party.

  — Oh. I __________ (get) ready for the math exam.

5.The sign on the wall says people are against__________ (smoke) in public places.

6.— Why didn’t you give the wallet back to the man at once?

  — He __________ (disappear) before I realized it was his.

7.It is a little difficult to guess the exact dates when iPad 6__________ (hit) the market.

8.— It seems that you know a lot about the story.

  — Well. We _____________ (read) it many times.

Australia is the smallest continent(洲) in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is near the south of the equator(赤道).So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Australia.

Australia has a small population (人口).The population of Australia is nearly the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After driving for a short time from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere. Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” below its breast(胸). The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very strange, isn’t it?

1.China is __________than Australia.

2.It is ________in Australia when it is summer in our country.

3.Australia is famous for its  _________.