Once there was a man in a village. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking, but the girl was not.

　　One day they got a mirror（镜子）and for the first time they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister,“How nice I am! I look much nicer than you!”

　　The girl didn't like what her brother said and pushed him.“Go away!”she said.

　　Their father saw this. He went up to them and said to the boy,“You mustn't only look good. You must be good.”Then to the girl he said,“My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make them happy, every-one will love you. It doesn't matter that you are not so good-looking as your brother.”

(1) The man had a boy and a girl and ________ good-looking.

[　　]

A．the children were both

B．the girl was

C．the boy was

D．neither of the children was

(2) The father told his son ________.

[　　]

A．to be a good boy

B．not to look at himself in the mirror

C．to look after his sister

D．not to push his sister

(3) The word“good-looking”means _________

[　　]

A．happy

B．beautiful

C．strong

D．weak

(4) The man was _______.

[　　]

A．a good father	B．a bad father
C．in good health	D．in town

(5) From this story we know that a person should ________.

[　　]

A．only look good	B．be helpful to others
C．laugh at others	D．not help others

Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)—000     Telephone information—12455
。Medical(医学的) Care—1300369359       Taxi—1800421113
Surfing the Internet
With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it’s easy to surf the Internet in Australia.
Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.
。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.
。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.
Post Service
All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.
。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
。It costs 50 cents to send a standard（标准的） letter in Australia.
Public Holidays
On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.
。New Year’s Day—1st January
。Australia Day—26th January
。Christmas Day—25th December
【小题1】If there is a fire, you can call________ in Australia.

A．1300369359

B．180042113

C．000

D．12455

【小题2】Which is the right time to send a letter in a post office in Australia?    

A．At 8:30 on Tuesday.	B．At 9:30 on Sunday.
C．At 8:30 on Saturday.	D．At 9:30 on Monday.

【小题3】Mr. Green lives alone in Australia and he isn’t in good health. He needs a nurse to look after him. What should he do?

A．Go to an Internet tearoom.	B．Send a letter to his son.
C．Call 1300369359.	D．Go to a hospital.

【小题4】Which one might be open on public holidays?

A．Public libraries.

B．Shops.

C．Banks.

D．Post offices.

【小题5】Which one is not right according to（根据）the above passage?

A．Surfing the Internet is cheap in Australia.

B．It costs 50 cents to send a standard letter.

C．Australians go to work on 26th January.

D．Australians don't go shopping on public holidays.

The earth is our home；we must take Care of it. This means keeping the land，air and water   clean.
Pollution is a dirty word. To pollute means to make things unfit(不合适的)or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it，smell it，taste it and drink it. Pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁)our health，or happiness and our life.
Man. has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire，washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty. Men moved to another place. At first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air，land and water. There weren't so many people then and their wants(需求)were fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收)by nature and soon. covered over(恢复)， But this is no longer true. The increase of population(人口增长)and the development of industry have changed that. Man is slowly polluting. his environment.
Through the use of poison(农药)，mall has polluted land! killing the animal. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water，killing the fish.
Our increasing population is part of the. problem. More people more waste.
Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump，or is there any hope that we can get rid of(摆脱)the pollution ?Luckily，millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under
【小题1】Which sentence is WRONG?

A．We live on the earth，so we should look after it.

B．To pollute means to make air ，water and land unfit for use.

C．All the waste produced by modem industry can be absorbed.

D．Man is now fighting against different kinds of pollution.

【小题2】In this passage the word "chemicals" means

A．化学

B．化学物质

C．化学的

D．医学的

【小题3】 From the sentences "More people more waste"，we know that _______.

A．because of the increase of population and the development of industry，more and more waste is produced

B．we need more people，not more waste

C．there isn't any hope that we can get rid of the pollution

D．more people have been warned of the danger of more waste.

【小题4】From the passage we can know that now man_______.

A．doesn't know how to control pollution

B．still doesn't realize how serious pollution is

C．is doing something to control pollution

D．begins to understand the pollution