The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can　 4　 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 flowers’ exhibition. There we saw　 5　 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 flowers’ exhibition. After　 6　 Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells　 7　 at the top of the hill.　　8　 we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as　 9　 as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

　　Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will

　 10　　yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.

　　1.A. city　　　　　　 B. country　　    C. island　　　　　　   D. district

　　2.A. east　 　　　　   B. west　　　　　 C. south　　　　　　   D. north

　　3.A. large　 　　　　  B. largest　　     C. much larger　　　　 D. as large as

　　4.A. clearly 　　　　   B. quickly　 　　   C. hardly　 　　　　    D. nearly

　　5.A. lots of　　　　　 B. a great deal 　　 C. the number　　　　  D. a large number

　　6.A. visit　 　　　　   B. to visit　　　　  C. visiting　　　　　    D. visited

　　7.A. ring　 　　　　   B. ringing　 　　   C. shout　 　　　　　　 D. shouting

　　8.A. What　　　　　   B. How　　 　　   C. That　　　　　　    D. Since

　　9.A. quick　　　　　  B. quickly　　　　 C. soon　　 　　　　  D. early

　　10.A. think　　　　　 B. see　　　　　   C. feel　　　　　　　　  D. find

When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk? How do you go to school?  “Let’s carpool! ”most US middle school students will get that cool idea. Carpooling is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars.It might be the kids’ first experience with real teamwork. Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in resposibility.

Carpooling is coming into fashion everywhere now. You can find lots of informations of carpooling on the internet. Carpooling is cool! Why?
It’s good for the environment. In today’s culture of everyone needing to try their best to protect our environment, carpooling is one of the best ways. By taking 3 cars off the road, the pollution can be cut a little. Take that over a town, a city, a state, a country and think about how much less pollution is going to be in the air over the course of even one year.
Gas(汽油) now is much more expensive than it used to and if you need to watch the cents(美分), then it’s possible that carpooling could be the answer to your prayers. Even if you have to use your car once a week instead of two, that’s one round trip of gas you’re saving. So carpooling helps you save money.
Carpooling is a great way of getting to know people better. If you’re carpooling grade school kids, then you’ll find that slowly you’ll get to know your child’s peers(同龄人) and friends better. It's a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money. 
【小题1】The word “carpool” means         .
A. 合伙用车                B. 共同租车             C. 让人搭车
【小题2】One of        drives the car in a carpool of middle school students.
A. their teachers              B. the students           C. their parents
【小题3】If you carpool with two persons to work every day,      will be taken off the road every day.
A. no car                   B.one car               C. two cars
【小题4】There are        advantages of carpooling mentioned in this passage.
A. three                    B. four                  C. five
【小题5】We can know from the passage that carpooling          .
A. is much more convenient than taking the school bus.
B. can help you save the money because you use your car less.
C. isn’t a good means to understand people better.

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　　Do you know Australia? Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is not large. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.

　　The government has made enough laws to fight pollution. The cities in Australia have got little sir 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 flowers' exhibition. 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 flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path 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 famous 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 ________.

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A．the largest country in the world.

B．as large as Shanghai.

C．not as large as China

D．the largest island in the north of the earth

2．The government had made ________.

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A．too enough laws to fight pollution

B．so many laws that it can fight pollution

C．enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution

D．enough laws because the pollution is very serious

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.

B．Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia.

C．Perth lies in the west of Australia.

D．No other city is larger than Perth in Australia.

4．In Perth you may visit a wild flowers' show in ________.

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5．Which of the following is true?

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A．Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and wild flowers.

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

C．Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us.

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