International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.
Canberra, the nicest city in Australia
I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.
Siggi Siebold from Germany
The small city of Mount Isa
I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.
Indra Ekanayake
Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)
In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.
There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.
Ida Robb from Indonesia
【小题1】Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.

A．Australia

B．Germany

C．England

D．Indonesia

【小题2】What does the underlined word “facilities” probably mean in Chinese?

A．设施

B．土地

C．交通

D．名胜

【小题3】Lake Moondarra is a 　　　.

A．city

B．mountain

C．mine

D．dam

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Ida Robb?

A．People can go fishing on Lake Moondarra.

B．There are 21,000 people in Mount Isa.

C．There’s a big mine in Mount Isa.

D．Many people like Mount Isa though it isn’t a beautiful green place.

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Siggi Siebold stayed in Canberra for six months.

B．Mount Isa is a famous village in Australia.

C．People in Mount Isa drink rainwater.

D．People can’t go water skiing on the lake.

International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.

Canberra, the nicest city in Australia

I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.

Siggi Siebold from Germany

The small city of Mount Isa

I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.

Indra Ekanayake

Lake Moondarra and a mine (矿)

In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水坝) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.

There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.

Ida Robb from Indonesia

1.Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.

A．Australia

B．Germany

C．England

D．Indonesia

2.What does the underlined word “facilities” probably mean in Chinese?

A．设施

B．土地

C．交通

D．名胜

3.Lake Moondarra is a 　　　.

A．city

B．mountain

C．mine

D．dam

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Ida Robb?

A．People can go fishing on Lake Moondarra.

B．There are 21,000 people in Mount Isa.

C．There’s a big mine in Mount Isa.

D．Many people like Mount Isa though it isn’t a beautiful green place.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Siggi Siebold stayed in Canberra for six months.

B．Mount Isa is a famous village in Australia.

C．People in Mount Isa drink rainwater.

D．People can’t go water skiing on the lake.

 

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　　“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express (表示) a temperature that is a little bit 1 As the world has changed, the word has had many 2 meanings.

　　“Cool” can be used 3 feelings of interest 4 almost anything. 5 you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say,“ It's cool. ” You may think, “ He's so cool,” when you see your favorite football player. We all maximize the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising . Here's an interesting story we can use to 6 the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

　　But the story also shows a scarcity of words. 7 “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. 8 it is quite important to keep some credibility. Can you think of many 9 words that make your life as 10 as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

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Magna 　　1     (be) a dog. She   2   (live) with the Barnado family in a beautiful house is the hills. Her favorite person in the family is Helen, because Helen   3   (not talk) to Magna in “baby talk”. Helen   4   (understand) Magan and always    5    (have) real conversations with her.

“Hello, Magna. What    6    (you do)?”

“I   7   (have) my breakfast and   8   (wait) for you, Helen.”

“Well, it   9   (be) a beautiful day today. It   10   (not rain). In fact the sun   11 (shine). Let’s go out!”

“Good idea,” says Magna. “How about that park in front of your school?”

    “OK,” says Helen. “And then we can    12 (play) in our secret place.”

    “Helen! Why   13   (you talk) to that dog?”

    “Because she   14   (talk) to me, Dad. Magna and I often   15 (have) conversations. I’m sorry you don’t understand.”