6、Phillip Island Penguins (企鹅)

The Little Penguin has called Phillip Island home for untold generations． Get to Phillip Island in plenty of time to watch a summer sunset at Summerland Beach － the stage is attractively set to see the Little Penguin leave water and step onto land．

l         Leave Melbourne at 5:30 pm for a direct journey to Phillip Island

l         See the Gippsland area － Guinness Book of Records place for the world’s longest earthworm (蚯蚓)

l         Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance

l         Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island — natural home for Little Penguins and many animals

l         Take your place in special viewing stands to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little Penguins

Ultimate Penguins (+U)

Join a group of up to 15． This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Penguins． You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses．          Adult $60．00     Child $30．00

Viewing Platform Penguin Plus (+V)

More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands．                                    Adult $25．00     Child $12．50

Penguin Skybox (+S)

    Join a group of only 5 in the comfort of a special, higher-up viewing tower． Gain an excellent overview of Summerland Beach．                     Adult 16yrs + $50．00

1．What kind of people is the text mainly written for?

A．Scientists．         B．Students．          C．Tourists．         D．Artists．

2．We can learn from the text that little penguins             ．

A．have been on Phillip Island for years

B．keep a Guinness record for their size

C．are trained to practise diving for visitors

D．live in large groups to protect themselves

3．How much would a couple with one child pay for a closer viewing tour?

A．$37．50．                           B．$ 62．50．

C．$180．00．                         D．$150．00．

5、Dear SJ,

Losing a best friend is never easy．

Your problem is not just that you miss your best friend; it is that you feel empty and lost without her friendship．

It takes time to get over a lost, and during that time, your mind is getting used to a new way of being． This is usually a good thing, even if it feels like a bad thing．

Now that you are on your own, you are being forced to learn to be by yourself and to rely upon your own inner voice for guidance． I am sure that this feels strange for you, but if you can hang on for a bit longer, it may work to your advantage．

Best friends are cool, but it is important to know the difference between missing someone and being too dependent upon them．

At your age, girls do tend to stick together and having a good boyfriend may not yet be the better choice． Your friend is leaving you, her best friend, for a boyfriend． Boyfriends are completely different from best friends． The distinction is that boyfriends come and go, while girl friends often stay in your life throughout high school, and even afterwards． It is a completely different sort of bond．

I suggest that you take advantage of this period in your life to expand your horizons． Enjoy the freedom of having no best friend for a while, and hang with the group． By the time your former best friend breaks up with her boyfriend, you will be in a completely different place, a far better place．

And, by the way, next time you feel empty and lost, try to write about it in a diary． In several months, you will look back and read it with curiosity about yourself． “Who was I then, and what could I have been thinking?”

1．Judging from the letter, SJ’s problem was that she didn’t know           ．

       A．whether to give up her best friend                  B．what to do without her best friend

       C．whom to choose between two friends            D．how to stop missing her former friend

2．The underlined part “a new way of being” (in Paragraph 3) refers to the situation in which SJ has to           ．

       A．find a new friendship                                    B．live without her boyfriend

       C．learn to give up                                            D．learn to be independent

3．The writer believes by the time SJ’s former friend loses her boyfriend, SJ will           ．

       A．take revenge on her former friend

       B．comfort her former friend

       C．feel more independent and confident

       D．continue friendship with her former friend

4．What does the last paragraph seem to suggest?

       A．Unhappy experiences are easy to forget．

       B．Keeping a diary helps correct oneself．

       C．SJ will get over her problem soon．

       D．One shouldn’t forget the past experiences．

4、Life on earth depends on water, and there is no substitute for it．The current assumption is that our basic needs for water — whether for drinking, agriculture, industry or the raising of fish will always have to be met．Given that premise （前提）, there are two basic routes we can go: more equal access to water or better engineering solutions．

Looking at the engineering solution first, a lot of my research concentrates on what happens to wetlands when you build dams in river basins, particularly in Africa． The ecology of such areas is almost entirely driven by the seasonal changes of the river — the pulse of the water． And the fact is that if you build a dam, you generally spoil the downstream ecology． In the past, such problems have been hidden by a lack of information．But in the near future, governments will have no excuse for their ignorance．

The engineers’ ability to control water flows has created new kinds of unpredictability, too． Dams in Africa have meant fewer fish, less grazing and less floodplain (洪泛区) agriculture — none of which were expected． And their average economic life is assumed to be thirty years． Dams don’t exist forever, but what will replace them is not clear．

The challenge for the future is to find new means of controlling water． Although GM technology (转基因) will allow us to breed better dry-land crops, there is no market for companies to develop crops suitable for the micro-climates of the Sahel and elsewhere in Africa． Who is going to pay for research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World?

1．What’s the main idea of this passage?

       A．The engineering solutions to water resource and their limitation．

       B．The challenge for the future．

       C．The basic means of controlling water．

       D．The challenge for developing crops．

2．Which of the following statements is NOT true for meeting our basic needs for water?

       A．Water resource should be used more reasonably．

       B．More dams should be built in river basins．

       C．More wetlands should be protected from destruction．

       D．More dry-land crops could be developed in Africa．

3．The author suggests that governments will have no excuse for their careless ignorance in the future because        ．

      A．The ecological destruction will be known to the public by researchers

       B．The ecological destruction will no longer be a problem in the future

       C．The future is an information age

       D．Governments will face greater challenge in the future

4．The author mentions all the problems caused by dams EXCEPT          ．

       A．fewer fish                                                     B．less grazing land

       C．less floodplain agriculture                               D．less farming land

5．The last sentence probably implies that           ．

       A．No one will invest in developing locally appropriate crops in Africa

       B．Researchers have no interest in developing dry-land crops

       C．Research on locally appropriate crops in the Third World may be profitable

       D．There is less water resource in the Third World

3、Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given．

straining, estimate, hesitate, distraction, title, apply, overhearing, controversy, repeat, disapprove 

1．This ticket_______________ you to a free lunch． 

2．She agreed without the slightest_______________． 

3．The issue of the death penalty is highly_______________．

4．I _______________ the distance, and am exhausted．

5．His job consists of dull, _______________ work．

6．Noise outside_______________ her mind from her studies．

7．The company had only painted one of its planes with the new logo, which had prompted a flood of_______________ e-mails and calls when it was unveiled last year．

8．John_______________ his eyes by reading too much small print． 

9．We_______________ the conversation at the next table．

10．As the wages were low, there were few_______________ for the job．

2、Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the phrases given．

stand out, part with, appeal to, take in, go against, amount to, care for, catch on, other than, hold up           

1．  Bright colors_______________ small children．

2．  She didn't know what her classmates were planning but finally_______________．

3．  The salesman finds it easy _______________ old ladies．

4．  I have no dreams _______________ to have a happy life． 

5．  The election_______________ him at first, but he won at last．

6．  She_______________ as the best in the class．

7．  We had planned to finish the work before dark, but the heavy rain__________  us__________．

8．  A good advertisement will get people _______________ their money．

9．  After the earthquake，the injured _______________in the hospitals or taken by air to the hospitals in the neighboring cities．

10．The global smoking population_______________1．1 billion, approximately 20% of all the world’s residents．

1、  对该人物的简单介绍； 2、喜欢该人物的理由； 3、从该人物身上得到的启示。

27、A good idea occurred to Mr Baker ______to his invention recently.

A．while applying                                         B．while applied

C．while he was applying himself            D．while applying himself

26、I have _____ my money. Would you please lend me some?

A．run out         B．run out of            C．run short           D． run off

25、Leaves are found on all kinds of trees, but they differ greatly ____ size and shape

A．on            B．from            C．by           D．in