Reading and vocabulary

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Reading and vocabulary
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Map of Australia
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Harbour Bridge
Area 7,686,850 km2
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Olympic Stadium
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People
Population 19,169,083 (July 2000 est.)
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Capital Canberra
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the City Of Sydney
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Sydney Opera House
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desert
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Sydney University
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Kangaroo
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Koala
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Reading
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Whats the passage about? A. a train to Sydney B.
taking the train to Australia C. traveling to the
central part of Australia D. a child visiting
her grandmother
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True or False
1. It was the first time that Alice had her ride
on a long-distance train. 2. Alice Springs is in
the east of Australia. 3. The train is called the
Ghan because of horses from Afghanistan. 4. The
train was comfortable, but the food cooked by
experts was bad.
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F
F
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5. In the 1920s, people used camels to carry food
and other supplies. 6. Alice talked to other
passengers, read books, listened to music
and so on.
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F
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Answer the following questions
1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?
No, she traveled on the train recently.
2. Was her destination on the coast of
Australia?
No, it was Alice Springs in the center of
Australia.
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3. Was the scenery the same during the whole
journey?
No, at first there were fields, then it was
desert.
4. Did she study while she was on the train?
Yes, she studied Chinese.
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5. Did the Australians use horses to travel
to the central part of the country?
Yes, at first, but the horses didnt like the
hot weather.
6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?
No, they use the train now.
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Fill in the blanks with proper words
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Read the first paragraph
Alice, an __________ girl, ___________
Sydney, Australia. Recently, ___________ a
friend she had her first ____ on a ____________
train. They spent two days and nights on the
_______ Ghan train.
18-year-old
comes from
together with
long- distance
ride
famous
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Read the second paragraph
The meals ______ by experts were great and the
_______ was very ________. They first saw fields
____ dark red soil, and then the _____. There
were even some _________ farms ____
more than a hundred years ago.
cooked
scenery
colourful
with
desert
abandoned
built
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Read the third paragraph
During the day, she ___ by the window,
____________ it, reading books or _______ to some
cassettes. _______, she watched the stars ______
like diamonds.
sat
looking out of
listening
At night
shining
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Read the last three paragraphs
The reason _____the train is called the Ghan is
that ______ camels from Afghanistan ____ once
_______ carry food and other supplies.
___________, a new railway line was built and the
camels _______needed _________.
why
trained
were
used to
In the 1920s
werent
any more
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Language points
1. Where do you think most of the people
live, in the central part of the country or
on the coast? ????? do you think ?????
How many books do you think there are in our
school library? Where do you think they
should go?
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(1) ???yes?no????????? ??,??????????? I
think theyd better go to Shanghai?
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??,??????????? Where do you think they
should go? ??????????
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(Where??????) Who do you believe/consider/suppose
is right? ??????(Who?????)
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(3) ???????????????think, believe, suppose,
imagine, guess, say, consider, suggest??
When do you suppose hell be back?
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Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1.????????
How old do you think he is?
2.?????????????
What do you guess our English teacher is doing?
3.?????????
Who do you think is playing football?
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• I havent heard from Henry for a long
• time. What do you suppose ____ to him?
• A. was happening B. to happen
• C. has happened D. had happened

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2. ___ be sent to work there? (02SH) A.
Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that
should C. Do you suggest who should D. Do
you suggest whom should
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2. My first ride on the train. ride n.
???????? give sb. a ride ????? 1) Lets go
for a ride in a car. 2) Can I have/take a
ride on your bike? 3) What a (wonderful) ride
(it is)! How wonderful the ride is!
ride a bicycle / horse / motorbike
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2. Recently I had my first ride on a
long-distance train. recently ??????????
1) He has been ill until recently. 2) The
accident happened quite recently. 3) I havent
seen her recently. recent a. ???(????)
recent period in Chinese history The way
of life has changed greatly in recent years.
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3. We ate great meals cooked by experts!
(???????????) ????? be expert
in/at/on adj. an expert on/in
n. ???????????
Bill Gates is an expert in computer.
Have you finished the exercises given by
Ms Li? The boy standing there is my brother.
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1. Do you know the woman (who is) talking to Tom?
2. Who are those people waiting outside?
3. There were some children (who were) swimming in
   the river.
4. I didnt talk to the man (who is) sitting next to
   me.

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5. The boy injured (who was injured) in the
accident was taken to hospital. 6. Some of the
people invited (who was invited) to the party
cant come. 7. Most of the goods made (which are
made) in the factory are exported.
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8. The window broken(which was broken ) in
the storm has now been repaired. 9. Have you
finished the exercises given (which was
given) by Mr. Li? 10.The teacher is a very
enthusiastic woman called (who is
called) Mrs. Shen.
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1. ????????? The food ___________________is
very nice. 2. ??????????? We live in a
building ____________.
cooked by my mother
built last year
Most of the artists _________ to the party were
from South Africa. A. invited B. to
invite C. being invited D. had been invited
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4. For the first hundred kilometers of the
journey, the scenery was very colorful.
scenery un. (????/??) 1) Have you seen the
scenery of the Alps. 2) The scenery is
beautiful around here.
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scene cn.(?????????)?? (?????/????)??/??
1) The old man running after the dog made
a very amusing scene. 2) There were distressing
scenes when the earthquake occurred.
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5. Camels were much better than horses for
travelling a long distance.
???????????/?????? 1) much, even, far, some,
any, still, a lot, a little, a great deal
2) a head taller three years older 3) one
more chair two more weeks
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If there were no exams, we should have ___ at
school. A. the happiest time B. a
more happier timeC. much happiest timeD. a much
happier time
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6. For many years, trained camels carried
food and other supplies, and returned with
wool and other products. supply n. un.
???? ?? cn. ????????(????) 1) A new
supply of shoes is expected shortly. 2)
a food/water supply
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• supply v. ??,??
• supply sb with sth supply sth to sb
• They supplied the homeless children
• with food and clothing.
• 2) They supplied food and clothing to the
• homeless children.

All the rooms are ___ with electric light. A.
supplied B. given C. offered
D. burnt (99??)
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7. The Afghans and their camels did this
until the 1920s/1920s. (20??20??)
?????(???the) in the 2000s/2000s ?21??
in the 1960s/1960s ?20??60?? in the
1850s/1850s ?19??50??
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?????/???/??????? in ones teens/twenties/thirti
esnineties ?????????,??????? ?????? When Marx
was in his fifties, he found it important to
study the situation in Russia.
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• It is not rare in ___ that people in___ sixties
  are going to university for
• further education. (99SH)
• 90s the B. the 90s /
• C. 90s their D. the 90s their

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8. Then the government built a new railway
line, so they didnt need the camels any
more.(??) no more not any more
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no longer not any longer
??????,??????????? Ever since then, such
accident has no more appeared. They will
not talk with each other any longer.
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Excuse me, is this Mr. Browns office? Im
sorry, but he ____ work here ____. He left
about 3 weeks ago. A. doesnt, now
B. didnt, no more C. doesnt, any more
D. doesnt, any longer
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• 9. allow/permit doing sth
• allow/permit sb to do sth
• Look at the following Which is wrong?
• They dont allow smoking in the room.
• They dont allow people to smoke in
• the reading room.
• 3) People are not allowed to smoke in...
• 4) Smoking is not allowed in the room.
• 5) They dont allow to smoke in the room.