1. China, with a land area of about 9.6 million km2, is the __________________ largest country in the world.

A、second

B、third

C、fourth

D、fifth

A、China is located in the east of the Asian continent.

B、China is on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean.

C、China has a land area of about 9.6 million sq. km.

D、China is the third largest country in the world, next only to Russia and America.

Melbourne, with a population of over 5millian, is the second largest city in Australia. It is clean, safe, dynamic and exciting, and well known internationally for its universities and other educational institutions. The city has well-planned tree-lined beautiful parks and gardens. It has a good transport system of roads, buses, trains, and trams (电车 ) . The La Trobe University (拉特罗布大学 ) campus is connected to the Central Business District by trams, express buses,and bus and train connections.

Melbourne is a culturally rich city, and is home to large communities of people from all parts of Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The city is famous for its restaurants, theaters, music. opera, ballet, art, culture, and shops, and a lively and dynamic nightlife. Melbourne people are enthusiastic about sports, and the city hosts many famous international sports events. Near Melbourne there are beautiful coastlines( 葡萄酒厂 ) , winter excellent beaches, national parks, forests.

The climate is temperate and comfortable, with warm summers and cool winters. In summer, maximum daytime temperatures range from 26&39;C to 36&39;C, and in winter from 12&39;C to 18&39;C, the weather in Melbourne can be variable from day to day.In 2002, Melbourne was rated the world&39; s best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Melbourne is well -known in the world for its______.

A.Largepopulation

B.educational institutions

C.transport system

D.beautiful parks and gardens

According to the passage,Melbourne is a city where____.A.rich people choose to live

B.the best wine is produced

C.various cultures exist

D.Asianfood is popular

Melbourne people are very interested in_____A.sports

B.sunbathing

C.sightseeing

D.traveling

The word temperate in the sentence "The climate is temperate... " (Para.3).most probably means______A.hot

B.mild

C.dry

D.cold

The best title for the passagemight be_______A.An Ideal Placefor Shopping

B.A City with the BestClimate

C.The World' sBestCity to live in

D.The World' sMost Beautiful City

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

TV Games Shows

One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the best sellers list with a sale of fewer than 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight.

This is the principle behind quiz or game shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show's producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn't like the person who won the game, they would turn the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title Quiz Show is on 40 years later.

Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

听力原文： Shanghai is the largest city in China. About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs. This enormous city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here. Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yangze and the Huang Pu.

Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain. The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location to serve as a seaport for the densely populated Yangtze River Plain. They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city wails. Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai. The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings. Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs. Most of them settled in the old part of the city. As time passed, Shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world.

(33)

A．Eleven million.

B．Less than eleven million.

C．More than eleven million.

D．About eleven million.

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TV Games Shows

One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. anovel can beon the best sellers list with asale of fewer than 100,000 copies, but apopular TV show might have70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.

This is the principle behind quiz or game shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play agame for the prizes and money. aquiz show can make anyone A．star, and it can give away thou-sands of dollars just for fun. but all of this money can create problems. For instance ,in the 1950s,quiz shows were very popular in the US and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren,an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even hadA．career asatelevision personality. but one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheat-ing. It turned out that the show&39;s producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to themost popular contestants beforehanD． Why? because if the audience didn&39;t like the person whowon the game, they turned the show off. based on his story, amovie under the title Quiz Show is on40 years later.

Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. but game shows are still here,though theyaren&39;t taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are showsthat send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight onTV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will dojust to be on TV. People still win money,but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of mil-lions.

TV can make abeggar world-famous overnight. 查看材料

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Thursday, April seventh, is World Health Day. The World Health Organization recognizes World Health Day each year to increase interest about a health issue it considers of special concern. This year, World Health Day examines the health of mothers and children in developing countries.

The health of mothers and children is this year's World Health Day issue.

The WHO says more than half a million women die every year from problems related to pregnancy(妊娠) and childbirth. Millions more women survive, but suffer disabilities. About eleven million children also die each year, many within the first month of life.

A million or more children are left without mothers each year as a result of women dying from pregnancy-related problems. Experts say these children are three to ten times more likely to die within two years than children who live with both parents.

Most deaths of mothers happen among poor people in developing countries. The highest maternal(母亲的) death rates around the world are in southern African countries, followed by central Asia. Women are most at risk during childbirth in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. Experts say one out of six women in those countries will die from problems related to pregnancy and childbirth.

WHO officials say most of the deaths result from lack of skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth and lack of clean conditions. Many babies would survive with safe birthing methods, good nutrition, vaccines against disease and good care at home.

The disease AIDS is also an increasing threat to both mothers and their children. Experts say almost half of all adults living with AIDS and the virus(病毒) that causes it are women. And there is increased risk that an infected mother will pass the virus to her baby. Experts say many deaths could be prevented by using medicines during childbirth that prevent mothers from passing the AIDS virus to their babies.

Last year, nations approved Millennium Development Goals for the year two thousand fifteen. They agreed to work to reduce the number of women dying in childbirth by three-quarters. They also promised to reduce the number of child deaths by two-thirds.

Why was the World Health Day recognized by WHO?

A．To increase interest about the health of mothers and children in developing countries.

B．To draw people's attention to a health issue it considers of special concern each year.

C．To prevent deaths of mothers from happening among poor families in developing countries.

D．To warn people the disease AIDS is threatening human beings.

Which of the following is true about Charles Darwin's travel around the world?

A．He fell in love with one of his cousins.

B．He kept a journal while on sea and noted down his observations.

C．He still believed every word in the Bible.

D．He got immediate public recognition after the sea voyage.

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Heart disease, cancer and stroke(中风) are now the top killers of middle-aged people in China, followed by high blood pressure and smoking, which have developed alongside the country's economy, according to one of the largest surveys of its kind.

The research into the major causes of death in adults found that over the past 45 years, China has experienced a huge health transition. Infectious disease has been replaced by the same chronic (慢性的) killers that plague(困扰) the West.

The findings from the study of nearly 170,000 Chinese men and women over age 40 showed that about two-thirds of the 20,033 people who died during the research period were killed by heart disease, cancer or stroke.

Of those deaths involving people in their 40s to mid-60s—prime working years—Chinese mortality(死亡率) rates from each of the three categories topped deaths among the same age group in the United States, according to the study.

This study indicates that chronic disease is not only the leading cause of death in wealthy countries, but also in developing countries, such as China.

The findings also revealed more deaths occurred from the top three chronic diseases in China's rural areas than in cities, indicating the problem is widespread. Robert Beaglehole, the World Health Organization's director of chronic diseases, urged China to learn from the struggles of wealthier countries and to develop a strategy to combat chronic diseases, while still addressing (对付) high-profile infectious diseases like AIDS and bird flu(禽流感).

The study found that Chinese men are slightly more at risk than women, with 68.7 percent of male participants dying from the top three killers compared to 62.6 percent of females.

High blood pressure was the top preventable contributing factor to the deaths, followed by cigarette smoking, physical inactivity and being underweight.

Lung cancer was the top cause of death in that disease category, and 63 percent of the men surveyed were smokers. Many experts in China called on the government to decrease tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes, while prohibiting smoking in public places.

According to the writer, the top killers in China are ______.

A．stroke

B．cancer

C．heart disease

D．All of the above.