The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a ...

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   The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south.
   A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.
   The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.

（1）、It is ____ in Australia in November.

A、spring B、summer C、autumn D、winter

（2）、In Australia, it is ____ in the south than in the north.

A、hotter B、warmer C、colder D、cooler

（3）、The ____ of Australia has the most rain.

A、eastern part B、southeastern part C、southern part D、northern part

（4）、The southwest of the country has no rain in summer because ____.

A、it is dry there B、the west winds never blow C、the northwest winds blow D、the west winds blow only in winter

（5）、There is no rain in winter ____ of Australia.

A、in the southeast B、in the north C、in the southwest D、in the south

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    Spring is an inviting season for outdoor activities. But be careful—the warm weather is also a hotbed for viruses(病毒) and disease.
This March, the influenza(流行性感冒) A(H7N9) virus hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was reported that by April 11 at least 35 people had been infected (被感染的) with the H7N9 virus, and nine of them had died.
    The influenza A (H7N9) virus is one type of influenza A H7 viruses. Influenza A H7 viruses normally spread among birds.
This is the first time human infections with H7N9 viruses have been reported in China. Earlier reports were about H5N1 and H1N1.
All the three viruses are influenza A viruses but they are not the same. H7N9 and H5N1 are animal influenza viruses that could infect people. However, H1N1 viruses can be divided into two groups. One group can normally infect people and the other normally infects animals. Also, H1N1 can spread from human to human, but H7N9 probably can't, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Most people infected with H7N9 looked like they had the common flu. Some people had bad pneumonia(肺炎). They suffered from a fever, a cough and shortness of breath.
    But don't be afraid – it is not easy to be infected with the virus. One of the possible reasons is close contact with sick poultry (家禽) waste. People may also be infected through breath, according to National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Here are some tips from the WHO that can protect you from being infected.
    Wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat, after you use the toilet, and after touching animals or animal waste.
When coughing or sneezing cover your mouth and nose with a mask(口罩)，tissue(纸巾) or a sleeve.
    Get a good rest and do exercises, which will help make your body strong enough to stand up to the virus.

    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.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

My aunt Nancy is a truck driver. When she left school, she didn't know what she wanted to do, so she went to work in a supermarket. One day, she was talking to one of the truck drivers at the supermarket, and she got the idea to drive a truck herself. She went home and told her parents (my grandparents！), and they thought it was a good idea.

Nancy's journeys are different every day, and she goes to every part of the country. She enjoys the driving, but she says that one day, she would like to get a job with a different company(公司) so that she can drive to more places.

Nancy says she likes being out on the road, seeing new towns all the time, but the best thing about driving trucks for her is talking to everyone she sees during her working day. She also says the trucks are comfortable, so she doesn't mind sleeping in them. For her, they are her home on wheels!

I asked my grandparents what they thought about Nancy's job. They are happy that Nancy is happy, so they don't want her to change jobs. But they worry about her because it's sometimes a dangerous job and she spends a lot of time away from home.

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Bear Raids a Store

A driver in Alaska unexpectedly met a mother bear an d her baby. The driver was sending cakes to a store when the bears entered the open back door of the delivery truck. According to the store's manager, the bears ate quite a few cakes. Some store clerks finally drove the bears away by using loud alarms.

Mosquitoes (蚊子) Delays (延误) Flight

A flight from Guadalajara to Mexico City delayed. It was caused by the mosquitoes on the plane. Both the staff and passengers joined together to deal with the mosquito situation. There is a perfect environment for mosquitoes around Guadalajara International Airport. But the flights had never been delayed because of mosquitoes before.

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Paris is facing a serious bedbug problem just nine months before the city is set to host the next summer's Olympic Games. These insects are increasingly appearing in many places of the city, including trains, airports, hotels, cinemas, hospitals and homes. There are worries that they might be spreading around the world.

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Alice 1. 65m	I'm more outgoing than my friends. I sing well, and I can play the guitar. I help at the old people's home every weekend.
Mike 1. 74m	I don't talk much. I'm interested in science. I work harder than my friends and often help them with their homework.
Tina 1. 68m	I enjoy staying with friends. I like playing tennis. I watch the news every morning because I want to be a reporter.
Jerry 1. 70m	I love volleyball and drawing pictures. I also enjoy reading a lot. I won first prize at a storytelling competition.

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

What would you do if your best friend and you have different ideas? At first, I didn't know how to do when I found that my best friend Karina disagreed (不同意) with me on some things.

When we first met in a summer camp, we got along so well.

But then something happened at a picnic. "Did you hear about the shopping center news?" asked one of our friends Levar. "They want to cut down lots of trees to make room for a shopping center."

"That's terrible! We have to stop that," I said.

"I disagree," said Karina. "The shopping center would give new jobs to people in need."

"But animals would lose their homes!" I said. "I want people to have jobs, but it doesn't mean cutting down trees."

I wished Karina could agree with me about saving the trees, but she had her reasons for believing what she did. I was so angry that I didn't talk to her for days.

Later, my mother knew it and said to me, "No two people are the same. You should respect(尊重) each other. And no matter what happens, the difference doesn't mean losing a good friend."

After listening to my mom's words, I said sorry to Karina and we are still good friends now.

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