Australia is a great island in the world.  It is to the south of' the equator.  So when it is summer in our
 country, it is winter in Australia.
     Australia is big, but the population (人口 ) there is thin.  The population is the same as that of'
 Shanghai, a city of  China. Australia is a young and diverse nation and Australian people come from many
  different countries.
     Australia has many, many sheep. After a short drive from town, you will see sheep around you. You can also find the kangaroo has a "bag" below its chest. The mother kangaroo keeps its baby in the "bag".
     Australia is considered to be a relaxed, informal society (社會(huì)). When greeting others, students and
 young people say "Hello" or " Hi".  Sometimes they will say "How's it going?" or "G day". In more
 formal (正式的) situations they usually shake hands the first time they meet.  "Good morning", " Good
  afternoon"  or "Pleased to meet you" are formal greetings. English is Australia's national language.    

1. Australia is a  great island in the world.  The word "island" may mean "_____" in Chinese

    A. 國家    
    B. 城市        
    C. 山脈        
    D. 島嶼

2. Australia has the same population as _____.

    A. Shanghai  
    B. China        
    C. Beijing        
    D. Japan

3. When it is summer in Australia, it is_____ in China.

    A. spring                 
    B. autumn
    C. winter                  
    D. summer

4. When Australian people meet for the first time, they will _____.

    A. kiss each other                
    B. hug (擁抱)  each other
    C. nod their head to others          
    D. shake hands

5. Which statement is RIGHT, according to the passage?  

    A. Australia has a large population.
    B. The kangaroo is a kind of' sheep in Australia.
    C. Young people sometimes say "How's it going?" or "G day" to greet others.
    D. When you drive in Australia, you can see many horses.

      The weather was fine last night. My friend named Steve and I decided to sleep in the open air. I found the sleeping bags under the bed in my room. I also packed some snacks. We could hardly wait for it to
get dark.We opened our sleeping bags and put them on the grass in front of my house.Steve and I played
some games,talked about something interesting and had a snack. In the end it got darkWe were just falling asleep when we heard something unusual.
     "Maybe it is just a small animal,” I said. Steve said nothing, but I could feel he was frightened. After I
looked around, I was sure it wasn’t an animal. It was my little brother, Tommy.
     "What are you doing here?" I asked. "You know, Tommy, you frightened us."
     "Sorry, Bill," he said. "It's hot in the room. I want to sleep outside with you."
     "Well, OK," I said. "Just come and lie down next to us."
     "Good night, Bill and Steve," said Tommy. "And thanks."

1. What did Steve and Bill decide to do last night?
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2. Where did Bill find the sleeping bags?   
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3. How did Steve feel when he heard something strange?
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4. What did Tommy come out of the house to do? 
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5. How many persons slept in the open air at last in the story?                                
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     Mr Brown, who teaches history in a middle school, often falls asleep (睡著) in class. But he doesn’t
want his students to know that. One Wednesday, he fell asleep again in class. When he woke up, one of
his students, Tom, asked him, “Why did you fall asleep just now, sir?”
     Mr Brown’s face turned red and said, “I … I … The sun god (太陽神) asked me to visit him in my
dream.”
     Tom wanted to say something, but he said nothing. The next day, Tom also fell asleep in class. Mr
Brown woke Tom up and asked, “Why did you fall asleep in class and not listen to me, Tom?”
     Tom answered with a smile on his face, “The sun god asked me to visit him, too.”
     Mr Brown became angry when he heard this and asked, “What did he say to you, then?”
    "He told me he didn’t see you yesterday." 

1. What subject does Mr Brown teach?  

A. History.
B. Math.
C. Geography.
D. Chinese.

2. What’s Mr Brown’s problem in class?

A. He likes asking students to answer questions.
B. He always sings in class.
C. He often falls asleep in class.
D. He often asks students to talk with him.

3. Why did Mr Brown’s face turn red? 

A. Because he was badly ill that day.
B. Because he talked too much in class.
C. Because he was very excited in class.
D. Because someone found he fell asleep in class.

4. How did Mr Brown feel after hearing Tom’s answer? 

A. He felt very happy.
B. He felt very angry.
C. He felt very surprised.
D. He felt very sad.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Tom likes Mr Brown’s class very much.
B. Tom saw the sun god, but Mr Brown didn’t.
C. Tom is a clever but naughty (淘氣的) boy.
D. Tom believed Mr Brown’s words.

     Children in the USA like K Day very much. K is for kites. March 7 is the day. On that day lots of
children go out in the open air. They take their kites with them. One kite is very big. Others are small.
They are in different colors. Every kite has a long string.
     To get the kites up, the children begin to run. They let out the string from the ball in their hands. Now
the kites are flying in the air. How nice they look!
     Now all of their kites are high up in the air. Some are higher than others. The one like a bird is the
highest. But what's wrong? It's flying away! The string is broken.
     Another kite gets away, and more kites fly away. But the children are running after them.They want
to get them back. People are watching them and laughing.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,回答下列問題.
1. When do a lot of children go out in the open air?
    ________________________________________
2. What do they take with them on that day?
    ________________________________________
3. Which kite is the highest?
    ________________________________________
4. What are people doing?
    ________________________________________
5. What's the story about?
    ________________________________________