Vanuatu is an island nation in the South Pacific. It is one of the smallest countries in the world. But for those who are interested in adventure（冒险）and sports, there is a lot to do there. Vanuatu’s islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world: volcano（火山）surfing and land diving.
Volcano Surfing | On Tanna Island, Mount Yasur rises 300 meters into the sky. Yasur is an active volcano, and it erupts（爆发）almost every day, sometimes several times a day. For centuries, people have climbed this mountain to visit the top. Recently, people have also started climbing Yasur to surf the volcano. In some ways, volcano surfing is like surfing in the sea, but in other ways it’s very different. Volcano surfers try to escape the erupting volcano—without getting hit by flying rocks! It’s fast, fun and dangerous—the perfect extreme sport (极限运动). |
Land Diving | Most people are familiar with bungee（蹦极）jumping. Do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu? It is almost fifteen centuries old. The activity, first called land diving, is part of a religious ceremony（宗教仪式）. A man ties tree vines（树藤）to his legs. He then jumps head-first from a high tower to touch the earth with the top of his head—without breaking the vine. Every spring, island people (men only) still take part in this amazing activity. |
| A．It’s a country. | B．It’s a city. | C．It’s an ocean. | D．It’s a mountain. |
| A．Once a year. | B．Once a month. | C．Once a week. | D．Every day. |
| A．To do exercise. | B．To surf the volcano. | C．To surf the sea. | D．To watch the sea. |
| A．15,000 years. | B．1,500 years. | C．150 years. | D．15 years. |
| A．In spring. | B．In summer. | C．In autumn. | D．In winter. |
How about your study? It’s Sunday today. I’m writing a letter to you. I’m going to tell you something in Beijing.
Beijing is different from London. In our country, we drive on the left side of the road, but here people drive on the right side. Most people go to work by bus or by bike. The rush hours are from seven to nine in the morning and five to seven in the afternoon. People in China work around eight hours a day, five days a week. They usually begin to work at eight in the morning, and rest on Saturday and Sunday.
I have Chinese classes every morning from Monday to Friday. The students in our class are from many countries. We’re all working hard and friendly to each other. The Chinese students are ready to help us with our Chinese. We also help them a lot with their English. We are getting along very well.
That’s all for today. Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Susan
【小题1】People drive on_________ in London.
| A．the same side in Beijing as | B．the right side of the road |
| C．the left side of the road | D．both sides of the road |
| A．two hours | B．three hours |
| C．more than five hours | D．about four hours |
| A．a Chinese student to an English student |
| B．an English student to a Chinese student |
| C．a Chinese student to an American student |
| D．an English student to another English student |
In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually their neighbours live far away. It’s hard for them to see each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest schools. These schools are only for the farm families in this area. In some areas, there are small schools for a few farm families, and the children walk to schools.
Life keeps changing for everyone, so do farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, television sets and there are modern machines for farming. All of these are changing farm life.
【小题1】Living in a modern Australian city is almost _____living in an American city.
| A．different from | B．comfortable like |
| C．the same as | D．rich like |
| A．big cities | B．the country |
| C．only towns | D．the mountain |
| A．the world | B．Australia |
| C．the United States | D．China |
| A．Their life is poor. |
| B．Their life is changing. |
| C．They don’t like their life. |
| D．Their life is boring. |
Motherland,
You come from the world,
You from the art world came in newborn(新生的)
To this moment,
With the name of your neighbours to lend a helping hand,
You pull one. The developing world inscribed(雕刻) the history of this era.
In the hope of so many people, you did not let us down.
Hundreds of millions of people you let them see the pace(步伐) of progress,
You let people around the world to see your miracle(奇迹) of the East.
Floods, SARS, snow, earthquakes
These stories allow them to see, to see you the ability to deal with the situation.
High-speed rail, Alipay, Bike sharing and Online shopping.
These new four inventions allow them to see, to see your style of great power.
Motherland, ah, motherland,
You use your body for standing on the ground,
You use your great country as the forefront of the world, Motherland,
You come from the past,
Are to go into the future!
【小题1】________ people see the pace of progress in our country.| A．Hundreds of | B．Millions of | C．Thousands of | D．Hundreds of millions of |
| A．High-speed rail, Alipay, Bike sharing and Online shopping. |
| B．High-speed rail, Alipay, Bike sharing and Spacecraft. |
| C．The Olympic Games, Alipay, Bike sharing and Online shopping. |
| D．The Olympic Games, Alipay, Bike sharing and Qinghai-Tibet Railway. |
| A．it tells us where we come from |
| B．it is in praise of the motherland |
| C．we are still standing on the ground |
| D．we won’t deal with the bad situation |
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