III 完形填空。(共10分)

The seasons in Australia are the opposite(相反)of ours . _1_ it is winter here ,it is summer there .Australia is _2_ the south of the world .Juliana ,July and August are the winter month. The summer is in December , _3_ and February. The north of the country is _4_ than the south .Australia’s main (主要的) problem is water . A_5_ large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast (海岸) has rain _6_ the year round .There are no dry months here .

In March 1982 ,there was a terrible drought (干旱) in Australia . The summer rain didn’t _7_ . There were 138 million sheep in Australia this year .This was 14% of all the sheep in the world .Because there was no _8_ rain and the grass didn’t grow well, the farmers _9_ to sell many of their sheep and many sheep _10_ , too, It was a great disaster (灾难) for Australia farmers.

( )1. A. Bacause B. Since C. When D. For

( )2. A. in B. on C. to D. near

( )3. A. November B. Jamuary C. March D. October

( )4. A. colder B. cooler C. hotter D. warmer

( )5. A. very B. so C. too D. much

( )6. A. whole B. half C. all D. part

( )7. A. have B. fall C. give D. keep

( )8. A. plenty B. a litter C. a lot D. enough

( )9. A. have B. had C. must D. needed

( )10.A.died B. dead C. death D. dying

IV 阅读理解(共30分)

(A)

Mr. Clarke was born in a small town of England. When he finished middle school, he found work in the police station and he has worked there for forty-two years and he’ll retire(退休)this autumn. He tried to work hard in the past forty-two years but he wasn’t a lucky man and never caught a thief. He was often sorry for it.

Last weekend, when Mrs.. Clarke was going to cook supper, she found there was no sugar. So she asked her husband to buy some in the shop near their house. He came in the shop and found a young man steal some money from a woman’s bag. He ran to the thief quickly, but the young man found it and ran away at once. Mr. Clarke ran after him. The thief ran into a blind alley(死胡同)and Mr. Clarke caught him at last.

"Please give me a chance(机会), sir," said the young man. "I never stole before."

"Who will give me a chance?" said Mr. Clarke. "I’ll soon retire and I’ve caught a thief for the first time!"

( )1.Mr. Clarke is ___.

A. American B. Australian

C. English D. French

( )2. Mr. Clarke never caught a thief in forty-two years because ___.

A. there were no thieves in the town

B. he didn’t work hard at all

C. he wasn’t lucky enough

D. he wasn’t a competent(称职的)policeman

( )3.Mr. Clarke ran to ___.

A. catch the young man

B. help the woman

C. buy some sugar

D. pick up the money

( )4.The young man ran into the blind alley because ___.

A. he lived there

B. he had been there

C. his friends were waiting for him there

D. he didn’t know the town well

( ) 5.Mr. Clarke caught the thief because ___.

A. the young man had no place to run

B. he became much stronger than before

C. the young man was afraid of policemen

D. the young man wanted to give him a chance