Rainforest is scattered along Australia’s eas...

Rainforest is scattered along Australia’s east coast in western Tasmania, and small pockets across north Australia from Cape York to the Kimberley. Most of Australia’s rainforest-over million hectares -is in Queensland.

Where can see rainforest?

You can see rainforest in many national parks in Queensland. Some parks have facilities for bushwalking; others are suitable only for experienced walkers. If you would like to know more about rainforest, check with your local Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Office.

Threats to survival

Weeds, fire, wild animals(pigs, dogs and cats), clearing for residential development, and visitor pressures(eg. littering)threaten remaining rainforest biodiversity.

Fragmented rainforest is particularly under threat. Private landholders who have rainforest habitat on their property can help conserve this special ecosystem and the many plant and animal species living within it.

How you can help

Stay on walking tracks. Delicate ground cover plants are easily trampled.

Clean your boots beforehand to avoid introducing soil virus.

Remember, everything is protected. Don’t pick, break or remove any plants.

Don’t feed native animals. Feeding is harmful and may lead to aggressive behavior.

Leave the rainforest as you found it. Take your rubbish home with you. Buried rubbish uncovered by forest animals can harm them.

Leave your pets at home. They are not allowed in national parks and can chase, scare and kill animals.

If you camp within the park， disturb the forest floor as little as possible. Don’t cut trees for tent poles or clear plants around your campsite.

Only use fuel stoves when cooking in rainforests Nutrient recycling is critical in a rainforest so gathering leaf litter and dead branches for fires can cause damage.

Don’t use soap, toothpaste, sunscreen or detergent in waterways. They pollute the water and harm aquatic animals.

1.How can you appreciate the rainforest in Queensland?

A.By building facilities in the national parks.

B.By accumulating experience of walking.

C.By bushwalking in the national parks.

D.By checking with the local people.

2.Which of the following contributes to the conservation if you are in the rainforest?

A.Gathering dead branches for firewood.

B.Cleaning your boots while walking.

C.Burying rubbish in the rainforest.

D.Keeping on the paths.

3.What is forbidden in the rainforest?

A.Camping.

B.Cooking.

C.Walking your dog.

D.Washing your hands.

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Just ___ the east coast of Australia lies a beautiful island．

A．over              B．off                 C．against    D．to

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Brighton is in the county of East Sussex, on the South coast of England. Situated between the English Channel and the South Downs, Brighton is 90 km from London. Brighton's nearby neighbor, Hove, is seen by some as a more desirable location than Brighton and it is often referred to by locals as "Hove, actually".

Brighton is a small city but there's probably as much going on here as anywhere in the country except London. Brighton has numerous entertainment facilities, which additionally serve a considerable business conference industry. There's a huge range of entertainment venues, including comedy at the Brighton Komedia, world music, opera and ballet at the Brighton Dome, jazz at the Joogleberry, top stars at the Brighton Centre and pre-West End shows at the Theatre Royal. The live music scene is also alive and well with several bands originating from the Brighton area going on to have commercial success in recent years.

Every year in May, Brighton hosts the "Brighton Festival" ------the largest arts festival in England. Brighton's theatres, concert halls, streets and some of the city's most extraordinary venues host an array of art, entertainment and extravaganza (盛大表演). The earliest feature of the festival, "Open Houses" -----homes of artists and crafts people, opened up to the public as galleries and usually sell the works of the inhabitants and their friends.

Students at the two universities in the area give the city a youthful vitality (活力), and in the summer, thousands of young students from all over Europe gather in the city to attend language courses. In addition to the usual coastal attractions, vacationers are drawn to the city's Georgian architecture, trendy shops, and fine restaurants. Points of interest also include the Edwardian Preston Man or, the ornate Royal Pavilion, the engaging Sea Life Center, and a variety of museums and art galleries.

1.What's the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To introduce Brighton to the readers.

B. To attract foreign students to study in Brighton.

C. To show his admiration for the city of Brighton.

D. To list entertainments in Brighton.

2.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. The term of "Hove"

B. The situation of Brighton.

C. The county of East Sussex.

D. The distance between Brighton and London.

3.According to the passage, where can you go if you enjoy watching opera?

A. Brighton Komedia.　 B. Joogleberry.

C. Theatre Royal.　　 　 D.Brighton Dome.

4.Why do people in Brighton have a good time in May every year?

A. Because they can enjoy all kinds of music played by top artists.

B. Because top stars from the world will go to Perform there.

C. Because the largest arts festival in England is held there.

D. Because the local people can appreciate works in the Open Houses.

5.How many of the followings that attract people to Brighton are mentioned?

a. two universities

b. the summer language courses

c. the coastal attractions

d. the city's Georgian architecture

e. the fine restaurants

A. 2　　 B. 3　　　 C. 4　　 　 D. 5

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Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. The island is perhaps best known as the unique home of the lemur (狐猴）. But those lemurs live among some of the most rich and varied flora (植物群）in the world. And so threatened is that flora that British and Malagasy scientists were involved in a project to collect seeds from the island to be stored in a British seed bank. The project is being done by the Royal Botanic Garden in London. The botanist Steward Cable is head of the conservation center there and a frequent visitor of the island.

I mean Madagascar is well known as one of the top biodiversity hot spots in the world. It has perhaps 13,000 plant species. 90% of those are unique to the country, i.e. found nowhere else in the world. But also many species, many of those species are only found in small areas.　　　 And I would say that probably about 80% of the population are dependent on farming.

And a lot of their farming is slash and burn，shifting cultivation (耕作）where farmers have to move to a new patch of forest every year. They cut it and they burn it and they can grow dry rice or cassava for a year or so or two years at most.And the nutrients are gone and they have　 to move to a new patch of forest .And for centuries that would not have been a problem with the low population and with long periods of no farming but people returning after three or five years something like that ,then the forest became grassland. So we are losing many of those species in Madagascar, those unique species.

1.which of the following is the habitat of the lemur?

A.Madagascar B.Britain

C.An Indian island. D.The coast

2.Why do scientists collect seeds from Madagascar?

A.The lemur will die out without them.

B.The flora on Madagascar is in great danger.

C.The island will sink to the bottom of the ocean.

D.The British seed bank wants to make money from them.

3.What is the result of the way people farm?

A.Many farmers have lost their homes. B.The population is becoming smaller.

C.Some rare species are gone. D.The crops are poor in nutrition.

4.How does the author sound?

A.Hopeless. B.Enthusiastic. C.Optimistic. D.Worried.

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Japan is ____ the east of China, while India is ____ the west of China.

A. to; on　　　　　　　　　 B. on; to　　　　　　　　　 C. in; to　　　　　　　　　 D. to; in

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(2013·上海模拟)It was hurricane Sandy, a destructive storm, in October

destroyed the east coast of the United States.

A. when                        B. which

C. that                            D. it

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Chinese restaurants began to open in America in the mid-19th century, mainly on the west coast where the first immigrants landed. They mostly served an Americanized version of Cantonese cuisine, chop suey, egg fu yung and the like. In that century and much of the 20th,the immigrants largely came from China's south-east, mainly Guangdong province.

After the immigration reforms of 1965, Chinese migrants from other regions started to arrive. Restaurants began calling their food "Hunan” and “Sichuan". Though their food rarely resembled what was actually eaten in those regions, it was more diverse and boldly spiced than the sweet, fried stuff that defined the earliest Chinese menus. By the 1990s adventurous diners in cities with sizeable Chinese populations could choose from a variety of regional cuisines. A particular favorite was Sichuan food, with its addictively numbing fire due to peppercorn.

Yet over the decades, as Chinese food became universal, it also came to be standardized. There are almost three times as many Chinese restaurants in America (41,000)as McDonald's. Virtually every small town has one. And generally the menus are consistent: pork dumplings （steamed or fried);the same two soups(hot and sour, wonton);stir-fries listed by main ingredient, with a pepper icon or star indicating a slight trace of chilli-flakes. Dishes over$10 are grouped under "chef's specials".

Until recently, the prices varied as little as the menus and they were low. Eddie Huang, a Taiwanese-American restaurateur, recalls how his newly-arrived father kept his prices down because" immigrants can't sell anything full-price in America."

Americans have traditionally been willing to pay through the nose at French or Italian joints （where, in fact, Latinos often do most of the cooking).And every city has its pricey sushi bars and expensive tapas restaurants(tapas, as one joke goes, is Spanish for"$96 and still hungry").　

Mr. Huang is right that Americans have long expected Chinese food to be cheap and filling. One step up from the urban takeaway, with its fluorescent lighting, is the Chinese restaurant with　 its red doors and fake lions standing guard, exotic enough to be special, but still affordable enough for a family to visit once a week when nobody feels like cooking. Even the superior outlets were cheap for what they served.

But now things are changing. Mr. Huang sells delicious stuffed buns in New York and Los Angeles for$5.50 each and encourages other immigrants not to undervalue their work.

Meanwhile, although racism persists, the previous discrimination of earlier ages has been fading. Since the Chinese-American population is six times what was 40 years ago, Americans overall are much more familiar with Chinese people and their cooking, all of which means that the new fancy breed of Chinese restaurants draws a heartening mix of Chinese and non-Chinese diners.

1.We can learn from the first three paragraphs that_

A.Cantonese cuisine was well received by Americans in the 19th century

B.Those so-called Hunan or Sichuan food in America tasted just as what was actually eaten in those regions

C.Nowadays Chinese restaurants are almost twice more than McDonald's in America

D.Americans prefer Hunan food because they have been addicted to peppercorn

2.Why was Chinese food sold at a lower price?

A.Americans have long expected Chinese food to be cheap and filling.

B.Earlier immigrants couldn't sell anything full-price in America.

C.Americans prefer French and Italian food.

D.Chinese restaurants face fierce price competition from other restaurants.

3.In what order did the author write the passage?

A.In order of importance.

B.In order of place.

C.In order of time.

D.In order of position.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Immigration on a plate.

B.Americans' favourite cuisine.

C.Prejudice against Chinese immigrants.

D.Route to success.

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In Singapore，most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days．Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm．However，we know that if it rains for long continuous periods，there will be more serious effects．Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable(不能通行的)to traffic．People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects.

Elsewhere，heavy tropical(热带的)storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia．This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them．If there is a typhoon or tsunami，thousands of lives are lost too．This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and It serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage．

Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years．Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise．This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level．It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger，so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities，for example，illegal logging(伐木)or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming．

1.From Paragraph 1，we can see that most Singaporeans love ．

A．making complaints　　

B．going out for picnics

C．doing window-shopping

D．traveling along the coast

2.What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?

A．Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly．

B．The price of rice and vegetables will go up．

C．Many people will write in to the newspaper．

D．More rice and vegetables will be imported．

3.The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refers to ．

A．the arrival of heavy tropical storms　　

B．the import of rice and vegetables

C．the rising price of rice and vegetables

D．the loss of lives in natural disasters

4.What’s the right order of the following events?

a．global warming　　 b．the rise in ocean level

c．harmful human activities d．the flooding of low-lying areas

e．the melting of the polar ice-cap

A．c→a→e→b→d　　 B．a→c→e→b→d

C．c→a→b→e→d　　 D．d→a→c→b→e

5.What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?

A．Clear more land for farming．　　

B．Reduce harmful human activities．

C．Bring down the price of food．

D．Improve the quality of weather．

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In Singapore，most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days．Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm．However，we know that if it rains for long continuous periods，there will be more serious effects．Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable(不能通行的)to traffic．People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects.

Elsewhere，heavy tropical(热带的)storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia．This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them．If there is a typhoon or tsunami，thousands of lives are lost too．This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and It serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage．

Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years．Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise．This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level．It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger，so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities，for example，illegal logging(伐木)or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming．

1.．From Paragraph 1，we can see that most Singaporeans love ______________．

A．making complaints　　         B．going out for picnics

C．doing window-shopping         D．traveling along the coast

2.．What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?

A．Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly．

B．The price of rice and vegetables will go up．

C．Many people will write in to the newspaper．

D．More rice and vegetables will be imported．

3.．The underlined word“it”in Paragraph 2 refers to ___________．

A．the arrival of heavy tropical storms

B．the import of rice and vegetables

C．the rising price of rice and vegetables

D．the loss of lives in natural disasters

4.．What’s the right order of the following events?

a．global warming

b．the rise in ocean level

c．harmful human activities

d．the flooding of low-lying areas

e．the melting of the polar ice-cap

A．c→a→e→b→d　　 B．a→c→e→b→d

C．c→a→b→e→d　　 D．d→a→c→b→e

5.．What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?

A．Clear more land for farming．

B．Reduce harmful human activities．

C．Bring down the price of food．

D．Improve the quality of weather．

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The long lasting cold current has brought ________ winter in my memory to the east coast of the United States．

A．the longer　　　　 B．the longest

C．a longer　　 　 　 D．a long

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