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1、（阅读理解+完形填空+任务型阅读） (限时:20分钟)一、阅读理解AFraser Island Fraser Island is in Queensland，Australia，about 200 kilometers north of Brisbane.It is about 120 kilometers long and 24kilometers wide.It is a very important island because it is completely made of sand.In fact，it is the largest sand island in the world
2、.There is no airport on the island，but there is a long beach along the east coast.Planes arrive and leave from here.The sand makes unusual shapes.There are hills made of sand called sand blows.Nothing grows on them.They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the is
3、land，getting bigger and bigger.At other places on the island，such as Rainbow Gorge，The Cathedrals and Red Canyon，the sandy rocks have different colors.Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown，like coffee.Surprisingly，the sandy island has a lot of different plants and animals.The
4、re are dark forestseucalyptus woods，beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes.There are many kinds of birds，like owls and curlews.There are many animals there，too，such as crocodiles，flying foxes and wild dogs called dingoes.About 500，000 people visit the island every year to see the islands beauty
5、and nature.People enjoy camping and hiking(徒步)there.Unluckily，the visitors create problems.They damage plants and frighten animals.Their sun cream(防晒霜)makes the water dirty.So it is necessary to manage the visitors.For example，people may not use motor boats or go fishing in the lakes，and they need o
6、fficial papers to drive there.( B )1.The passage is mainly about _.Athe shape of Fraser Island Bnature on Fraser IslandCthe history of Fraser Island ( A )2.From Paragraph 1 we know _.Ahow large Fraser Island is BFraser Island is the largest island Cmany people live on Fraser Island ( B )3.The underl
7、ined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refers to(指) the_Aunusual shapesBsandy hillsCsandy rocks ( A )4.From Paragraph 3 we can infer(推断) that _ is a kind of plant.AeucalyptusBowlCcurlew ( C )5.Visitors may not be allowed to _ on Fraser Island soon.Acamp and hikeBgo fishing in the sea Cdrive without officia
8、l papersB“How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately!:Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two studen
9、ts, Larry Page and Sergey Brim. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds. Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that werent useful. In Jan
10、uary 1996, Page and Brim decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites. Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were
11、given a cheque for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friends garage. The companys name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number-1 followed by a hundred zeros. The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people
12、 worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the worlds information
13、will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything. 21. Why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a question?A. Because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question.B. Because he or she was afraid that the readers didnt know this question. C. Because h
14、e or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage. D. Because Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world.22. The underline word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means _. A.楼房 B.帐单 C.订单 D. 支票23. From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project, _. A. there wa
15、s not any search engine on the Internet. B. nobody supported them except their family and friends. C. Larry Page and Sergey Brim dreamed to answer any question. D. one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000. 24. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world. B. The google search engine was not the biggest one before 2002. C. Larry Page and Sergey Brim named google after a hundred zeros. D. The service of the Google search engine is very popular. 25. The passage mainly tells us _. A. the developm
