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1、阅读理解训练题（三十七）AIf you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called “Discover Brisbane” free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants, the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks, etc. Here is something about banks on page 49:ANZ
2、Banking GroupCnr. Greek & Queen Sts 228 3228Bank of New Zealand410 Queen Street 221 0411Bank of Queensland229 Elizabeth Street 229 3122Commonwealth Banking Group 240 Queen Street 237 3111National Australia Bank Ltd225 Adelaide Street221 6422Westpac Banking Corp260 Queen Street227 2666Banking Hours a
3、re Mon-Thurs 9:30 am to 4 pm.Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat. Sun. & Public Holidays.Australia has a decimal currency with 100 cents to the Dollar.Notes available are: $ 100, $ 50, $ 20, $ 10, $ 5Gold coins are: $ 2 & $1.Silver coins are: 50, 20, 10 & 5.Copper coins are: 2 & 1 cent.56You c
4、an find ANZ bank on _.AQueen Street BElizabeth StreetCthe corner of Greek Street and Queen StreetDthe corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street57_ seems to be the most important street in Brisbane.AGreek StreetBElizabeth StreetCQueen StreetDAdelaide Street58On Saturday, you can go to _ to put your
5、 money in or take your money out.AANZ Banking GroupBBank of QueenslandCNational Australia Bank LtdDno bank59In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on _.Apublic holidaysBSundaysCSaturdaysDFridaysBMy aunt Edith was a widow(寡妇) of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered sh
6、e had got what was then thought to be a very serious heart illness.Aunt Edith doesnt accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart doctor, Dr Michael Debakey, in Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone wit
7、h the same illness. The article said Dr Debakeys fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldnt possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three
8、or four more years, and among them, a little girl who always dreamed of traveling and seeing the world. There wasnt a word of self-pityonly warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didnt wait to come
9、in; she stood in the hall and read aloud:Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.That was seven years ago. Since then, Aunt Edith has been around the world. Her three children are happily married. For he
10、r age, she is one of the youngest, most lively people I know.60In fact, Aunt Ediths letter to Dr Debakey was full of _.AcourageBthanksCpityDsadness61The reason why Aunt Edith remains young is that _.Ashe had an operation by a famous doctor Bshe has been light-hearted all the timeCher three children
11、take good care of her Dher three children have been on their ownCGovernors, lawyers and business leaders have to deal with scientists, and every educated person finds his views affected by science. Yet our science teaching of non-scientists, in school and college, has built up mistaken ideas, dislik
12、es, and the common boast, “I never did understand science.” Even those students who arrive at college with plans to become scientists usually bring a mistaken picture of science: some have a collection of unorganized facts about science, and some regard the study of science as a game which includes
13、getting the right answer.The first of these attitudes seems to come from a kind of course which provides various kinds of information; the second, from a training course on how to pass examinations that do not ask about the students understanding but simply require him to put the numbers in the righ
14、t formulas(公式). Neither type of courses (in school or college) seems to give students an understanding of science as we find it among scientists. Neither shows students how real scientists work and think, how the facts are gathered, how discoveries are made, and what they mean. Young people need goo
15、d teaching of science, not so much a great wealth of knowledge as a healthy understanding of the nature of science. They need an understanding of knowledge leading to sympathy with science and an eagerness of the way scientists work. Given these, it is easy to encourage later reading and learning.62One of the reasons that cause mistaken ideas of science is due to _.Aa mistaken pic
