Melbourne is in Australia. It is a beautiful city with huge gardens，great 1       (公園) and many amazing buildings. Many people come to v 2       it every year.

Melbourne is also an 3       /'einjsnt/ city in Australia. It has an interesting h 4       of more than 170 years. The first people came in 1835, and in the 1850s, gold was discovered. Because of this,Melbourne became a very 5       (富裕的）city. Many new buildings were b 6       at that time.

And 7       /ts'dei/, Melbourne is one of the world's greatest cities. It is known for its beauty and famous universities. It is also Australia's top city for sports. Many of them are very 8       (流行的）.For example,young people are mad about 9       (足球)here. In 1956, the Olympic Games came to the city,and for the first time they were showed live on TV around the world.

Melbourne is a nice p 10 and you can always have great fun here.

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Bill Gates is the head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world's richest men. He was born on October 28 ， 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. He was a very bright boy. Science and math were his two favorite subjects at school. And he dreamed of being a scientist.

Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13. At that time，a computer was a very large machine. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent as much time as possible on computers. In the end, they worked out a software program. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In 1975, Bill and his partners developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created，but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it. BASIC was a success. Then Bill left Harvard to work for Microsoft, a company he started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. They thought computers would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. After many years of hard work, Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies. And Bill Gates also becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.

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Information about Bill Gates

Date of birth; October 28 ，1955

Official position：Head of Microsoft

Dream job in childhood： 1      

Thing first done in 1968 ： 2      

Name of the software program： 3      

Reason for developing personal software： 4      

Achievements： . 5      

. He becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.

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Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-songwriters in the world.  

Jack was born on May 18， 1975 in Hawaii. Being the son of a famous surfer, Jack naturally has an interest in surfing. Most of his life lessons were learned in the water. At the age of 17，Jack entered the finals of the Pipeline Masters ― the world's most famous surfing competition. Everyone thought Jack would become a professional surfer like his father. Unluckily，one month later，he had a deadly accident while surfing and was seriously hurt.

Life is like a revolving(轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的)door. When it closes, it also opens. Jack started to practice playing the guitar and write songs when he was staying in hospital. At first,his father thought Jack only did it for fun，but soon he was surprised at the great progress his son had made.

When studying in the university，Jack didn't stop practicing his guitar skills. He played the guitar for school parties. He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends. They liked his songs. His first music album Brushfire Fairytales came out in 2001. It was a great success. His second album(專(zhuān)輯)，On and On，was much like his first. They were filled with sweet, easy?going songs that everybody liked listening to. Later, Jack had lots of concerts in and out of America. He became popular all over the world.

Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copies of them were sold. His music doesn't fit into any of the popular music styles like pop, rocks, R&B or hip-hop. It is more like folk music，played with a guitar and beautiful voice. When listening to his songs, you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm sunshine.

Jack is a talent(天才)，though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music. In his songs we can find his secret of success; whatever happens in our lives，we have to accept it and do the best we can.
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(   ) 1. At the age of 17 ，Jack      

A.  had his first music album

B.   took part in a surfing competition

C.   had his first concert

D.  became popular all over the world
(   ) 2. Jack started to write songs      

A.  while he was staying in hospital

B.  when he had concerts out of   America

C.   after his second album came out

D.  after he played the guitar at the school party

(   ) 3. What is the secret of Jack's success?

A.  He was born in Hawaii.

B.   His father was very famous.

C.   He wrote many songs for his teachers and friends.

D.  He always faced difficulties bravely and tried his best.

(   ) 4. Jack Johnson stopped surfing because of      

A.  a terrible illness

B.   a surfing accident

C.   a new interest

D.  a traffic accident

(   ) 5. What's the best title of the passage?

A.  A Famous Writer

B.   Surfing in the Sea

C.   A Guitar Player

D.  Surfing in Music

"Be a lady，dear. That is what we want！" How many times pretty young Florence Nightingale heard these words from her father and mother！She could have lived an easy and comfortable life. But 1       she chose to work hard and care for the 2       .

Florence Nightingale was one of the 3       greatest nurses. Every year on her birthday, May 12，people celebrate International Nurses Day to remember the love and help that she gave to so many people.

Nightingale was born into a rich family in 1820 in Italy. When she was 24，she told her parents she wanted to be a nurse. But they 4       the idea. The family had a lot of money， so they thought it would be better 5       she didn't work. But Nightingale went on with her 6       She went to Germany to learn to be a nurse. During the war in 1854, Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses from England went to 7       soldiers near Turkey. She made the hospital much cleaner there.

8       ，she would look after the soldiers. She carried a lamp with her,and the soldiers began to call her " the lady with the lamp". In 1860, after the war,Nightingale 9       the first nursing school. She also worked to make hospitals better and make 10       for nurses. She died in 1910 in London, at the age of 90. Nightingale's birthday became International Nurses Day in 1974.

(   ) 1. A. finally    B. instead C. in the end    D. at once

(   ) 2. A. sick    B. poor C. rich    D. children

(   ) 3. A. city's B. hospital's C. country's D. world's

(   ) 4. A. liked    B. didn't like C. had    D. didn't have

(   ) 5. A. if    B. why C. when    D. where

(   ) 6. A. study    B. work   C. dream    D. trip

(   ) 7. A. look for    B. wait for C. ask for    D. care for

(   ) 8. A. At night    B. At noon C. In the day    D. In the afternoon

(   ) 9. A. went    B. closed C. opened    D. broke

(   ) 10. A. help    B. life C. decisions    D. rules

A：There is a festival in June in our country. It's Father's Day.1      

B：Yes，there is a festival in June in our country，too. It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It's called the Dragon Boat Festival.

A_: 2      

B：We make and eat zongzi and hold Dragon Boat races.

A：It sounds very interesting. 3      

B：We celebrate the festival because we want to remember Qu Yuan.

A_: Who is Qu Yuan? 4      

B：Sure. Qu Yuan lived more than two thousand years ago. His job was to give advice to the ruler. But he wasn't trusted and often got punishment(處罰).So he jumped into the Miluo River and died.

A： 5       Did Qu Yuan die on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month that year?

B：Yes，you're so smart.

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A_: Hello, Mike!Do you travel often? 

B_: Yes. 1      

A：Really? Tell me some famous places of interest, please.

B;OK! 2       I visited the Eiffel Tower there.

A：Oh，how wonderful！Have you ever been to China?

B：Yes,I went to Beijing last summer. 3      I'll never forget the Great Wall. 

A：Could you show me some of the photos tomorrow?

B_: Certainly. 4      

A：I'm going to Hong Kong to visit my aunt.

B：Sounds great！  Hong Kong is really a wonderful place. 5      

A;Yeah. I'm very excited to have a chance to go there.

B：You're so lucky. Enjoy your trip！

A：Thanks a lot. B：You're welcome.

A.  I took many photos there.

B.  I have been dreaming to go there for a long time.

C.  I plan to go many places of interest in the world.

D.  I went to Paris two years ago.

E.   How do you like your summer vacation?

F.   What do you plan to do for this summer vacation?

G.  I have been to many places in the world.

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5. The workers were ordered to work for over twelve hours a day.(改為主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài))

They      the workers       for over twelve hours a day.

4. They spent more than two years building the Eiffel Tower.(改為同義句）

                   more than two years      the Eiffel Tower.

3. The Great Wall is wonderful.(改為感嘆句）

              the Great Wall is!

2. She finishes her homework on time. She helps her classmates with their study, too.(合并為一句）

_______  _______  _______  she finish her homework on time__________  _______  she helps her classmates with their study.