Australian Flag Designs by Readers of the Sun-Herald
We received dozens of responses after inviting readers to send in their designs for a new flag. The designs we received include:
James Anthony, Drummoyne
James reduces the Union Jack down in size and changes its shape to become a reminder of the British tradition rather than canceling it altogether. At the same time he suggests enlarging the stars of the Southern Cross. His design attempts to use the best of both worlds in a newly designed flag.
As he says, “the British part of the Australian Flag is too big and the Australian bits are too small. When you make the stars bigger the Australian flag can look impressive.”
Joe Bollen, Turranmurra
Joe’s flag has the main elements of a risen sun, white horizon(地平线), red earth at the base and the Southern Cross. He intends to make the risen sun a special Australian symbol on the flag. He believes it represents life. The Southern Cross shows that we live in the Southern Hemisphere. (半球)
Maria Ieraci, Sydney
Maria deleted the Union Jack but otherwise kept the flag as is with the Southern Cross and Federation Star. She says, ‘There is only one correct way to change the Australian flag” and that is “to drop the Union Jack ---- when Australia becomes a Republic”, which she hopes will be before 2010.
Ron Bennett, Sydney
Ron recommends using the Aboriginal colors but replacing their image of the sun with the map of Australia. He says, “Australia is unique being an island continent with an instantly recognizable outline at that” and “this will leave no doubt as to which country the flag belongs.”
【小题1】Which of the four designs can remind you of the past of the country?
| A．Joe’s | B．Maria’s | C．Ron’s | D．Jame’s |
| A．the spirit of the nation |
| B．the position of the country |
| C．the tradition of Britain |
| D．the expectations of the people |
| A．the British flag |
| B．A former British ruler |
| C．group of stars |
| D．A former symbol of Australia |
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
By Road Around the World
Nickname: Walker
Email: ragwani@hotmail.com
When to travel: May 2011-Aug 2011
Who am I: I am 55. From my childhood, have this dream to go around the world by hitch hiking. However this is now changed and I want to go by road.
My travel plans: Going throughout the world and study various people, culture, habits.
Who am I looking for: A female companion, and she must have similar interest as me.
Just for fun
Nickname: Stream
Email: qrutta@yahoo.co.uk
When to travel: Jan 2011-Dec 2011
Who am I: Young slim girl, looking to see Asia with anyone who wants to travel.
My travel plans: I most prefer a white man in his late30’s to have fun with me as he travels either on business or leisure trips
Whom am I looking for: Someone who is honest, friendly; good sense of humor, adventurous.
22yr old Australian looking for travel companion
Nickname: Angela
Email: alyssia_europe@hotmail.com
When to travel: March 2011
Who am I: a lovely girl, with fun, honest, caring.
My travel plans: I will be traveling to Europe cities, then the world!
Who am I looking for: An extremely fun and entertaining male/female, middle-aged, someone that I can enjoy every travel moment with.
★Fun and maybe more
Nickname: Sunnygirl
Email: sunnygirl2008@yahoo.com
When to travel: Jun2011-Aug2011
Who am I: Slender African girl in her late 20’s. Quite charming, loving, pretty,fun to be with.
My travel plans: Nothing in mind for sure, just looking to come with you.
Whom am I looking for: Looking for a white male between 40-50 years, someone who is full of energy and lively.
What way would Walker like to choose for his travel this time?
A. By plane.
B. By road.
C. By water.
D. By hitch hiking.
Stream will probably travel to ______ according to the ad.
A. France B. Egypt
C. Japan D. Australia
Who’s to travel for the shortest time with a companion?
A. Sunny girl B. Angela
C. Stream D. Walker
A middle-aged man wants to travel from June to August in 2011, he should send an email to _______ to find a travel companion.
A. sunnygirl@yahoo.com
B. alyssia_europe@hotmail.com
C. qrutta@yahoo.co.uk
D. ragwani@hotmail.com
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I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written?
The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody（曲调）of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew（侄子）. She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you!
Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune（曲调简单）and friendliness in words.
Archibald A. Hill was __________.
A. English B. Russian C. American D. Australian
Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s __________.
A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew
The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of __________ years.
A. 97 B. about 90 C. more than 90 D. less than 90
Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs?
A. Because they are musicians.
B. Because they love children.
C. Because they were asked to write for a book.
D. Because their nephew asked them to do so.
The sentence “it really did” means __________.
A. The song really became popular
B. Their wish would really come true
C. People all over the world like to listen to the song
D. Yes, but the song didn’t become popular
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科目：高中英语 来源：陕西省09-10学年高一下学期第三次月考（英语） 题型：阅读理解
Fire can help people in many ways. But it can be very dangerous. Fire can heat water, warm houses, give light and cook. But fire can burn things, too. It can burn trees, houses, animals or people. Sometimes big fire can burn forests.
Nobody knows for sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope (绳子) and brought fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with matches. You should also learn to put fires. Fires need oxygen (氧气). Without oxygen they will die. Cover a fire with water, sand or sometimes with your coat. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it will burn you.
49.How did people begin to use fire? _________.
A. Not everybody knows how people began to use fire
B. Nobody knows how to make a fire
C. It is an Australian who started a fire
D. We are not sure how people began to use fire
50.Children mustn’t play with matches because ________.
A. matches burn paper B. it isn’t interesting
C. they can be dangerous D. they can burn a house
51.When you are going to put out a fire, you ______,
A. must be careful B. should keep air away from it
C. must know it is dangerous D. should cover it with water
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科目：高中英语 来源：湖南省2010届高三下学期五月模拟考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）
Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.
Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”
The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”
Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”
A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.
Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.
Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.
56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?
A．To attract readers’ interest.
B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.
C．To generalize the whole passage.
D．To describe a memorable experience.
57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “ ”.
A．conducted B．failed C．passed D．understood
58．In the research, researchers play different music to .
A．make customers become sadder or happier
B．help customers choose what they want
C．promote customers to buy more goods
D．get customers to make a quick choice
59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people .
A．will make careful judgments on others
B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings
C．will have more confidence
D．will have a better recall
60．What can we know from the research?
A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.
B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.
C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.
D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.
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科目：高中英语 来源：浙江省杭州市2009-2010学年高二下学期期中考试试题（英语） 题型：其他题
第二节：以下五人正在寻找一些网站，阅读以下六段不同网站的介绍（A、B、C、D、E和F），对应选出正确答案,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。A、B、C、D、E和F选项中有一项是多余选项。
51. Jasper enjoys listening to music. He is expecting to find a website where he could search for various songs with similar tunes that he prefers.
52. Luke is planning to buy a car. But right now he has not made up his mind. He prefers Mazda RX-8. He wants to find more information about this car to make sure that it is a good choice.
53. Connie works in a beauty salon. She always talks about fashion with her customers. She is especially interested in dresses with new designs.
54. This Sunday is Valentine’s Day. Roderick is still deciding what kind of presents he should buy for his girlfriend. He prefers to have something traditional, like chocolate.
55. Fiona is retired. She begins to pay attention to her health. What interests her most now is how to remain healthy and young. She always surfs on the internet for such information.
A. Naturespath.com is an excellent health-food website. “Life enhancement expert” Allan Hunkin interviews such guests as nutrition expert Dr. David Katz and tri-athlete Melanie McQuaid. They talk up health food and weight management, including debates on the benefits of whole grain and organics.
B. Autoblog.com tops the category by covering “auto industry news from A to Z.” They discuss hundreds of car models and links to outside articles for more information. While the site provides no reliability reviews, its “royal and growing fan base” comments frequently on the entires.
C. Mrchocolate.com—The Consumer Reports “best buy” for “unusual” chocolates for the one you love. Jason’s choice is 50 pieces of small dark, milk, and white chocolate with offbeat (标新立异的) centers, including coffee, nut butter, and tropical fruit.
D. Elizabeth-charles.com highlights new fashion designs from the Southern Hemisphere. This fall, that means “drapery pieces” of New Zealand brand Zambesi and the “tailored, Greek-inspired dresses” of Australian Jayson Brunsdon.
E. Carpet-rug.org— The Carpet and Rug Institute awards a “Green Label” to vacuums (真空吸尘器) that release fewer than 100 micrograms of dust particles per cubic meter of air. Find a list at this site.
F. Pandora.com takes one of your favorite tunes, then suggests songs that you might enjoy. Pandora offers 10 hours of free use, then charges $ 36 a year.
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