41　模块成果展示(Module 10)　Australia 外研版 九上

模块成果展示(Module 10) Australia (时间：100分钟　满分：100分) Ⅰ．完形填空(10分) Mount Taishan is the first mountain among the Five Famous Mountains in China．It is famous for its 1 beauty． More than two months ago, I took a vacation with a few friends．We climbed Mount Taishan to see the sunrise there．The sunrise of Mount Taishan is one of its four 2 ．This was our fourth time here, but we enjoyed 3 a lot． After a short 4 ， we decided to start at 11：00 pm so that we could reach the South Gate to Heaven around 3：00 am, about 2 hours before sunrise．When we arrived, the weather became much 5 ．We found that we were not alone on the top of the mountain, 6 it was still dark．Mount Taishan is very popular 7 Chinese tourists! At nearly 4：00 am, a thick fog(雾) covered the top of the mountain．About an hour later, 8 enough, the thick fog began to disappear． Then the sun began to make its way into the sky．The first ray of the sun appeared．They 9 from grey to white, from white to yellow, from yellow to orange, from orange to purple, from purple to red．During this time we all keep silent．The bright red morning sun was rising high．It gave off millions of golden rays, strong and shining．Wow, 10 a wonderful sight! (　A　)1．A．natural　　　　 B．modern C．ancient (　C　)2．A．weather B．．worlds C．wonders (　B　)3．A．our B．．ourselves C．us (　A　)4．A．discussion B．．study C．rest (　C　)5．A．hotter B．．warmer C．colder (　C　)6．A．because B．．and C．though (　B　)7．A．during B．．with C．in (　A　)8．A．luckily B．．however C．terribly (　B　)9．A．tried B．．turned C．took (　C　)10．A．how B．．where C．what Ⅱ．阅读理解(30分) A Australia is nearly 7.7 million square kilometres．It's the sixth largest country in area after Russia，Canada，China，the United States and Brazil． There are rainforests and large plains in the north，snowfields in the southeast，desert(沙漠) in the centre and croplands in the east, south and southwest．About one third of the country lies in the tropics(热带地区)．Australia has a coastline of 36，735 km．If it were possible to drive without stopping along the whole coast at 60 km/h, it would take about 24 days to complete the trip． Australia is the world's smallest continent(洲) and the sixth largest country being equal(相等的) in area to the US without Alaska．The continent is one of the oldest lands．It is more than 3，000 million years old, and it is the flattest of the continents． The population of Australia is more than 20 million．It is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with about 70% of the population living in the ten largest cities．Most of the population is concentrated(集中) along the eastern seaboard and the southeastern corner of the continent． (　D　)11．Australia is smaller in area than ． A．France　　　　 B．．Britain C．Japan D．Canada (　A　)12．We can see in the north of Australia． A．rainforests B．．desert C．croplands D．snowfields (　C　)13．The underlined word “ur ... ...