【正文】 ifferences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution (革命) while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was firstly turned into a colony by English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, in spite of these and other main differences, Australia and the United States have more in mon with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world. 1. Who turned Australia into a colony?A. Britain. B. Several European countries.C. The United States of America. D. None of the above.2. In the early history of America and Australia, both colonies developed towards the west firstly for the reason that __________.A. the population was increasing rapidly in the eastB. the English thought there might be richer land thereC. gold was discovered thereD. fewer people lived there3. In the early 1920s, ______.A. the population in Australia was greater than that of United StatesB. there were more sheep in Australia than in the United StatesC. Australia had one fifteenth as many people as sheepD. the United States had twice as many sheep as people4. Australia, unlike the United States, ________. A. won its independence by peaceful meansB. did not discover gold until the late 1840sC. was the last and biggest continent to be discoveredD. was not rich in gold in its western part5. The last sentence in the last paragraph “…Australia and the United States have more in mon with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world” means “_______”.A. The United States and Australia do not have any main differencesB. The United States and Australia have much more in mon than they have with other countriesC. The United States and Australia have nothing in mon with the rest of the worldD. In mon with the rest of the world, the United States and Australia have a lot of differencesCSusan Sontag (1933 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.Seriousness was one of Sontag39。 and the wisdom to know the difference. 1. A. chance B. courage C. ability D. right2. A. gave up B. took up C. went on D. carried on3. A. way B. habit C. situation D. house 4. A. reciting B. asking C. smoking D. drinking5. A. sure B. uncertain C. afraid D. eager 6. A. reply B. words C. excuse D. explanation 7. A. fear B. imagination C. thought D. reminder 8. A. never B. seldom C. always D. ever 9. A. discussed B. shared C. offered D. talked 10. A. wonderful B. long C. simple D. boring 11. A. all B. that C. any D. part 12. A. talk B. quarrel C. trip D. lesson13. A. listed B. included C. read D. said 14. A. method B. experience C. wealth D. message15. A. character B. birthday C. qualities D. favorites16. A. doubtfully B. carefully C. happily D. hurriedly17. A. where B. whether C. what D. how18. A. excited B. astonished C. disappointed D. frightened19. A. hung B. pulled C. rolled D. pushed20. A. troubled B. disturbed C. pleased D. helpedDI grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 1 the necessities of life 2 they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father 3 a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them 4 .” He wasn’t being mean。s 10 ， yet profound (深刻的) words immediately became 11 of my daily routine as well. About a month after this 12 with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 13 for each day of the year.It has been my 14 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own 15 . I 16 opened the book to November 10 to see 17 words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I was 18 when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 19 down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 20 my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity (平靜) Prayer:God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change。him for ages.A. will B. may C. have to D. should( ) 60. It is said that a large shopping center _____ in that area last year. A. built B. has been built C. builds D. was built二、Cloze Test Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A、B、C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.A“When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is King, ’’said John Wanamaker, who in l876 turned an abandoned railway station in Philadelphia into one of me world’s first department stores. This revolutionary concept __1__ the face of retailing (零售業(yè)) and led to the development of advertising and marketing as we know it today.But convincing as that slogan was, __2__ the shopper was cheated out of the crown. __3__ manufacturing efficiency increased the variety of goods and lowered prices, people still relied on advertisements to get most inf