辽宁省六校协作体2022-2023学年高三英语上学期10月联考试题（Word版附答案）

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2022-2023（上）六校协作体高三10月份联合考试
英语试题
考试时间: 120分钟 满分: 150分
第一命题校：东港二中 第二命题校：凤城一中
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
例:How much is the shirt?
A.£19.15 B.£9.15. C. £9.18. 答案是B。
第一节:(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What kind of film does the man like?
A. A comedy. B. A drama film. C. A detective film.
2. What is the woman’s red jacket best for?
A. The warm days. B. The windy days. C. The rainy days.
3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A forest. B. A unique plant. C. A piece of furniture.
4. What did the man buy with the gift card?
A. Make-up. B. Clothes. C. Jewelry.
5. When did the man get up?
A. At 6:45. B. At 7:45. C. At 8:30.
第二节:(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。听第6段材料，回答第 6、7题。
6. What language does the man speak?
A. Scottish. B. Italian. C. Irish.
7. What did the man do in Germany?
A. He tested cars. B. He designed cars. C. He built car factories.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10 题
8. Where are the man and the woman going?
A. A ticket office. B. A shoe store. C. A concert.
9. What probably happened the first time Tina was late to meet Patrick?
A. She got lost.
B. Her car broke down.
C. She couldn't decide what to wear.
10. What does Patrick agree to do?
A. Pay for parking.
B. Lend Tina his phone.
C. Drive Tina’s car to the concert.
听第8段材料，回答第11至 13 题
I1. How many kinds of pepper does the man make?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
12.What does the woman probably think of making pepper of different tastes?
A. It's easy. B. It's amazing. C. It's time-consuming.
13. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At a market. B. In the man's kitchen. C. In a restaurant.
听第9段材料，回答第 14至17题
14. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Reporter and villager.
B. Policeman and witness.
C. Volunteer and survivor.
15. What just happened?
A. A flood. B. A car crash. C. An earthquake.
16. Where was the woman rescued from?
A. A river. B. Her house. C. The top of a building.
17.What advice does the woman give in the end?
A. To stay indoors. B. To donate money. C. To leave their houses.
听第 10段材料，回答第 18至20题。
18. According to the speaker, why do many travelers avoid Australia?
A. They find it is boring there.
B. They think it's dangerous there.
C. They don't like the climate there.
19.What is the weather probably like in the middle of Australia?
A. Mild and cool. B. Cold and windy. C. Dry and hot.
20. What can be said about Australia lifestyle?
A. It is very formal. B. It is casual. C. It is fast-paced.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
The Best Books of 2020
On Monday, the American Library Association announced the top children’s books of 2020. Here are the winners.
Devotion
Author Clare Vanderpool took home the John Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature for Moon over Manifest. The book is about a young girl’s magical adventures in a small Kansas town, in 1936.
Vanderpool said that she was shocked to learn that she had won. “You grow up reading legendary authors like Madeleine L’Engle, but I never expected to be put in a category with her,” Vanderpool told TFK. “It’s fabulous.”
Picture This
The picture book A Sick Day for Amos McGee won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. The book was illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by her husband, Philip C. Stead. It tells the story of an elderly zookeeper and the animals that visit him when he’s not well enough to go to work.
“I love drawing animals and I love drawing people and I love drawing the emotional connection between animals and people,” said Stead.
More Honored Books
The Coretta Scott King award, given to an African-American author and illustrator of “outstanding books for children and young adults,” went to Rita Williams-Garcia for One Crazy Summer. Set in 1968, the novel follows three sisters from Brooklyn, New York, who visit their mother, a poet who ran away years ago and lives in California.
The king prize for best-illustrated work went to Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. The book, which was written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier, tells the story of a skilled potter who engraved his poems on the clay pots and jars that he made. The enslaved potter, known only as Dave, lived in South Carolina in the 1800s.
21. When she heard the news that she won the medal Vanderpool felt___________.
A. depressed. B. annoyed. C. amused. D. astonished.
22. One Crazy Summer is a _________.
A. thriller B. fiction C. adventure story D. comic book
23. From the passage, we can infer that______________
A. The book Moon over Manifest tells a story of a zookeeper and his animals.
B. The book A Sick Day for Amos McGee is written by Erin, a famous woman writer.
C. A Sick Day for Amos McGee shows us that animals can interact with humans.
D. One Crazy Summer is about a mother with her three children having a holiday in California.
B
The first time I heard about my classmates engaging with social media was in the fourth grade. A few of my friends and some of my classmates had excitedly jumped onto platforms like Instagram at such a young age. On the other hand, I hesitated. I only knew the basics, but was foreign to some words on social media.
All throughout middle school, I stuck with the same thinking. And now, as a freshman in college, I am looking back and wondering why I have never been naturally interested in social media.
Scanning Instagram, you ought to find dozens of pictures of people in beautiful countries, taking part in exciting activities, and spending time with friends and family, among many other things. The thought of doing this never resonated with me. I respect and understand those who do believe using social media allows them to express themselves and share aspects of their lives with others. However, I have never had any interest in doing the same. In my eyes, family gatherings and friend get-togethers are just as, if not more meaningful when not shared with others.
Most people have experienced feeling insecure and unconfident on social media. Images that are changed represent unrealistic beauty standards that can only be obtained through dangerous ways. Even without using social media, I knew that using apps like Instagram and Facebook would make me embarrassed of all the aspects that make me a unique individual. I never wanted to look at a post on social media and immediately compare myself and my life.
I constantly observe my classmates getting easily distracted (使分心)by social media. While trying to complete their homework, they have a powerful urge to open up Instagram or Facebook to see if there are any new messages. With homework and after-class activities consuming the majority of my day, I cannot wait to finish every task on my to-do list, so I can finally spend time with my family or have some time for myself to relax from my busy day.
24. What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A. Social media are popular with students.
B. Young pupils suffer from social media.
C. The author has no access to social media.
D. Social media contribute to students’ study.
25. From paragraph 3, we can know that ____________________.
A. In no circumstances will you find scores of pictures of people taking part in exciting activities.
B. As far as the author concerned, family gatherings are not meaningful when not shared with others.
C. It never appealed to the author to share pictures of his or her spending time with friends and family on social media.
D. Most people dismissed the act of sharing pictures on social media.
26. Why do people using social media might feel insecure?
A. They follow other people's beauty standards totally.
B. Social media change the way they look at themselves.
C. Social media encourage them to be a unique individual.
D. They spend more time posting their images on social media.
27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? wiup :uId: wiup
A. A to-do list can stop people using social media.
B. Social media can waste people's valuable time.
C. Spending time with family always enjoys first priority.
D. Students pay more attention to social media than to study.
C
Doctors sometimes prescribe light therapy to treat a form of depression in people who get too little morning sun. But too much light at other times may actually cause such mood disorders. Long-lasting exposure to light at night brings depression, a new study finds, at least in animals. The new data confirm observations from studies of people who work night shifts, says Richard Stevens of the University of Connecticut Health Center. Mood disorders join a growing list of problems, including cancer, obesity and diabetes — that can occur when light throws life out of balance by disturbing the biological clock and its timing of daily rhythms.
In the new study, Tracy Bedrosian and Randy Nelson of Ohio State University exposed mice to normal light and dark cycles for four weeks. For the next four weeks, half of the mice remained on this schedule, and the rest received continuous dim light throughout their night. Compared with mice exposed to normal nighttime darkness, those getting dim light at night lost their strong preference for sweet drinks, "A sign they no longer get pleasure out of activities they once enjoyed." Bedrosian says.
In a second test, mice were clocked on how long they actively tried to escape a pool of water. Those exposed to night lights stopped struggling and just floated in the water, a sign of "behavioral despair", 10 times as long as the mice that had experienced normal nighttime darkness. All symptoms of depression disappeared within two weeks of the mice returning to a normal light-dark cycle, the researchers report. The scientists also could quash the behavioral symptoms by injecting the brains of animals with a drug that prohibits the activity of certain molecules linked with human depression. This finding further suggests that light at night may cause something related to depression.
Human studies linking nighttime light and mood disorders are important but can't easily detect molecular underpinings (分子基础) as animal studies can, says George Brainard of Thomas Jefferson University. The new work, he says, suggests that the change of the biological clock by light at night can be "an extremely powerful force in regulating biology and behavior."
28. After being exposed to continuous nighttime light, the mice ____.
A. changed their preferences B. escaped from the water more eagerly
C. remained active as before D. showed less interest in their favorites
29. What does the underlined word "quash" in Para.4 probably mean?
A. study B. predict C. ease D. cause
30. We can learn from the last paragraph that _____.
A. light at night may have practical effects on people
B. the biological clock is beneficial to humans
C. human mood disorders cannot be healed easily
D. human studies are more important than animal studies
31. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Nighttime light may foster depression.
B. A drug has been found to cure mood disorders.
C. The study on animals can be applied to humans.
D. Human biological clock can be controlled by light.
D
In a conversation with an acquaintance, your brain might skip ahead, anticipating the words that the other person will say. Perhaps then you will cry out whatever comes to mind. Or maybe you will nurse your guess quietly, waiting to see if — out of all the hundreds of thousands of possibilities — your conversational partner will arrive at the same word you have been thinking of. Amazingly, your companion will often do so.
How does the brain do this? Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers brought a new take to the question using a technique called integrative modeling. They compared dozens of machine-learning algorithms called neural networks to brain scans and other data. The researchers had a two-part goal: they wanted to figure out how the brain processes language and in doing so expand on what machine-learning algorithms can teach us about the brain.
The modeling technique shows that a key role may be played by next-word prediction, which is central to algorithms such as those that suggest words as you write your texts and e-mails. The researchers discovered that models that expert at next-word prediction are also best at anticipating brain activity patterns and reading times. So it seems like these models are not just useful for presenting the word “want” after you have typed “do you” — or for allowing computers to complete any number of tasks from behind the scenes. They may all offer a window into how your brain makes sense of the flood of words coming out of your friend’s mouth.
The researchers claim that this study marks the first time that a machine-learning algorithm has been matched to brain data to explain the workings of a high-level cognitive task. The finding suggests that predictive processing is central to how we understand language and proves how artificial neural networks can offer key insights into cognition.
“I did not think this would happen in my lifetime.” says Evelina Fedorenko, a cognitive neuroscientist at M. I. T. “These models are much better than I would have predicted, relative to human neural data. That just opens up all sorts of doors.”
32．What will happen in a conversation with your friend according to paragraph 1?
A．Your mind will be blank. B．Your friend will be silent.
C．You will have much to say. D．You will get what you predict.
33．What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A．The foundation of modeling. B．The heart of algorithms.
C．The process of modeling. D．The methods of algorithms.
34．Which is the best title for the text?
A．The Brain Guesses What Words Come Next
B．Integrative Modelings Affect How Conversations Go
C．Artificial Neural Networks Teach Humans How the Brain Works
D．Machine-learning Algorithms Explain Why the Brain Has High Cognition
35．What is probably the text continued with?
A．Wider survey of human neural data.
B．More introduction to human neural data.
C．Further study about the integrative models.
D．Deeper explanation of high-level cognition.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Four Qualities That Make You Attractive to Others
There is something many people gets wrong about attraction. 36 The reality is that attraction usually has more to do with personality characteristics than appearance. What follows are four qualities that can make you highly attractive to others.
Have control over your emotions. It's not easy to always have control over your emotions. And people who do are extremely attractive. Have control over your emotions so that your emotions don't control you. Allow yourself to think about what you're going to say. 37
Laugh at yourself. It's not what happens to us that makes us feel stressed. 38 Every time you laugh at yourself, you decide to minimize something that could affect you negatively. Laughing at yourself is an attractive quality, as it means you don't take yourself too seriously.
39 When you show your warmth, people see you as respectful and friendly. Also, they see you as someone approachable. A warm person says hello to and cares about you after your long and tough day. This quality is important for you to build meaningful relationships.
Give plenty of space. The secret to long-lasting relationships is space, because time apart helps each partner recharge and bring positive energy into the relationship. 40 They don't let others breathe. Instead, those who let others have their space when they need it are extremely attractive.
A. Be warm.
B. Controlling people are unattractive.
C. Don't be too quick to show warmth.
D. It's how we react to it that affects us.
E. They should develop a sense of humor.
F. Take your time to cool down and reorganize your thoughts.
G. They think they have to look beautiful to be accepted by others.
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Lewis B. Smedes once said, “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” For years Tom Anderson’s life was withered up(枯萎) by the memory of his 41 in an adventure that 42 the death of one of his classmates. He and his wife 43 after six years of marriage. Then the news about Tom changed. His wife Betty came back; he 44 a fine position.
One day he told me what had changed his life, “I used to think nothing could 45 what I had done. The thought of my 46 would stop me in the middle of a smile. It put a 47 between my wife and me. Then I had an 48 visit from the person I dreaded(恐惧)most to see -- the mother of the college classmate who died. ‘Unless you forgive, you cannot love.’ She said, ‘And without love, life has no 49 .’ She paused, and then said 50 , ‘You are the one person who hasn’t forgiven Tom Anderson.’ I found there in her eye 51 to be the person I might have been if her boy had lived. For the first time in my life I felt 52 to love and be loved.”
Forgiveness is truly the 53 grace(慈悲)，through which we gain the freedom to learn from experience. But forgiving our shortcomings doesn’t mean 54 that they exist. On the contrary, it means facing them 55 .
41. A. reputation B. part C. possession D. identity
42. A. led to B. figured out C. participated in D. counted on
43. A. registered B. withdrew C. separated D. accompanied
44. A. presented B. promoted C. guaranteed D. earned
45. A. give up B. hold up C. make up for D. take up
46. A. guilt B. drawback C. survival D. accusation
47. A. reminder B. wall C. reserve D. label
48. A. unavoidable B. unexpected C. undoubted D. unbearable
49. A. concept B. standard C. meaning D. principle
50. A. deliberately B. happily C. morally D. sincerely
51. A. permission B. passion C. occupation D. attempt
52. A. reasonable B. significant C. worthy D. innocent
53. A. remembering B. demanding C. challenging D. saving
54. A. denying B. assuming C. clarifying D. supporting
55. A. emotionally B. diligently C. temporarily D. realistically
第二节 语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lushan National Park, in the south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a well-known tourist attraction both in China and abroad. It has appealed 56 countless visitors on account of its natural views and cultural relics.
The national park covers an area of 500 square kilometers and has more than 90 mountain peaks（山峰）. The tallest one of these is Hanyang Peak which has a 57 （high）of 1,473.4 meters. The park owes its reputation to its 58 （wonder）, elegant and impressive highlights such as waterfalls and rocks. There are 12 main scenic areas, together with 37 attractions. The major 59 （spot）include Wulao Feng, Sandie Spring, etc.
Wulao Feng, 60 is located in the southeast of Lushan, is 1,436 meters above sea level. Its five parallel mountain peaks once formed a single one, and standing on the top, you will 61 （reward）with an amazing view of the distant mountains, trees, lakes, and a seemingly endless sky.
Sandie Spring 62 （lie）below Wulao Feng and drops through three rough tiers（层）with a fall of 155 meters. The upper part is like snow 63 （fall）down to the pond; the middle reach wanders and twists, dancing in the air；the lower level looks like a dragon running in the pond. This is thought 64 （be）the best of the Lushan waterfalls. It is said that you are not 65 true visitor here if you miss Sandie Spring.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
前不久，你校学生一同观看了我国神州十四号飞船发射直播，大家倍受鼓舞。为使学生了解更多的航天知识，你校决定举行一次关于航天科学的讲座。假设你是国际学校的学生会主席李华，请用英语写一则书面通知，内容包括：
1.讲座的时间、地点；
2.讲座的目的及内容；
注意：
　　1.词数80左右；
　　2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：飞船spacecraft       发射launch        航天科学 Space Science
Notice
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第二节：读后续写（满分25分）
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
续写
Charlie was a 9-year-old boy who had to endure the news of a devastating house fire that left his mom Annie in a coma(昏迷). The young boy was in school, and his father was at work, leaving his mom alone at home when it happened.
Although Annie did not suffer major burns, she had breathed in too much dirty air, which led to the coma. Charlie was sorry to lose their home in the fire, but what scared him most was losing his mom.
“I want to be with Mom all the time, Dad. I need to take care of her and make sure that she wakes up！”he told his dad, Chris.
“I know that, Charlie, but you need to go to school,” Chris replied. “I’ll have the school bus send you to the hospital after school every day so you can be with your mom, alright? I’m sure she can feel your presence.”
Chris was sad to lose their home, too. He feared that he would lose his wife and somehow blamed himself for not being there when she needed him most. But despite all his feelings, he hid them from Charlie because he had to remain strong. If Charlie knew his real feelings the little boy would be more afraid.
“It will be your mom’s birthday soon. Why don’t we make her a card? I’m sure she’ll appreciate it when she wakes up,” Chris suggested, watching Charlie hold his mom’s hand.
Charlie nodded and suddenly remembered the gift he had kept for his mom “Can you take me back to our old house, Dad? I left a gift there for Mom a short time ago. I’d like to see if it’s still there,” he asked.
Chris could feel his heart ache because he knew Charlie wouldn’t find the gift. However, despite this, he said yes, and the two visited their old house before returning to the apartment they were renting.
Paragraph 1:
Charlie did not know where to start looking for the gift.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
A couple of days later, Charlie and Chris celebrated Annie's birthday at the hospital. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



2022-2023学年度（上）省六校协作体高三10月份联合考试
英语答案
听力 1-5 CABCA 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 BCBAA 16-20 CCBCB
阅读： 21-23 DBC 24-27 ACBB 28-31 DCAA 32-35 DAAC
七选五： 36-40 GFDAB
完型填空：41-45 BACDC 46-50 ABBCD 51-55 ACDAD
语法填空：56. to 57. height 58. wonderful 59. spots 60. which
61. be rewarded 62. lies 63. falling 64. to be 65. a
应用文：
Notice
In order to let students learn more about Space Science, a lecture about it will be held in the school hall at 2 o’clock this Friday afternoon and will last two hours.
The lecture mainly involves 2 parts, the first of which is a brief introduction of our recent launch. The second part will be given by the same experts and will be about the scientific benefits of space flight. It will be given in such a way that you will understand it. So you will learn a lot from the lecture and have a better understanding of space.
Everyone who is interested in the lecture is welcome.
The Students’ Union

续写：
Paragraph 1:
Charlie did not know where to start looking for the gift. There was barely anything recognizable in the house until he noticed a piece of his colorful bedroom lamp. He had kept the gift under it, so he started to dig through the ruins. After a while, Chris was surprised to see Charlie holding a small box. “I found it, Dad!” he yelled. After opening the box, Chris saw a necklace and a photo of Charlie and Annie with the words “Thank you, Mom. I love you!”
Paragraph 2:
A couple of days later, Charlie and Chris celebrated Annie’s birthday at the hospital. Charlie gently placed the necklace around his mom’s neck. “I hope you wake up soon, so you can see my gift,” he whispered. Annie seemed to have heard Charlie’s request, and her eyes started to open. “You know what, son?” she began to tell Charlie. “When I was in a coma, I couldn’t feel anything. However, I knew your arms were around my neck.’ Charlie felt the power of love and embraced his mom tightly.


附：听力原文
(Text 1)
W: Do you have a favorite type of film? I can’t decide between comedy and drama.
M: I like the stories where they have to solve a mystery and catch a bad guy.
(Text 2)
W: If it’s raining, I’ll wear my blue jacket. But if it’s windy, I’ll wear the black one.
M: But it’s warm today.
W: Oh. My red jacket is best for that kind of weather.
(Text 3)
W: There is something very rare in our forest —— a tree that is much higher than the other plants.
M: I know. It grows up to about 50 meters and the tree’s branches are used to make boats and furniture.
(Text 4)
W: What happened to that gift card? I was going to use it to buy some lipstick and clothes.
M: I used it to buy earrings for your mother last week. Its due date was yesterday, so I had to use it before it was useless.
(Text 5)
W: You aren’t going to make it. The meeting begins at 8:30, and it’s almost 7:45. What time did you get up?
M: An hour ago. I’ve been chatting with my colleagues all this time. We decided to have the meeting online instead.
(Text 6)
W: You have been to lots of countries, haven’t you? What language do they speak in Scotland?
M: The Scots have their own language. They also speak English, but with a different accent from their neighbors. The Irish also speak English, although they have their own language too.
W: What language do you speak? Can you speak any other languages?
M: Well, I am originally from Scotland, but I know a bit of German from when I worked in Germany.
W: What did you do there?
M: I helped them design and build cars. The Germans are very proud of their car industry. Lots of different makes are designed there.
W: Did you get to drive them?
M: Oh, yes. We used to drive them through Switzerland to a testing factory in Italy.
(Text 7)
W: My phone died again. I need to charge it before we go anywhere.
M: You are never ready, Tina! I am always waiting for you. Every time we’ve got together, you would be over 30 minutes late!
W: There’s always a good reason, Patrick…
M: Uh, not always! Each time, it’s a different excuse. First, it was your car...then you lost something… another time it was because you couldn’t find the right shoes…and now your phone needs to be charged? Come on!
W: Well, I bought the tickets of the concert through an app, and we have to show them on my phone to get in.
M: OK, look…if we don’t get there soon, we could miss the whole thing. I’ll drive us there and pay for parking, and you can charge your phone in my car.
(Text 8)
W: What are you doing, David?
M: I’m making pepper.
W: I didn’t know you could make pepper.
M: These are just different tastes that I add to regular black pepper. Look. This one on the shelf is made with hot red peppers. This one on the table is called sweet-and-sour pepper, and the one I’m making now is called green tea pepper.
W: Green tea pepper?
M: Yeah. First, I cut up some green tea leaves into very small pieces. Then I mix that with regular black pepper and leave it in the fridge for a month. After that, it tastes amazing!
W: What do you do with it?
M: I usually use it for meat and fish. But if you put a little on your eggs in the morning, it’s the best thing ever!
W: It sounds like a nice hobby, if you have the time. I think the regular pepper is just fine.
(Text 9)
M: I’m standing here in the small village of Point Pleasant. As you can see, the water level is at five feet, and it’s rushing through the streets like a river. Excuse me, Madam? What is your name?
W: Kelly Thompson.
M: Can you tell us what happened to you?
W: The storm hit us two days ago. I put boards on the windows and stayed inside, but the rain wouldn’t stop. When the water started coming in the house, I knew I had to get out.
M: So, what did you do?
W: I tried to drive my car, but it had floated away. My only choice was to swim to the nearest tall building. Once I got there, I ran up the stairs to the roof.
M: So how were you rescued?
W: By helicopter. They dropped us here at this school and have given us blankets and food.
M: What an amazing story! Do you have any advice for people living in areas where the storm will hit next?
W: Yes. Get out now. Do not try staying at home. It’s too dangerous.
M: Thank you, Kelly. If anyone would like to volunteer for rescue efforts or donate money, please call the number at the bottom of your screen.
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There is no doubt that Australia is one of the world’s greatest treasures, yet most of us would probably rather travel to North America, Europe, or Asia. Perhaps the main reason why people don’t visit Australia is because they are scared of its many deadly animals. After all, Australia is home to sharks and some of the world’s most poisonous spiders and snakes. Say what you will, but you can’t say Australia is boring! So today, why don’t we take a look at some of the country’s more positive aspects? Australia is a multicultural country full of kind and helpful people. They love to laugh and are very welcoming to visitors. Australia also has a very warm climate. In fact, the entire middle of the country is a desert. So all the big cities are spread around the coastal areas where it is cooler. Surfing is a hugely popular activity there. Most Australian children start the popular water sport once they can walk, and long before they learn how to ride a bike. This “beach life” is a big part of the Australian lifestyle, which explains why Australians always seem so relaxed and carefree. It’s true that Australia is mostly flat and lacks the mountains and green grasslands compared with nearby New Zealand. However, what more than makes up for it is its unique animals, friendly people, and beautiful beaches.