Australia has passed regulations that will enable more international students to further their education in the country.    The new measures were released by the Australian Department of Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations in September and will take effect in mid-2012.    As a result, the student visa application process for overseas students has been simplified, and the deposit (押金) required to study in Australia has been reduced. Language requirements for overseas students have also been eased.

Also, overseas students receiving a higher education in Australia will be granted a working visa lasting from two to four years after graduation, as long as they meet the basic IELTS requirement.    "This change will definitely make Australia a more attractive destination for Chinese students planning to study overseas," says Wang Lan, a consultant from Education International Cooperation Group (EIC), a Beijing-based company that provides services to students wishing to study overseas.

    However, in the past few years, many of Wang's student clients (客戶) could not start studies in Australia because they did not meet the language requirements, visa processing took a long time and deposit regulations were tough. The change in policy is good news for the parents of students wishing to study in Australia, Wang says.

   A 22-year-old female student surnamed Li, in Beijing, who is planning to do her postgraduate studies in Australia, learned about the policy change several weeks ago.

    "According to the previous deposit requirement for my student visa, my family was required to put down 550,000 yuan ($86,850). Now we only need to prepare 410,000 yuan. This is a relief for my parents," Li says.

She also says that the two to four years working visa makes her feel much clearer about her study plans.

    "I believe several years of working experience abroad will strengthen my competitiveness when I return to China," she says.

    Gaining a competitive advantage is the major reason for Chinese students to study abroad, according to the report by EIC.

1．What's the main idea of the passage? 

A. Language requirement for overseas students have been eased in Australia.

B. Australia is a most attractive place for students in China.

C. Australia widens window of opportunity for international students.

D. More students will work in Australia after their graduation.

2． Which of the following is NOT the content of the new regulations? 

A. The student visa application process for overseas students has been simplified.

B. The deposit required to study in Australia has been reduced.

C. Language requirements for overseas students have been more difficult.

D. After graduation, some overseas students can get a working visa in Australia.

3．After the new regulations are passed, _______ . 

A. more students will come to Australia to work

B. more Chinese students will choose to live in Australia.

C. the opportunities to work in Australia decrease for overseas students

D. more Chinese students will choose to further their education in Australia

4．How much can Li's parents save according to the new regulations? 

A. 550,000 yuan         B. 140,000 yuan        C. 410,000 yuan        D. 86,850 yuan

5． Why do many students want to work in Australia after their graduation? 

A. The working experience abroad will strengthen their competitiveness.

B. They can earn more money in Australia.

C. Their working experience can make them stay in Australia forever.

D. They have to do so according to the new regulations.

My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to ▲ our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran ▲up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence(圍欄). Without  ▲ the boys ahead of me vaulted（躍過） over the fence bravely.

   What should I do? Take the stairs and ▲ a girl, or jump over the fence and look ▲? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both ▲ on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy. I didn’t ▲ it. As I tried, my foot  ▲ on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to ▲ off the accident, but then I felt something moving  ▲ me. Just then I saw ▲seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive（蜂窩）!  I ▲up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an ▲ situation I was in!

   My clothes were covered with  ▲. I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss.  ▲this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and ▲ out of my mouth!

   I had gained the  ▲ of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been ▲almost 40 bees stings(蟄) all over my body. I learned a most  ▲ lesson that day. When we are led by the ▲  to show off（炫耀）, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.

1. A. race               B. walk           C. set             D. get

2. A. already             B . happily         C. fast        D. straight

3. A. fun           B. fear            C. help            D. luck

4. A. feel like    B. care about    C. look like        D. wait for

5. A. cool     B. worried      C .strong          D. excited

6. A. feet          B. hands                C. arms           D. legs

7. A. do                B. climb          C. succeed        D. make

8. A. arrived    B. got                C. stepped         D. caught

9. A. fall                B. put              C. laugh            D. look

10. A. inside    B. under  C. up      B. beside

11. A. that               B. which                C. what           D. if

12. A. jumped                B. stood         C. picked        D. sat

13. A. embarrassing(尷尬) B. hopeless           C. difficult     D. pleasing

14. A. tears              B. grass         C. dust                 D. bees

15. A. For              B. At              C. In             D. With

16. A. almost            B. again         C. still             D. even

17. A. experienceB. attention     C. knowledge    D. respect

18. A. got               B. found           C. given          D. put

19. A. valuable  B. deepest       C. difficult             D. successful

20. A. courage    B. leader            C. desire(欲望)     D. teacher

Helen ________ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ______ home.

A. has left; comes      B. left; had come        C. had left; came     D. had left; would come

–How much salt did you put in the soup?

--I’m sorry to say, _________. I forgot.

A. none                B. no one             C. nothing          D. No

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _________ the shocking ending.

A. give away            B. give out           C. give up          D. give off

—Do you want tea or coffee?

—________.I really don’t mind.

A．None                                         B．Neither

C．Either                                         D．All

Now many people move into cities in order to have their children __________.

A.better educate

B.receive well education

C.better educated

D.accept better education

When a person is ________， talking with others often helps him feel better.

A．in trouble        B．in danger

C．in silence        D．in charge

—Were you surprised by the ending of the film?

—No. I ______the book, so I already knew the story.

A. was reading　 B. am reading　 C. have read　 D. had read

Although it is _____ to watch programs on TV sometimes, I think people shouldn’t spend all the time watching it.

A. worthwhile    B. worthy    C. worth    D. worthy of