1 . Gold Coast Suns VS. North Melbourne

Venue: Metricon Stadium

Date and time: Sunday, 30 August, 2021, 6:10 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Gates open: 5 p.m.

Important information

Nerang Station shuttles will operate for this game. Make sure you don’t miss the opening bounce at 6:10 p.m. Plan your journey and arrive well before the match starts.

Scheduled services

Use the journey planner to find out which scheduled bus and train services travel to and from Metricon Stadium. Check for current and upcoming service changes.

Metricon Stadium is close to Nerang station, and bus stops on Nerang-Broadbeach Road and Birmingham Road (approximately 470 metres away).

Major track closure — Northern lines Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 August

Timetabled rail buses will operate, but please allow extra time when heading to the game.

Additional services

Trains

No additional trains will operate for this event.

Buses

No additional buses will operate for this event.

Boowaggan Road and Broadbeach South station shuttles will not operate for this event.

Ticket and fare information

Free travel with Surfside Buslines and Queensland Rail.

If you have a pre-purchased game ticket or Suns membership card, you can travel free to and from the game on all regular Queensland Rail City Network trains and Surfside Buslines services.

Free travel begins 4 hours before and concludes 4 hours after the event ends.

Event information

Visit the Metricon Stadium website or call 5510 6000 for more information.

1. When will the stadium open?

A．At 6:10 p.m.

B．At 8:30 p.m.

C．At 5:00 p.m.

D．At 8:10 a.m.

2. Which transport means can you take for free?

A．Rail buses.

B．Trains.

C．Shuttles.

D．Queensland Rail.

3. Who is this passage written for?

A．Businessmen.

B．Audiences.

C．Passengers.

D．Tourists.

2 . 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。

“No 7, Jobie Nymble, takes the lead,” cried the announcer. “Just one more hurdle (跨栏) and ...” Cheers broke out. “Jobie Nymble from Riverside Middle School takes first place in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles!” The crowd went wild.

“County championships (锦标赛), here we come,” screamed Jobie, patting her green track spikes (钉鞋). They were her lucky shoes and she loved them. “Next Saturday, we’re taking home the gold,” Jobie whispered to her spikes, excitedly retying them.

“Don’t forget, guys,” said Marisol, one of her teammates. “My birthday party is next Friday at Hidden Park.”

Next weekend couldn’t come soon enough. Jobie smiled with excitement all week long. At track practice, she leaped over those hurdles faster than she’d ever leaped before. And it wasn’t long before everything in her path was a hurdle: flowerpots in her front yard, sidewalk cracks on the way to the bus stop and even her little sister, Teka!

The day of Marisol’s party, Jobie put on her favorite outfit: her blue shorts, an old track T-shirt from her dad, and her lucky spikes. “Perfect.” She smiled at herself in the mirror.

The party was under way when Jobie arrived at Hidden Park. She stopped by the track first, planning to do some practice.

“Jobie!” Two of Jobie’s teammates rushed toward her, breathless and barefoot. “Come on,” they yelled. “You have to try the slide.”

Jobie looked toward the party area. Suddenly, she saw it. The biggest slide she had ever seen was on the far side of the park. Smiling kids zoomed down the slide at unspeakable speeds. Without thinking twice, Jobie took off her spikes and dashed (猛冲) toward the slide. Its ladder stretched to the sky, but she reached the top in no time, closed her eyes and let go.

Jobie couldn’t get enough. She tried again and again. When it was finally time to go home, she unwillingly made her way back to the track where she’d left her shoes.

续写部分：
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语以为你写好；
Paragraph 1：

As she eyed the area from a distance, panic set in.

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Paragraph 2：

The next day, Jobie turned up in a new pair of spikes for the championships.

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3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Freedom above snow

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us, people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games,     1     will start in five months. Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, looks to be one of the superstars of the event.

Born to an American father and a Chinese mother, Gu     2     (decide) to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months later, she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup.     3     strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in March.

People say she is     4     (talent). But Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is     5     counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours    6     (go) to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill     7     (practice) skiing.

Gu said she wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports , many of which have only been known there for 20 years, according to the Olympics website. She said skiing gives her “    8     (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.

Now she     9     (prepare) for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete. “Of course, I want to win medals and even golds,” Gu said. “But what’s     10     (important) is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport.”

4 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

It was a cold winter. After work, I returned home. I started to take my coat off, when my son Justin ran through the door of his room. He shouted, “Dad! Dad! I’m going to play baseball tonight.”

“Where at?”

“I don’t know! It’s downtown somewhere. Dad, it’s just downtown. We’ll find it.” I pulled my jacket back on. He took the baseball glove. It fit his left hand; he was left handed—not a good match. “So where are we going?” I asked.

“ I don’t know, Dad.”He ran to the door. “It’s downtown.” Saint John was not a big city. There were only a few blocks in either direction. “ I think it’s in the south end, Dad.” My son stared at me and held his glove. “ We’ll find it.”

We crossed the city center and entered the south end. We saw a few kids with gloves on their hands. “ I guess we’re heading in the right direction, son. Those kids look like they are ready for a baseball game.”

Justin’s eyes were sparkled with excitement, “ See? I told you, Dad.”“ I always believe in you, Justin.” I replied with a big smile. We found the field. The wind froze the parents through to the bone, but the kids failed to notice it. Their minds were on baseball.

It was a rag-tag group of boys and girls, just enough to form three teams. It was a poor league and there were no uniforms. They were lucky to have shirts that matched. They played in T-shirts and jeans. The young kids had no idea where the ball was to be thrown. I would have laughed, but my son was one of the ones throwing the ball to the wrong base. The three teams battled with each other, won and lost. The coaches, who were actually just elder kids, were patient. It was a game and they treated it that way. At the same time, they taught and encouraged the younger players.

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I heard that they would take part in the city baseball competition the next summer.

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Paragraph 2:

Nine months later, in winter, they attended the second city baseball competition.

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5 . The modern Olympics, which appeared in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, have become the world’s most important sporting competition. From the 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D., the the ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately every two years. The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed one year because of the COVID-19, was held in Japan in 2021.

The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location (位置) at Olympia, a place near the western coast in southern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the Olympic Games held every four years.

After the Roman Empire conquered (征服) Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality dropped. For example from 67 A. D., the Emperor Nero entered an Olympic horse race, announcing himself the winner even after he fell off his horse during the event. In 393 A. D., Emperor Theodosius Ⅰ ended the ancient Olympic tradition.

It was another 1,500 years before the Games rose again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Working hard at the development of physical education, the young man became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic building. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin suggested the idea of making the Olympics an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval (批准) he needed to found the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games.

1. What do we know about the modern Olympics?

A．The modern Olympics became famous in the 18th century.

B．The first Winter Olympics was held in 1994.

C．The first modern Olympics dates back to 1896.

D．The latest Winter Olympics will delay for two years.

2. How often were the ancient Olympics held?

A．Every year.	B．Every other year.
C．Every three years.	D．Every four years.

3. When did the ancient Olympics end?

A．In 393 A. D.	B．In 67 A. D.
C．In the mid-2nd century B. C.	D．About 1,500 years ago.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．The ancient Olympics

B．The modern Olympics

C．The Olympics developed through years

D．The Olympics are popular in modern time

6 . Jessica gave an account of her experience as a volunteer for the city half-marathon. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs in the box below.

make       train       blow       place       carry       cheer

By the time Cathy and I, together with other volunteers for the city half-marathon, arrived at 4:30 a.m., tables     1     on both sides of the road. Bottles of water and paper cups     2     to different tables, so Cathy and I immediately went to help. Then, we took our place at the table and quickly started to arrange the bottles and cups so that they looked like an army of soldiers standing in line for inspection.

I took a step back, and looked at the scene with satisfaction. For the previous couple of weeks, I     3     on how to be a volunteer for the half-marathon. I decided to volunteer for this year’s half-marathon after the chairman of the organizing committee visited my school. We were told that the competitors would be raising money for charity, and while I didn’t feel that I had a strong constitution to run that far, I thought the next best thing would be to help those who could.

After all the preparations     4    , the exciting half-marathon began. Cathy and I waited patiently until word spread that the first runners would be arriving soon. As the tired, thirsty runners ran along, they     5     by the crowds. Cathy and I quickly poured water into the cups for them. After the last runner passed, I found paper cups and plastic bottles everywhere. The litter     6     around by the wind as I bent over to pick up a plastic bottle. Cathy and I started clearing up. We were tired and wet with sweat but it felt really good to know that we had been able to help others.

7 . In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. ______ then many countries have ______ held the Olympics, such as England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. ______ more than a century the Games returns to its hometown this year.

______ people hold the Olympic Games, they ______ make an emblem (会徽). The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games this year is a ______ circle of olive branches in the sky.

Now Athens is developing a ______ of`peace (和平). An officer said, while in Athens, the ______ should be at peace.We hope the peace is not just ______ a short time. We would like the ______ from the Athens Games to help countries come together and ______ their problems.

Four years ______ the Olympic Games will be held in ______ And China has already ______ a seal as the emblem of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.The emblem has a ______ Chinese character on a red seal and ______“ Chinese seal-dancing Beijing.” Below it, there are the ______“ Beijing 2008 ”. The character in the emblem is “Jing". It means “______” of China and it is also like a runner______ a dancer. The running figure (人形) of the emblem______ the spirit of the Olympics faster, higher and stronger.

1.

A．Since

B．Before

C．Although

D．For

2.

A．badly

B．successfully

C．directly

D．hardly

3.

A．As

B．When

C．After

D．For

4.

A．While

B．When

C．Because

D．Though

5.

A．sometimes

B．already

C．never

D．always

6.

A．red

B．blue

C．white

D．yellow

7.

A．spirit

B．song

C．conversation

D．mind

8.

A．earth

B．group

C．challenge

D．world

9.

A．as

B．for

C．in

D．with

10.

A．pride

B．mark

C．track

D．message

11.

A．watch

B．see

C．solve

D．fit

12.

A．ago

B．later

C．also

D．yet

13.

A．Greece

B．America

C．Canada

D．China

14.

A．found

B．got

C．made

D．set

15.

A．easy

B．shy

C．bad

D．single

16.

A．means

B．seems

C．treats

D．fails

17.

A．things

B．notices

C．words

D．lines

18.

A．story

B．capital

C．truth

D．interest

19.

A．or

B．and

C．but

D．while

20.

A．regards

B．points

C．keeps

D．shows

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why was the man excited?

A．His team reached the final.

B．His class beat Class Three.

C．He watched a great soccer game.

2. What suggestion does the woman make?

A．Knowing well about each other.

B．Cheering his teammates up.

C．Communicating well with each other.

3. When will the final begin?

A．Next Tuesday.

B．Next Thursday.

C．Next Saturday.

9 . 假如你是张璐，你在报上看到上海电视台今年12月将举办外国人“学中文，唱中文歌”才艺大赛。你的美国朋友Tom正在上海一所大学学中文，你觉得他应该去试一试。请按以下要点给他写一封邮件告知此事。
1. 报名时间：11月16日前，比赛时间：12月30日
2. 报名地点：上海电视台
3. 鼓励Tom去参加比赛，相信他的唱歌才能
4. 表示给他提供帮助
注意：1. 信的格式已给出；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 词数：100左右。
参考词汇：“学中文, 唱中文歌”才艺大赛：
“Learn Chinese, Sing Chinese Songs” Talent Show
报名：   sign up        
电视台：TV Station
Dear Tom,
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Yours，

Zhang Lu

10 . Being seventeen without money can be depressing. When the opportunity arrives to earn some needed cash, it would be foolish to pass it up. It is for this reason that when the opportunity to referee elementary basketball came my way, I jumped at the chance. I thought it would be a fun way to earn some “easy money”.

During the years I played on the court and watched the games, I often found myself criticizing the referees. I was completely convinced that I could do a much better job because of my love for basketball and my familiarity of the game. How difficult could it be, especially with a bunch of third graders?

I looked forward to my first night as a referee, but all of my fantasies wore off from the beginning of the game. These sweet and innocent third grade boys immediately transformed into horrible creatures right before me. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine the extent of competitiveness in the game. A battle was in progress on the court while the inhumane bystanders cheered and yelled from the stands. My only companion, the whistle, suffered from a severe case of stage fear, filling my head with doubt every time I wished to blow it. My lack of action fueled the heartless crowd. Even on the rare occasions when my whistle gained enough courage to pause the fighting, the pitiless bystanders still couldn't calm. The sense of failure flooded every inch of my soul. With only five minutes remaining, Michael, another referee, came in time, saving me from losing my mind. In a flash, I passed my whistle and quickly ran to the safety of the stands.

I realized just how difficult refereeing was. I could have let this heartbreaking evening ruin my future on the court, but instead it stimulated a sense of determination in me to do it better. I still hope to become a great referee someday. In order for this to become a reality, it will take many hours of practice and hard work. No matter how much I wish the cash would be handed to me without requiring any effort, I learned from this experience that there is no such thing as “easy money”.

1. What made the author accept the offer to serve as a basketball referee?

A．His desire for money.	B．His passion for basketball.
C．His poor family background.	D．His academic qualifications.

2. What did the author initially think of the third grade boys before refereeing the game?

A．Lovely.

B．Mature.

C．Impolite.

D．Competitive.

3. What happened to the author during the game?

A．He was too nervous to blow the whistle.

B．He was at a loss how to announce the results.

C．He couldn't avoid the bystanders' physical attack.

D．He couldn't handle the tough situation on the court.

4. What can we learn from the author's experience?

A．Lazy hands make for poverty.	B．Money does not grow on trees.
C．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.	D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.