D．Its words and expressions are easy to understand.

　　B　[细节理解题。根据第一段中的"Other words are indigenous(本土的) to Australia and derived from Aboriginal terms..."可以得出B项正确。]

　　4．It can be inferred from the passage that ．

　　A. British English and American English are quite different

　　B．the lively phrases in Australian English are beyond comparison

　　C．in Australian English city speech is usually faster than country speech

　　D．the differences in Australian English will not cause confusion

　　B　[推理判断题。根据第一段第三句可以推断出，澳大利亚英语中短语的形象和生动性是无可比拟的。]

　　III.完形填空

　　Everybody knows how to learn.Learning is a natural thing.It begins the 1 we are born.Our first teachers are our families.At home we learn to talk and to 2 and feed ourselves.We learn these and other skills by 3 .

　　Then we go to school.A teacher tells us 4 to learn and how to learn.Many teachers teach us, and we pass many tests and exams.Then people say we are 5 .

　　Are we really educated? Let's 6 the real meaning of learning.Knowing facts doesn't 7 being able to solve problems.Solving problems requires creativity, not just a good 8 ．Some people who don't know many 9 can also be good at solving problems.

　　Henry Ford is a good 10 ．He left school at the age of 15.Later, when his company couldn't build cars 11 enough, he solved the problem.He 12 of the assembly line.Today the answer seems 13 ．Yet，just think of the many university graduates who 14 solve any problems.

　　What does a good teacher do? Does he 15 students facts to remember? Well，yes，we must sometimes remember facts.But a good teacher 16 students how to find answers.He brings us to the stream of knowledge so we can think for ourselves.When we are 17 ， we know where to go.

True learning combines intake with output.We take information 18 our brains.Then we use it.Think of a 19 ；it stores a lot of information, but it can't