Question

     To New Zealanders,their big brother across the Tasman Sea in Australia was always 1.(confidence) and exciting. With the purpose of 2. (find) well-paid jobs,the Kiwis have 3. (traditional) gone west in vast numbers.

     But things are changing. New Zealand has a renewed sense of confidence,and 4.(encourage) by the international success of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies (三部曲)5. is not only foreign tourists that are heading to Middle-earth. Others are seeking fresh opportunities in a “rock star” economy.

     For 6. first time in 24 years,more people are now heading east from Australia to New Zealand.

     The end of a long mining boom in Australia and the rebounding of its trans-Tasman neighbour's fortunes are among the main 7. (reason) .

     “We’ve been describing New Zealand 8. a rock star in the sense that it has been doing 9. (well) than almost all of the other developed world economies over the past couple of years ,” says Paul Bloxham,HSBC’s chief economist for Australia and New Zealand.

     Recent figures show 10. employ- ment growth in Australia is running at 2%, while across the Tasman Sea the Kiwis are enjoying rates of more than 3%.

Answer 1

1. confident。考查形容詞作表語的用 法。設空處作表語且與exciting并 列，故填 confident。

2. finding。.考查動詞-ing形式作賓語 的用法。介詞后需用動詞-ing形式 作賓語，故填finding。

3. traditionally。考查副詞。設空處修 飾謂語，故填traditionally。

4. encouraged。考查過去分詞作狀語 的用法。encourage 與 foreign tourists之間是邏輯上的動賓關系，故填 encouraged。

5. it。考查it的用法。設空處所在 句是一個強調句，故填it。

6. the。考查定冠詞。for the first time意為“第一次”。

7. reasons。考查名詞0由are可知， 應填reason的復數形式。

8. as。考查介詞。describe ... as ... 意為“將……描述為……”。

9. better。考查副詞的比較級。由 than可知應填well的比較級形

10. that。考查連接詞。設空處引導 賓語從句且從句意義及成分均 完整，故填that。