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Australia Australia is a large country lying between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia is an island, like Britain, but unlike Britain it is vast. It is, in fact, nearly twenty- five
times as
large as
the British
Isles. Most of Australia is a semi-desert. People cannot live where there is no water, and so most of
the people
in Australia live in
the richer
south-east. The first Australian people were the dark-skinned Aborigines, and though the coming of the white settlers destroyed their tribal lives, some sixty thousand still survive in
Australia today. They account for about 1% (percent) of the population. They may be found in the inland areas of the country. Some live-in reservations, others work as stockmen, shepherds and cattle drivers. Some live-in modern cities but it is not really easy for them. They have to fight for their rights. The first Europeans to land in this country were Dutch sailors who were blown off their course across the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth century. They were not impressed by what they found. It remained for Captain Cook, an Englishman, who arrived in 1770 to notice the possibilities of the new country. He hoisted the British Flag, and Australia was British. Though Cook was warmly congratulated on his discovery, nothing was done about it until after the American Revolution when royalists', who had to leave the United States, appealed to the British Colonial Office for new colonies, in which to settle, The British Government needed a place to send British prisoners, too. And Captain Cook's discovery was remembered. Thus, it was that over 1,000 people, 850 of them convicts, set sail in 1787 to start the first European colony in Australia. The national holiday, Australia Day, is now celebrated on or near January 26th in memory of the landing of the British in 1788. Explorers followed, and though they met with great hardships, they discovered good, rich places to live in, they found minerals, they began to build new settlements. The young country grew very fast. Today Australia is an independent federative state consisting of 6 states and 2 territories. It is a member of the Commonwealth headed by the British Queen. The national language is English. The capital of Australia is Canberra; the largest cities are Sidney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
43. It is difficult for Aborigines to live in mod em cities, because they have to … A) wear costumes B) study at school C) fight for their rights D) speak English 44. Toda y Australia is an independent federative stale consisting of 6 states and … territories. A) 26 B) 6
C) 2 D) 18
45. Australia is an isl and and nearly … times as large as the British Isles. A) 6 B) 25
C) 26 D) 18
46. Coming of white settlers destroyed … life of Aborigines A) tribal B) modem C) industrial D) rural 47. The majority of the Aborigines … in cities. A) are happy B) live C) survive D) do not live 48. The national language of Australia is … A) English and Australian B) Australian C) French D) English 49. The national holiday is celebrated in memory of … of the British. A) landing B) living C) fighting D) destroying 50. Some dark-s kinned Aborigines live in … cities but it is not really easy for them. A) modern B) small C) old
D) large
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