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1. Queensland is ____of Australia.

A the second smallest state

B the second and oldest state

C the smallest state

D the second and youngest state

2. Australia is located between ____and the Indian Ocean.

A pacific ocean B the Atlantic

C the North Sea D the arctic

3. With regard to its size, Australia is ____country in the world.

A the third largest B the fourth largest

C the sixth largest D the fifth largest

4. _____is called the premier state, because it is the oldest of the Australian states.

A Queensland B New South Wales

C Western Australia D Tasmaniais

5. The largest state in terms of area's_____.

A Queensland B New South Wales

C Victoria D Western Australia

6. ____ is the oldest newspaper in Australia.

A The Sydney morning herald

B The Australia

C Daily mirror

D Sun

7. The Australian national day is set on January 26 to commemorate___

A the first European settlement of continent

B the founding of the commonwealth of Australia

C the discovery of the great southern "unknown land"

D Jacques Cartier’s first voyage around Australia

8. In 1788 Australia was settled by the British as a colony founded___.

A to receive convicts from Britain

B to receive free settlers

C to supply Britain with wool and food

D to expand Britain's imperial power

9. Australia is world's largest exporter of____.

A wheat B meat

C daily products D wool

10. Under the Whitlam government” god save the queen’ was replaced by ___as Australian national anthem.

A waltzing matlda

B click goes the shears

C advance Australia fair

D my country

答案

【答案】

1.D

Queensland是澳大利亚东北部一州，仅次于西澳大利州，为第二大州，也是最年轻的州，被称为“阳光州”。

2 A

澳大利亚位于太平洋西部和印度洋之间，其领土包括澳大利亚大陆和塔斯马尼亚岛等。Tasmanials是澳大利亚最小的岛。

3 C

就面积来讲,澳大利亚是世界上第六大国家,它是世界上最小的州，也是世界上只包含一个国家的州，是大洋洲最大的国家。

4 B

new south wales是澳大利亚最古老的州，被称为“第一州”，为人口最多的州，其首府为sydney，sydney是澳大利亚最大的城市和港口，是欧洲人在澳大利亚的第一个定居地。澳大利亚首都是Canberra，而不是sydney　　　

5 D

就面积而言，western Australia是澳大利亚最大的州，因其丰富的矿产资源而著名，就人口而言，New south Wales为澳大利亚人口最多的州，而人口最少的是Tasmaniais

6 A

The sydney morning herald悉尼先驱晨报为澳大利亚最古老的报纸，为澳大利亚2大全国性的日报之一，澳大利亚发行量最大的日报是Sun News Pictorial太阳新闻画报。

7 A

在澳大利亚，每年1月26日为国庆日，已纪念1788年首批欧洲移民定居。

8 A

In1788，英国在澳洲建立殖民地的目的主要是把澳大利亚作为囚犯流放地。

9 D

澳大利亚为世界最大羊毛和煤的出口国。

10 C

advance Australia fair澳大利亚，前进。1981年被定为澳大利亚国歌，代替惠特拉姆政府时期的god save the queen