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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:
    1 D Queensland是澳大利亞?wèn)|北部一州,僅次于西澳大利州,為第二大州,也是最年輕的州,被稱為"陽(yáng)光州".
    2 A 澳大利亞位于太平洋西部和印度洋之間,其領(lǐng)土包括澳大利亞大陸和塔斯馬尼亞島等.Tasmanials是澳大利亞最小的島.
    3 C就面積來(lái)講,澳大利亞是世界上第六大國(guó)家,它是世界上最小的州,也是世界上只包含一個(gè)國(guó)家的州,是大洋洲的國(guó)家.
    4 B new south wales是澳大利亞最古老的州,被稱為"第一州",為人口最多的州,其首府為sydney,sydney是澳大利亞的城市和港口,是歐洲人在澳大利亞的第一個(gè)定居地.澳大利亞首都是Canberra,而不是sydney.
    5 D就面積而言,western Australia是澳大利亞的州,因其豐富的礦產(chǎn)資源而,就人口而言,New south Wales為澳大利亞人口最多的州,而人口最少的是Tasmaniais.
    6 AThe sydney morning herald悉尼先驅(qū)晨報(bào)為澳大利亞最古老的報(bào)紙,為澳大利亞2大全國(guó)性的日?qǐng)?bào)之一,澳大利亞發(fā)行量的日?qǐng)?bào)是Sun News Pictorial太陽(yáng)新聞畫(huà)報(bào)
    7 A 在澳大利亞,每年1月26日為國(guó)慶日,已紀(jì)念1788年首批歐洲移民定居.
    8 A In1788,英國(guó)在澳洲建立殖民地的目的主要是把澳大利亞作為囚犯流放地.
    9 D 澳大利亞為世界羊毛和煤的出口國(guó).
    10 C advance Australia fair澳大利亞,前進(jìn).1981年被定為澳大利亞國(guó)歌,代替惠特拉姆政府時(shí)期的god save the queen.