9th form Reading "Australia. General Information"

1. Australia is a continent, a country and an island at the same time. It is _____ country and the smallest continent in the world.

2. Australia _____ in the southern hemisphere. That is why it has summer when we have winter and it has winter when we have summer.

3. It is interesting ____ that January is the hottest month in Australia.

4. Australia is situated south of Asia, _____ the Pacific and the Indian Oceans.

5. Austraia is the world's driest continent. Huge areas of land are so dry that they are _____.

6. There are rainforests in the north, snowfields in the south-east, desert in the centre and fertile croplands in the south and in the south-west. Australia is also the flattest continent ____ Antarctica.

7. Australia is a very urban country. About 70 % of the population ____ in the 10 largest cities.

8. _____ the population is in the south-eastern corner of the country and only 15 % of the population live in rural areas.

9. Canberra is the capital of the country. It is not the biggest city. Sydney and Melbourne are much larger. The state of Tasmania _____ from the continent of Australia. It is an island-state.

10. Australians love ____ wildlife.

11. The Australian government pays a lot of attention to the ____ of their environment.

12. In the past many trees had been cut down. The government plans that by the year 2025 one billion new trees ____.