Текст с упражнениями по теме "Австралия"

AUSTRALIA

Australia lies to the south-east of Asia, between the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is the world’s smallest continent which is almost completely surrounded by ocean expanses. Its total area is 7,682,300 sq. km.

The continent of Australia is divided into four general topographic regions: a low, sandy eastern coastal plain, the eastern highlands, the central plain, and the western plateau. Although Australia has a wide diversity of climatic conditions, the climate of Australia is generally warm and dry, with no extreme cold and little frost. It changes from comfortably mild in the south to hot in the inferior and north.

The total population is about 25 mln people with the average population density of about 3 persons per sq.km. Most Australians are of British or Irish ancestry. More than 99 per cent of the population speaks English.

The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia has a federal parliamentary government. The Australian federation was formed on January 1^st 1901, from six former British colonies, which thereupon became states. The Australian constitution combines the traditions of British parliamentary monarchy with important elements of the US federal system. Powers of the federal government are enumerated and limited. The government consists of the British sovereign and Australian Parliament.

Australia is the world’s largest wool producer and one of the world’s largest wheat exporters. The main sources of foreign earnings are wool, food and minerals which also provide raw materials for home processing industries.

1. True or false.

1. The continent of Australia is divided into four general countries.

2. Eastern coastal plain of Australia is low and sandy.

3. The climate of Australia is with extreme cold and little frost.

4. Average population density is of about 3 persons per sq. m.

5. The Australian federation was formed from British states.

6. Australia is the world’s largest wood producer.

7. The main sources of foreign earnings are minerals, wool and food.

8. The government consists of the Australian sovereign and the Australian Parliament.

2. Complete the sentences.

1. Australia lies __________ of Asia.

2. It is the _____ smallest continent which is almost  _______ by ocean expanses.

3. Although ________ has a wide diversity of _________________ .

4. It changes from _____in the south to hot in the ______ inferior and _____ .

5. Most _________ are of ______ or Irish ancestry.

6. Powers of the federal _______ are enumerated and _____ .

7. Australia is the _____ largest ______ exporters.

8. The main ______ of foreign _______ are wool, _____ and ______ .

1. Find in the box of letters 12 words from the text AUSTRALIA

Y	K	C	O	A	S	T	A	L	J
P	L	A	I	N	V	U	M	O	O
A	B	I	N	C	A	U	R	W	H
C	Y	W	H	E	A	T	A	P	I
I	B	S	A	S	W	I	Q	X	G
F	O	A	K	T	W	T	O	Z	H
I	Q	N	J	R	A	W	O	O	L
C	C	D	R	Y	P	D	L	H	A
U	M	Y	K	Q	S	I	X	I	N
T	M	Z	S	F	U	L	Q	J	D
C	A	P	I	T	A	L	O	B	O

4. Put the words in the right grammatical form