Викторина по английскому языку на тему "Австралия"

Australia

Choose the right variant.
1. Australia is the…of all continents.
a) smallest and flattest
b) biggest and flattest
c) biggest and driest
d) smallest and wettest
2. Australia is the… country in the world.
a) smallest
b) largest
c) sixth largest
d) fourth largest
3. There are… states and two territories in the Commonwealth of Australia.
a) 50
b) 13
c) 6
d) 5
4. A domestic animal which outnumbers people in Australia is a …
a) rabbit
b) cow
c) cat
d) sheep
5. Aborigines constitute… of Australia’s population.
a) nearly half
b) one per cent
c) twenty per cent
d) five per cent
6. The name of this animal is an Aboriginal one for “no water”.                                                                            a) echidna
b) kangaroo
c) koоkaburra
d) koala
7. The first Europeans reached Australia in …
a) 1606
b) 1770
c) 1788
c) 1492
8…. claimed New South Wales for Britain.
a) James Cook
b) Abel Tasman
c) William Dampier
c) Dirk Hartog
9….could be called “the Australian Volga” or “the Australian Mississippi”.
a) The Murray
b) The Darling
c) The Lachlan
c) The Murrumbidgee
10. The centre of the continent Australia is taken by the …
a) mountains
b) lakes
c) forests                                                                                                                                                                                d) deserts