What do you know about Australia?
1) Read about Australia and fill in the gaps in the text with an appropriate word or word combination from the box in the correct form.
There are many names for Australia. Its official name is the Commonwealth of Australia, but very often Australia (0) is Called ''the Lucky Country". The name "the Land Down Under" (1) with Australia, too. The
continent and the island of Tasmania (2)____________________________ the
Commonwealth of Australia. Australia (3)___________________________ to the
south of the equator, Australia (4)__________________________ by three oceans
and four seas. Australia (5)___________________________ into six states and
two territories. It is the sixth largest country in the world, but it has a small
(6)___________________________ of more than sixteen million people.
(7)__________________________ Sydney is the largest city, it isn't the capital.
Australia is a federal (8)_____._____________________. and, (9)________:________
the USA, it has a separate capital city, Canberra, which isn't in any of the states.
Australia's official (10)___________________________ is English. When people
think of the wildlife in Australia, such animals (11)_________________________
the kangaroo, the koala, and the emu (12)__________________________. Most
Australians are of British origin. When people moved from Great Britain to
Australia, they brought their own (13)__________________________ with them.
(14)________ ________________, Australians also drive on the left side of
the road, like drinking tea, and English sports, (15)__________________________
cricket and rugby are very popular. Australians (16)__________________________
to be kind, simple and energetic people. They love their country and are very (17)__________________________of it.