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The seasons in Australia are the opposite of ours.
1 it is winter here, it is summer there. Australia is
2 the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months. The summer is in December,
3 and
February. The north of the country is
4 than the south.
Australia's main problem is
5 . A very large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast has
rain
6 the year round. There are no dry months here.
In March 1982, there was a terrible drought (干旱) in Australia. The summer rain didn't
7 . There were
138 million sheep in Australia this year. This was 14% of all the sheep in the world.
Because there was no
8 rain and the grass didn't grow well, the farmers
9 to sell many of their sheep
and many sheep
10 , too. It was a great disaster (灾难) for Australian farmers.
( )1. A. Because
( )2. A. in
( )3. A. November
( )4. A. colder
( )5. A. water
( )6. A. whole
( )7. A. have
( )8. A. plenty
( )9. A. have
( )10. A. died |
B. Since
B. on
B. January
B. cooler
B. sheep
B. half
B. fall
B. a little
B. had
B. dead |
C. When
C. to
C. March
C. hotter
C. pollution
C. all
C. give
C. a lot
C. must
C. death |
D. For
D. near
D. October
D. warmer
D. population
D. part
D. keep
D. enough
D. needed
D. dying |