Australia is the 6th biggest country in the world. Only Russia, China, Canada, USA and Brazil are (1)  ______ . It is the world’s largest island.

           Even though the country is so big, it only has about 23 million inhabitants. 88% of all Australians (2) ______in the big cities or smaller towns, which makes big areas of the country empty.

           Australia lies in the (3) ______  hemisphere which means that the more South you go, the cooler it gets. In the north parts of the country, it is always hot. The (4)______ of the country has really hot summers and mild winters. Snow only falls in the Australian Alps and in Tasmania. When we have (5)  ______  in Europe and Asia, the Australians have summer. So they celebrate Christmas in the (6)______ of the summer!

           Australia is famous for its wildlife. The most famous (7) ______  is probably the kangaroo. The kangaroo, or roo for short, has (8) ______    Australia’s national Symbol. The word “kangaroo” was the first Aboriginal (9)  ______   in the English language. There are several spices of kangaroos. The red kangaroos (10) ______the biggest ones and they are found in the middle of the country.

VI. Fill each blank with a correct word to finish the passages.
Australia is the 6th biggest country in the world. Only Russia, China, Canada ,USA and Brazil are …………………(1). It is the world's largest island.
Even though the country is so big, it only has about 23 million inhabitants. 88% of all Australians …………………(2) in the big cities or smaller towns which makes big areas of the country empty.
Australia lies in the …………………(3) hemisphere which means that the more south you go, the cooler it gets. In the north parts of the country, it is always hot. The …………………(4) of the country has really hot summers and mild winters. Snow only falls in the Australian Alps and in Tasmania. When we have …………………(5) in Europe and Asia, the Australians have summer. So they celebrate Christmas in the …………………(6) of the summer.
Australia is famous for its wildlife. The most famous …………………(7) is probably the kangaroo. The kangaroo, or roo for short, has …………………(8) Australia's national symbol. The word "kangaroo" was the first Aboriginal …………………(9) in the English language. There are several spices of kangaroos. The red kangaroo …………………(10) the biggest ones and they are found in the middle of the country.

Read the following passage and put a word in each of the numbered blanks:

           Australia is the 6^th biggest country in the world. It’s also the world largest (1)…………. Even though the country is so big, it only has about 23 million (2)…….. Nearly 90% of Australians live in big cities or towns. Australia is (3)……. for its wildlife. The most famous animal is probably the kangaroo. This animal is considered Australia’s (4)……… symbol. There are (5)…….. spices of kangaroos. The red ones are the biggest ones and they are found in the middle of the country.

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I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks:

           Australia is the 6^th biggest country in the world. It’s also the world largest (1)…………. Even though the country is so big, it only has about 23 million (2)…….. Nearly 90% of Australians live in big cities or towns. Australia is (3)……. for its wildlife. The most famous animal is probably the kangaroo. This animal is considered Australia’s (4)……… symbol. There are (5)…….. spices of kangaroos. The red ones are the biggest ones and they are found in the middle of the country.

Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word :

The continent of Antarctica is (1) a huge place that if it (2) a country, it'd be the tsecond biggest in the world, after Russia. It never gets warm there.It is (3) cold in eastern Antarctica that even the summer temperature is lower (4) your freezer at home. Although much of Antarctica consists (5) ice, there is solid rock under it. The ice is so deep and heavy, howerver,(6) it has pushed the earth down. If all that ice melted, the land (7) start to ríse as much as 500 metres. Scientists believe the ice is already melting, and if it continues, the world's seaa and oceans will rise by (8) to 60 meters. They say we must take action now, so (9) to advoid a globad disaster. We need to use less fuel like oil ang gas in (10) to reduce the effect of global warming on Antarctica's ice.

Fill in each blank with a word to finish the passage

California is the ......... famous state in USA. It isn't . ...... biggest state; that's Alaska. But it ...... the largest population and it's certainly the most important state ...... the U.S. economy. it's richer ........ most countries in the world. The coast has ...... of the best climates in the USA; ...... is warmer and drier than most places. Some people would also ....... it's the most beautiful! But California has some ........; Los Angeles has one of the worst crime rates ....... any US city.

        "California is the _________(1) famous state in the USA. It isn't ________(2) biggest state; that's Alaska. But it _______(3) the largest population and it's certainly the most important state _______(4) the US economy. It's richer ______(5) most countries in the world. The coast has ______(6) of the best climates in the USA; _______(7) is warmer and dryer than most places. Some people should also ______(8) it's the most beautiful! But California has some ______(9); Los Angeles has one of the worst crime rates _______(10) any US city."

II. (Questions 59-63): Fill in each gap with one suitable word to complete the passage (1 pt).

The biggest carnival (59) _______ the world is the annual Carnival in Brazil, which usually (60) _______ place in  February when the whole country stops work for four days while everybody enjoys parties. There are (61) _______ of  street parades which amazingly decorated trucks and people dressed in colourful costumes. Everywhere you (62) _______, there are samba bands playing and people dancing. Right through the night the festivities continue with more dancing and music and firework displays which light in  the night (63) _______.