The seasons in Australia are opposite(相反) to ours.
_______it is winter here, it is summer there.
Australia is
_________ the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months. The summer is in December,
_______ and February. The north of the country is
_________ than the south.
Australia’s main(主要的) problem is water. A
_______ large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast(海岸) has rain
_________ 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
_______ .
There were 138 million sheep in Australia that year. This was 14% of all the sheep in the world.
Because there was not
_______ rain and the grass didn’t grow well, the farmers
_______ to sell many of their sheep and many sheep
__________ , too. It was a great disaster(灾难)for Australia farmers.
16. A.Because | B.Since | C.When | D.For |
17. 18. A.November | B.January | C.March | D.October |
19. A.colder | B.cooler | C.hotter | D.warmer |
20. 21. 22. 23. A.plenty | B.a little | C.a lot | D.enough |
24. A.have | B.had | C.must | D.needed |
25. A.died | B.dead | C.death | D.dying |