英语专业八级人文知识练习附讲解第20期

【练习】

1. Queensland is ____of Australia.

A the second smallest state

B the second and oldest state

C the smallest state

D the second and youngest state

2. Australia is located between ____and the Indian Ocean.

A pacific ocean       B the Atlantic

C the North Sea      D the arctic

3. With regard to its size, Australia is ____country in the world.

A the third largest      B the fourth largest 

C the sixth largest      D the fifth largest

4. _____is called the premier state, because it is the oldest of the Australian states.

A Queensland                  B New South Wales

C Western Australia        D Tasmaniais

5. The largest state in terms of area's_____.

A Queensland       B New South Wales

C Victoria             D Western Australia

6. ____ is the oldest newspaper in Australia.

A The Sydney morning herald

B The Australia

C Daily mirror

D Sun

7. The Australian national day is set on January 26 to commemorate___

A the first European settlement of continent

B the founding of the commonwealth of Australia

C the discovery of the great southern "unknown land"

D Jacques Cartier’s first voyage around Australia

8. In 1788 Australia was settled by the British as a colony founded___.

A to receive convicts from Britain

B to receive free settlers

C to supply Britain with wool and food

D to expand Britain's imperial power

9. Australia is world's largest exporter of____.

A wheat                      B meat

C daily products        D wool

10. Under the Whitlam government” god save the queen’ was replaced by ___as Australian national anthem.

A waltzing matlda 

B click goes the shears

C advance Australia fair

D my country