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Englisch
Prüfungshefter
Australia
Sydney is the biggest
town of Australia but not the
capital. It has the famous Opera House which looks like an old sailing ship. There are sandy beaches, for
example Bondai beach. If you go north you´ll reach Brisbane another holiday
resort for surfers. Not far away you can find eucalyptus trees and koalas with their babies. Underwater you see
the Great Barrier Reef the largest coral reef in the world which is bigger that Great Britain. Fish of all
shapes, sizes and colours live here. Going inside there is the tropical rainforest. It is getting warmer and
warmer and every day there are tropical rainstorms. Next you arrive Darwin. It is the first
city after houndreds of kilometres. The next state is Western
Australia. The Aborigines live in the outback, the desert with endless dust. The
“Royal Flying Doctor Service” helps sick and injured people. Slowly moving through the water the “salty” is the largest and most
dangerous crocodile.
The red heart of Australia Uluru or Ayers Rock is 1,500 km away
somewhere in the outback. On and on you go, close to the coast, far away you see the skyscrapers
of Perth. On the left some cliffs and ending at the edge of them the dog fence
was built to keep wild dogs – the dingos – off the sheep stations. You go on … far away on your right is Tasmania and on your left
the city of Melburne. And somewhere inland must be the capital of Australia, Canberra.
Quiz questions
Answer the qustions
1. 85% of all Australians live
along the coast
A) in the south and east
B) in the north and west
C) in the south and west
2. Ayers Rock has another name. What is it?
3. Is the capital of
Queensland:
Brisbane, Darwin or Perth?
4. Name the small island south
of Austalia.
5. What are the people called who had lived in Australia before the Europeans arrived?
6. What is the name of
Sydney´s most famous building
that looks like an old sailing
ship?
7. What is the name of the
brightly coloured birds that
you can find everywhere in Australia?
8. What are Australian´s wild
dogs called?
9. What is the capital of Australia
