5. A. very　　　　　　　 B. so　　　　　　 C. too　　　　　　 D. much

4. A. water　　　　　　 B. food　　　　　 C. clothing　　　　 D. houses

3. A. to　　　　　　　　 B. on　　　　　　 C. in　　　　　　　 D.by

2. A. autumn　　　　　 B. summer　　　　 C. spring　　　　　 D. cold

1. A. Because　　　　 　B. Since　　　　　 C. When　　　　　 D.As

15. A.down　　 B.along　　　　 C.in　 　　　　　D.into

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The seasons in Australia are the opposite of ours. __1__ it is winter here, it is __2__ there.

Australia is _3__ the south of the world. June, July, August are the winter months. The summer is in December, January and February. The north of the country is hotter than the south. Australia’s main (主要) problem is __4__. A __5__ large part of the country has no rain at all. In the centre of Australia is the _6___ desert (沙漠) in the world. But east coast (海岸) has the rain __7__ the year round. There are no dry months. In March 1982, there was a terrible drought(旱灾) in Australia. The summer rain didn’t __8___. There were 138 million __9___ in Australia that year, which was 14% of all the sheep in the world.

Because of no __10__ rain and the grass didn’t grow well, the farmers _11___ to sell many of their sheep and many sheep died, too. It was a great disaster (灾难) for Australian __12___. Though the Australian people lost a lot of sheep in 1982 and __13__ of the land is sand, it is very rich. Australia is very ___14___, but the population is quite small. The population of Australia is about seventeen million, and they say that there are ten sheep for every person. Can you count how many sheep __15__ in Australia now ?

14. A.smoke　　 B.light　　　　 C.cloud　　　　 D.air

13. A.and　　　 B.but　　　　　 C.or　　　　　 D.so

12. A.pull up　　 B.pick up　　　 C.put up　　　 D.catch up

11. A.across　　 B.along　　　 Cthrough　　　 D.past