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　　The seasons in Australia are the opposite(相反)of ours . _1_ it is winter here ,it is summer there .

　　Australia is _2_ the south of the world .Juliana ,July and August are the winter month. The summer is in December , _3_ and February. The north of the country is _4_ than the south .

　　Australia's main (主要的) problem is water . A_5_ large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast (海岸) has rain _6_ 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 _7_ . There were 138 million sheep in Australia this year .This was 14% of all the sheep in the world .

　　Because there was no _8_ rain and the grass didn't grow well, the farmers _9_ to sell many of their sheep and many sheep _10_ , too, It was a great disaster (灾难) for Australia farmers.

　　1.A.Bacause B.Since C.When D.For

　　2.A.in B.on C.to  D.near

　　3.A.NovemberB.JamuaryC.MarchD.October

　　4.A.colderB.coolerC.hotterD.warmer

　　5.A.very B.so C.too D.much

　　6.A.whole B.half C.all D.part

　　7.A.have B.fall C.give D.keep

　　8.A.plenty B.a litter C.a lot D.enough

　　9.A.have B.had C.must D.needed

　　10.A.died B.dead C.death D.dying

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