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Australia is nearly 7.7 million square kilometres.It's the sixth largest country in area after Russia，Canada，China，the United States and Brazil.

There are rainforests and large plains in the north，snowfields in the southeast，desert(沙漠) in the centre and croplands in the east，south and southwest.About one third of the country lies in the tropics(热带地区)．Australia has a coastline of 36，735 km if it were possible to drive non－stop along the whole coast at 60 km/h，it would take about 24 days to complete the trip.

Australia is the world's smallest continent(洲) and the sixth largest country being equal(相等的) in area to the USA without Alaska.The continent is one of the oldest lands.It is more than 3，000 million years old，and it is the flattest of the continents.

The population of Australia is more than 20 million.It is one of the world's most urbanized countries，with about 70% of the population living in the ten largest cities.Most of the population is concentrated(集中) along the eastern seaboard and the southeastern corner of the continent.

1.Australia is smaller in area than________.

A. France B. Britain

C. Japan D. Canada

2.We can see________ in the north of Australia.

A. rainforests B. desert

C. croplands D. snowfields

3.The underlined word “urbanized” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A. 工业化的 B. 现代化的

C. 城市化的 D. 农业化的

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. About two thirds of the country lies in the tropics.

B. Australia has a long history of more than 5，000 million years.

C. About 20% of the population in Australia live in the cities.

D. It would take about 24 days to drive along the whole coast of Australia.

5.Australia is not one of the ________ continents.

A. oldest B. smallest C. flattest D. coldest

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