1. Is Australia situated on the tropical or equatorial latitude of the geographical line on the map?
2. Who were the first people in Australia? Where do the natives live there?
3. What is one of the natives' sacred places?
4. What does the flag of Australia look like? Why?
5. Why do people call this unusual continent an "upside-world"?
6. Where do Australian cold and hot winds blow from?
7. When was Australia discovered and by whom?
8. What is Australia's climate?
9. Name the animals unique to Australia?
10. What does the koala eat?
11. Did the aborigines keep any domestic animals?
12. What animal's name means 'I don't understand' in the aborigines’ language?
13. When is it colder in Australia: in November or in December?
14. What is the only living thing on Earth which you can see from space?
15. How old is the Great Barrier Reef?
16. Is Australia washed by: a) the Atlantic and the Pacific; b) the Indian and the Pacific; c) the Pacific and the Arctic oceans?
17. Who first explored Australia: a) J. Cook; b) Tasman; c) Mickloukho-Maclay
18. What is the state language of Commonwealth of Australia?
19. What island did Tasman explore: a) New Guinea; b) Tasmania; c) New Zealand
20. Koalas eat...?
21. What international sports event took place in Australia aborigines' language?
22. Australia was a colony of which country?
23. Australia was discovered in the: a) 15th; b) 16th; c) 17th; d) 19th century
24. What is the biggest river in Australia?
25. You know that Australia is full of different plants. What’s the main tree? a) acacia; b) palm tree; c) eucalyptus
26. There are a lot of: a) elephants; b) poisonous snakes; c) crocodiles; d) parrots
27. What is the nearest continent to Australia?
28. What animals can you see on the National Emblem of Australia?
29. What city solved the problem of the capital of the 5th continent?
2. The room WAS empty: everybody HAD GONE.
3. Cathy SAID that she HAD FOUND this puppy in the street.
4.HAVE you ever MET anybody famous?
5. HAS she ever BEEN on a blind date?
6. Why WERE your parents so angry last night ? - Because my brother WAS late.
7. If he GOES to the airport by car, he WILL CATCH a plane.
8. What IS the matter ? Why ARE you PHONING the doctor now?
9. If you TELL her telephone number, I WILL RING her up.
10. My son DOESN'T LIKE to eat soup but he IS EATING his soup now .
11. We often WATCH TV if the weather IS bad.
12. Jack WILL MISS the train if he DOESN'T HURRY .
13. Why DOES she WATCH television so often?
14 WERE your daughter SKATING on the pond from five till six?
15. Martin HASN'T WASHED up yet.
2. b) In spite of the lowest rate of unemployment in Europe the British Labour government promised to transform the welfare system.
3. a) Although here are 3 million unemployed in France, almost all of them believe “they are entitled not just to a job, but to the right kind of a job”.
4. In France for some unemployed people any part-time job at minimum wage simply isn’t worth having, c) because the pay for this kind of work is almost the same as the welfare.
5. Many people are sure that “six months of joblessness is a career killer” and seek a job, a) while some other unemployed people don’t want to find a job and be paid minimum wage.
6. German taxpayers pay tens of billions of euro to finance a lot of benefits a) despite their ineffectiveness.
7. b) Because a married man with two children in Germany gets about 2,800 euro if he’s on the dole, an employed man with an entry-level job in a hotel or restaurant takes home only 1,800 euro.