amino4ka290805

08.09.2020 07:03 •  Английский язык

Complete the text about New Zealand with the words below. bird cows fights inhabitants islands sailor springs summer times trees vote New Zealand consists of two main 1). It has a population of about 3.4 million people. The first 2) of New Zealand were the Maori. In 1642 the Dutch 3) Abel Tasman visited New Zealand and gave it the name Zeeland ("sea land"). The British captain James Cook visited the islands four 4). There were a lot of 5) between the Britons and the Maori. In 1893 New Zealand was the first country where women were allowed to 6). The landscape is very different. In the north of the North Island grow oranges, in the middle there are three volcanoes and a lot of hot 7). In the South Island the Southern Alps go from one end of the island to the other. There are rivers and lakes too, it's very popular for skiing in winter and water sports in 8). East of the mountains the land is flat and mainly used for farming. There are large farms, especially for sheep and 9), 66 million sheep and nine million cows altogether. This country is also famous for its beautiful landscape and animals. New Zealand's best-known 10) is the kiwi. It's also the home of the oldest type of animals in the world, the tuatara. There grow beautiful 11), too. The biggest of all is the kauri.