Задание

Read the text and complete it with the given phrases

cattle [ˈkætl] — рогатый скот

  • some of the answers
  • in warm dry places
  • are situated mostly in the drier parts
  • to countries all over the world
  • grow a lot of wheat
  • it is less hot
  • do not work in factories or on farms

Australia

Australia is a rich country and life there is good. Where does its money come from? Sheep, cattle, minerals, wheat, fruit, and wine are [ ]. Sheep have been important since the earliest days. Most Australian sheep are Spanish merinos. They appeared in Australia in 1797. Merinos are strong animals and live happily [ ]. Now twenty per cent of the world's sheep live in Australia, mainly in the states New South Wales and Victoria. Twenty-five per cent of the world's wool comes from there. Cattle stations [ ] of the north and centre. The meat from Australian cattle goes [ ]. Gold made Australia rich in the 19th century. The country also has oil, silver and other minerals. They bring lots of money. But digging for minerals often destroys the land. The states Western Australia and New South Wales [ ]. They sell it to the USA, China and Japan. Australia grows other kinds of food too. In Queensland, the state in the east of the country, they grow bananas. Further south, where [ ], apples appear. And in recent years Australia has been making very good wine too. But Australia is like many other modern countries, because now most of its workers [ ]. Two-thirds of them work in shops, offices, banks or schools.