in 1788 when a British penal colony was established on the east coast. From this starting point Australia grew rapidly and continually, expanding across the entire continent. 1. Australia was originally founded as a
British penal colony
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2. A number of reasons contributed to Britain's decision to colonize Australia. The most important factor was Britain's need to relieve its overcrowded prisons. Question: 2. The major consideration in colonizing Australia was Britain’s ………
overcrowded prisons
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However, they left the bay eight days later because of its openness and poor soil, and settled instead at Port Jackson, a few kilometers north. Question: 3. Botany Bay was abandoned by the settlers due to the lack of cover and ……………………….
poor soil
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4. Most people suffer no ill-effects from using VDUs (Visual Display Units) as they don’t give out harmful levels of radiation and rarely cause any kind of skin complaint.4. It is unusual to get a ………… as a result of using computers
skin complaint
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You can also get advice and maybe help with paying for equipment from the local job center. Question: 5. Financial assistance in the case of special requirements may be available from the ………… .
local job center
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.If you have any health problems you think may be caused by your VDU, contact your line manager.6.Any concerns about the effect of using a VDU on your general well-being should be reported to ………… .
your line manager
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So she designed a torch that uses just the heat from a human hand. It wasn’t as powerful as a normal torch and only produced a little light.. Question: (write one word) 6. Ann’s torch works by changing the body ………….into electricity.
heat
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My favorite is miracle berries, from Africa. They taste bitter, and after you eat them anything that’s sour tastes sweet! Lemon juice, for example, tastes like sweet lemonade. (write one word) 8. Miracle berries make sour things taste.....
sweet
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Their approach combines technologies proven to last such as building a sand dam to capture and filter rainwater. Question: (write one word) 9. WaterAid uses a dam made of…………… to capture rainwater
sand
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The researchers placed a specially trained and small bird called budgerigar in a wind tunnel and measured .... Question: (write two words) 10scientists have done experiments on birds in a..........................
wind tunnel
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Hayles Tye seems to have got its name from a certain John Hayle who is documented in the 1380s, although there are records pointing to the occupation of the site at a much earlier date. Question: (write one words) 11. John Hayle, who is ………
documented
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The name Hayles Tye was still in use in 1500 and crops up again throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, usually in relation to the payment of taxes or tithes. Question: (write two words) 12. The name was still ………………… again in the following
in use
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But for scientists who study stress, it has been surprisingly hard to define. This is because there are so many ways of looking at stress. Question: (write one words) 13. It is hard for scientists to define the word …………………...because there
stress
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and your words do not come out right when you are placed in a stressful situation”. Question: (write three words) 14. Your body reacts to stress with a fast-beating heart, heavy perspiration and so on when you are in ………………………………………….
a stressful situation
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because they require you to be aware of paraphrasing (using different words to repeat a sentence so that it has the same)15. Reading tests are quite difficult because these questions use a lot of vocabulary. You need to use………………….to rewrit
different words
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because they were constantly crashing into millions of tinier molecules of water. Question: (write three words) 16. Einstein explained the phenomenon of particles' strange motion by the fact that they were collapsing with ..................
