Exercise 3: Read and complete the text with the words in the box.

century	population	languages	country
maintained	mainland	territories	largest

      Australia is a sovereign country comprising the (1) ............................... of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest (2) ............................... in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia’s capital is Canberra, and its (3) ............................... urban area is Sydney.

      For about 50,000 years before the first British settlement in the late 18th (4) ..............................., Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who spoke (5) ............................... classifiable into roughly 250 groups. After the European discovery of the continent by Dutch explorers in 1606. Australia’s eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and initially seeded through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The (6) ............................... grew steadily in subsequent decades, and by the 1850s most of the continent had been explored and an additional give self-governing crown colonies established. On 1 January 1901, the six colonies federated, forming the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has since (7) ............................... a stable liberal democratic political system that functions as a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy comprising six states and several (8) ...............................

Exercise 4: Read and match the bold words with their definition.

London is a leading global city in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transportation. It is the world’s largest financial centre and has the fifth- or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world. London is a world cultural capital. It is the world’s most visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world’s largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. London is the world’s leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. London’s universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

            London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster. Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret’s Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory Greenwich defines the Prime Meridian. 0⁰ longitude, and GMT). Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye. Piccadilly Circus, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and The Shard. London is home to numerous museums, galleries libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions, inducing the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End theatres.

The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.

No.	Words	opt.	Definition
1	global	a	the place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken
2	centre	b	a building or place that is easily recognized, especially one which you can use to judge where you are
3	capital	c	the middle point or part
4	destination	d	relating to the whole world
5	education	e	many
6	historic	f	a city which is the centre of government of a country or smaller political area
7	landmark	g	important or likely to be important in history
8	numerous	h	the process of teaching or learning in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this

      Your answer:

      1. .....................     2. .....................    3. .....................    4. .....................

            5. .....................     6. .....................    7. .....................    8. .....................