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Australia, the last continent to be "discovered" was sighted by Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ships in the seventeenth century.
Australia, the last continent to be "discovered" was sighted by Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ships in the seventeenth century.
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Australia, the last continent to be "discovered" was sighted by Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ships in the seventeenth century. No colonies followed at the time, however, as these nations were【C1】______interested in colonizing than in exploring.【C2】______in the early history of the United States, it was the English who【C3】______the permanent settlements in Australia. This history and the geography of these two【C4】______British colonies have some other things【C5】______common as well.
Australia and the United States are about【C6】______in size, and barren western portions of the two【C7】______a close physical resemblance. It was the eastern coast of Australia and America【C8】______the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to【C9】______to the west. However, this westward expansion occurred more because the colonists were【C10】______for better land then because the population was increasing. Settlement of the western part of both countries【C11】______after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later.
Although the【C12】______in the development of these two countries are striking, there are some sharp contrasts as【C13】______. The United States【C14】______its independence from England by revolution,【C15】______Australia was granted its independence【C16】______having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was【C17】______colonized by English convicts , and its economy was【C18】______in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than【C19】______had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet, in spite of these and other major differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than【C20】______one has with most of the rest of the world.
【C16】
选项
A、after
B、without
C、before
D、besides
答案
B
解析
众所周知,澳大利亚的独立是英国人给予的,没有经过战争,此处选without最合适。
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