Question

       Australia is a society of people from a rich variety of cultural, racial, linguistic and religious backgrounds．Aboriginal （土著居民） and Torres Strait Islander people have lived in Australia for tens of thousands of years．Now, most Australians are immigrants or the descendants （后裔） of immigrants who arrived during the past two centuries from more than 200 countries．

       Cultural and linguistic diversity was a feature of Australian life when European settled here and remains a particular feature of modern society．Immigration began with European settlement in the 1770s．In 1770, Captain Cook declared the land for Great Britain．In 1788, the first colony （殖民地） was established．Most of the colonists were declared guilty from Great Britain．The immigration continued at a steady pace — reaching 50, 000 a year during the 1850s when gold was discovered and Australia became a destination for immigrants seeking fortune and a new start in life．The population reached seven million in the 1940s．Most settlers were from a British background．

       Australia’s immigration policy （政策） is global and does not consider racial, cultural or religious backgrounds．Each year, Australia welcomes more than 120,000 migrants and resettles around 13,000 people under its humanitarian program．

       Today, almost one in four of Australia’s population of 21 million was born overseas．The last 40 years have seen an important change in the source countries of people who choose to come here．In the 1960s, 45 % of all the new settlers were born in the United Kingdom and Ireland．Recently, this has fallen to 17% with settlers and long-term visitors increasing from countries in the Asia Pacific area, Africa and the Middle East．Migrants have brought with them language skills and other capabilities that are valuable in today’s global economy．Although English is the official language in Australia, more than 3 million Australians speak a language other than English at home．

1．Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ____．

       A．make up most of the Australian population

       B．came from other continents many years ago

       C．have diverse cultural and religious backgrounds

       D．have been living in Australia for a very long time

2．Most of the earliest immigrants to Australia ____．

       A．were found guilty                               B．wanted a new life

       C．hoped to find gold                             D．were sailors

3．We can know from the passage that since the 1940s, ____．

       A．Australia has resettled about 120,000 people in all

       B．the government has changed its immigration policy

       C．Australian residents have increased by 14 million

       D．most Australian settlers have been from a British background

4．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．More than half of the Australian people were born in other countries．

       B．The number of immigrants from the UK and Ireland is growing．

       C．The government’s relevant policy contributes to the immigration．

       D．Those unable to speak English find it hard to live in Australia．

Answer 1

DACC