What do you know about Australia?
Here are some interesting facts about Australia. Over 200 different languages and dialects ___SPEAK___ in Australia including 45 indigenous languages. Australia has the world’s ____HIGH____ proportion of migrant settlers in a developed nation with over 25% of Australians born in another country. The ___ONE____ Australian Friendly Society with the motto of “Advance Australia” was formed in Victoria in 1871.
The cat, the rooster, and the young mouse
A very young mouse made his first trip out of the hole and into the world. He returned to tell his mother of the wonderful creatures he ___SEE____. “Oh, Mother,” said the mouse, “I met some curious animals. There was one beautiful animal with fluffy fur, a long winding tail and a tender voice. I met another animal, a terrible looking monster. He had raw meat on his head and on his chin that wiggled and shook as he walked. He gave such a powerful and frightening cry, that I ran away in fear, without ____TALK___ to the kind beautiful animal.” Mother Mouse smiled, “My dear, that horrible creature was a harmless bird, but that beautiful animal with the fluffy fur was a cat who eats ___MOUSE___. You are lucky she __NOTHAVE__ you for dinner.”
A school photo
My son and I were checking out a house he was interested in buying. When the owner came to the door, she looked at me and said, “Larry? I know you. We ____GO______ to school together. I’m Elaine. Don’t you recognize me?” I failed to remember her. She took out our old yearbook and showed me her graduation picture – still nothing. “Let’s look at ____YOU_____ picture,” she said. She flipped the pages until she came to me. Under my photo I read, “Elaine, I ____NOT FORGET___ you. Never!”
The most famous book for kids
Have you read Mary Poppins? It is a series of eight books for ____CHILD___ written by P.L.Travers and published over the period from 1934 to 1988. The books centre on magical English nanny Mary Poppins. She ____BRING____ by the East wind to Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, and into the Banks’s household to care for their children. Various adventures follow until Mary Poppins abruptly leaves. Only the _____ONE_____ three of the eight books feature Mary Poppins arriving and leaving. The ____LATE_____ five books recount previously unrecorded adventures from her original three visits.
A smart cat
My Snowball is a wonderful cat. I don’t know of any other cat that loves to watch Sesame Street. He will also come running up to the TV if he _____HEAR______ a baby crying or little kids playing. He can’t stand TV commercials! Anytime a commercial comes on he turns his head to the side and so he ____NOT HAVE______ to watch the commercial. When the show is back on the air, he will start watching the show again. It was then that I _____FIND_______ out that when a commercial is on, the volume goes up a bit, and this is his signal to turn away. When the volume goes down then the commercial is over. Smart cat, I started to do the same thing.
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Creative thinking
Percy Spencer was an American physicist and inventor. He was the chief of the power tube division of the Raytheon Company. Once he noticed that microwaves from the radar set he ____WORK_______ on had melted the candy bar in his pocket. It had been known that microwaves generate heat. But he was the ____ONE_______ one to think of using this heat to cook food. He received a patent in 1950, and Raytheon developed the idea ___FAR_______ for commercial and industrial use. In a sign of things to come, popcorn was what Spencer and _____HE_____ colleagues cooked with microwaves. Spencer’s creative thinking turned a routine observation into a technological breakthrough.
Did you know?
Here are some interesting facts about Australia. Canberra ___CHOOSE___ as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not stop arguing which city should be the capital of Australia. The sports capital of the world has 70 percent of ____IT____ total population participating at least once a week in a particular recreational activity or sport. 80 % of Australians believe Australia has a strong culture and identity characterised by honesty, sports and multiculturalism based on research ___ORGANISE____ by the Australia Day Council of NSW in 2008.
The wolf and the goat
A hungry wolf was out searching for a meal. He ____SEE____ a goat feeding on grass on top of a high cliff. The wolf wished to get the goat to climb down from the rock and into his grasp and he called out to her. “Excuse me, dear Goat,” he said in a friendly voice, “It is very dangerous for you to be at such a height. Do come down before you injure yourself. Besides, the grass is much _____GREEN____ down here. Take my advice, and please come down from that high cliff.” But the goat knew too well of the wolf’s intent. “You ____NOT CARE___ if I eat good grass or bad. What you care about is ___EAT___ me.”
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Apollo
Apollo was one of the ancient Greek gods. He was the god of music, the god of healing, and is also seen as a pastoral god, protecting flocks of sheep from ____WOLF____. One of Apollo’s most important daily tasks was to harness ____HE____ four-horse chariot, in order to move the Sun across the sky. Apollo was an oracle and people from all over the world travelled there to learn what the future ___HOLD___ for them.
Guinness record for gadgets
A dedicated Batman fan created the most impressive costume and earned a Guinness World Record for it. His costume had ___MANY___ gadgets on it than anyone could imagine. Julian Checkley, a lifelong player, said his suit ____INSPIRE____ by a character in a video game. He tricked out the batsuit with 23 functioning gadgets. “I ___SPEND____ many long hours finding ways to store gadgets on the suit. They are classic gadgets but also some are specific to Batman. I think I’ve found the ___GOOD___ way to place the gadgets on the suit. I am immensely proud of my Guinness World Records title,” Checkley said.
Elephants
Elephants form deep family bonds and live in tight family groups. The herd is led by the oldest and often largest female in the herd, _____CALL____ a matriarch. When a calf is born, it ___RAISE____ and protected by the whole matriarchal herd. Males leave the family unit between the ages of 12-15 and may lead solitary ____LIFE___ or live temporarily with other males.
The role of art
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the most famous in the world. This year, MIT jumped from the fourth to the ____TWO____ highest globally ranked university in art and design. It __NAME___ the top university in the world for architecture some years ago. The hard work of the faculty, staff, and students ____LEAD____ to that recognition. Though it is called the Institute of Technology, the arts are essential to MIT’s mission to build a ___GOOD___ society and meet the challenges of the 21st century.
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Archeology
What is archeology? It is the study of human activity, primarily through the study of ____IT____ material remains. Most human activity is in the past, and most past human activity occurred before any ___WRITE____ record. That is why archaeology is the ___IMPORTANT____ method for the study of human pre-history.
Sports in Victorian times
Sports became extremely popular in Victorian times. Traditional sports like football, cricket and boxing had been played for centuries but now they were given proper rules for the____ONE____ time. This was the time when many football clubs were set up. Football ___MEAN____ to keep people healthy and to encourage a sense of fair play. It ____NOT BE__ that successful and free kicks and penalty kicks had to be brought in to stop foul play. International matches started in 1880s. The organized matches drew large crowds and watching sport ___BECOME___ a hobby.
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