Australia, the last【B1】______ to be “discovered”, was sighted by Dutch, Port

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问题 Australia, the last【B1】______ to be “discovered”, was sighted by Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish ships in the seventeenth century. No colonies【B2】______ at that time, however, as these nations were less interested in【B3】______ than in【B4】______. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English who【B5】______ the permanent【B6】______ in Australia. This history and the【B7】______ of these two former British colonies have some other things in common as well. Australia and the United States are about equal in size, and barren western portions of the two bear a close physical【B8】______.
【B9】______. Settlement of the western part of both countries quickened after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later. Although the parallels in the development of these two countries are striking, there are some sharp contrasts as well.【B10】______. Australia, unlike the U.S., has its economy rooted in wheat growing and sheep raising. Yet,【B11】______. [br] 【B3】

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答案 colonizing

解析空前的in表明，本空应填一名词或动名词，空后的than表明，本空所填词与第39题所填词有比较意味。colonizing意为“殖民”。

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