Australia, the last【B1】______to be "discovered", was sighted by Dutch, Portu

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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】______ toe 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] 【B8】

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解析 空前的形容词physical表明,本空应填一名词。上句提到英国的这两个殖民地还有一些其他的相同点,本句是对上句的具体解释说明,本句的前半句提到二者在规模上相当,由此可推断出,本空所填词应该有“相同、相似”的含义。
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