Answer "Yes" or "No" The name of Australia means " the beautiful southern land" or unknown southern land.

Tasmania is an independent country.

Australia is washed by both the Indian and the Pacific oceans.

A lot of land in Australia is desert.

Australia is divided into states and territories.

The capital of Australia is Sydney.

Australia is the coldest place in the Southern Hemisphere.

In Australia there are animals that don't live anywhere else in the world.

The duckbill and the anteater are primitive mammals.

The lyrebird is the bird that laughs.
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Dear Jessica,

Thanks a lot for your last letter. It was great to hear from you again. I am so sorry, I haven’t answered at once but I was really busy with my school work.   I am glad that you have already chosen your future profession.

In your letter you ask me how I get to know what’s happening in the world. Well, I read newspapers and watch TV as most people, I suppose. Frankly speaking, I do it spontaneously, not regularly. 

As far as I'm going to become a doctor, I think that English will be necessary for my future career. I know that new medicine for numorous deseases appears in different countries, as well as new methods for treatment many serious deseases and they are different in many ways than those in Russia, so it will be useful for to read in the original the articles wtitten in English in different medical journals on the internet, because English is one of the most popular languages and international scientific journals mostly publish articles in English. By the way, English is spoken practically all over the world and I think it's a must nowadays to know English. Do you agree? 

Well, I'm closing now. Keep in touch. Hope to hear from you soon!

Best wishes,

Jane

1. I'm tired. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight!

2. We can go out now. It isn't raining any more.

3. "How is your new job?" "Not so good at the moment. I am not enjoying it very much."

4.Catherine phoned me last night. She's on holiday in France. She is having a great time and doesn't want to come back.

5. I want to lose weight, so this week I am not eating lunch.

6. Angela has just started evening classes. She is learning German.

7. I think Paul and Ann have had an argument. They aren't speaking to each other.