Cefr practice reading tests find the name match answers

3. plants being native to Australia? 
4. vegetation eaten by cattle? 
5. the national flower of Australia? 
6. the tallest trees of Australia? 
A 
The plant and animal life of Australia is biologically diverse and distinctive. Many of the 
native plant and animal species are endemic, meaning they do not naturally occur 
elsewhere. They developed only on the Australian continent because it was isolated from the 
wider world for more than 50 million years. In addition to its native species, Australia is home to 
many other plants and animals that humans introduced, mostly since the late 18th century. 
B 
Australia’s dominant natural vegetation is essentially evergreen, ranging from the dense bushland 
and eucalyptus forests of the coast, to the mulga and mallee scrub and saltbush of the inland 
plains. The tropical northeastern belt, with its abundant seasonal rainfall and high temperatures, is 
heavily forested. Palms, ferns, and vines grow prolifically among the oaks, ash, cedar, brush box, 
and beeches. 
C 
Along the eastern coast and into Tasmania are pine forests. Pine ranks second to the eucalyptus in 
terms of economic importance. The Huon and King William pines are particularly valuable for 
their timber, but the Huon pine is now considered rare and is usually protected. In the forest 
regions of the warm, well-watered southeastern and southwestern sectors, eucalyptus 
predominates; more than 500 species are found, some reaching a height of 90 m. The mountain 
ash, blue gums, and woolly butts of the southeast mingle with undergrowth of wattles and tree 
ferns. 
D 
The jarrah and karri species of eucalyptus, which yield timber valued for hardness and durability, 
and several species of grass tree are unique to Western Australia. The wildflowers of the region 
are varied and spectacular. In the less dense regions of the interior slopes grow red and green 
kangaroo paws, scented boronia, waxflowers, bottle brushes, and smaller eucalyptuses, such as the 
stringybark, red gum, and ironbark. 
E 
More than 500 species of acacia are indigenous to Australia. The scented flower of one acacia, the 
golden wattle, is the national flower of Australia and appears on the official coat of arms. In the 
interior region, where rainfall is low and erratic, characteristic plants are saltbush and spinifex 
grass, which provide fodder for sheep, and mallee and mulga shrubs. 

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