1. The Australian government has decided to increase the number of ......... available to skilled workers next year.

passports

documents

visas

passes

2. The Australian Minister for ......... has come under a lot of scrutiny lately for her department's decision to issue refugee status to boat people from Papua.

Immigrant

Emigrant

Colonization

Immigration

3. Newly arrived migrants must live in Australia for a period of two years before they are eligible to become permanent ..........

nationalities

populations

residents

inhabitants

4. There has been a sharp increase in the number of boat people ......... to Australia in the past ten years.

arriving

traveling

departing

transiting

5. Australia is a(n) ......... country and therefore has the right to choose whether or not tourists are granted visas.

independent

governing

autonomous

sovereign

6. People with a known history of tuberculosis will automatically be ......... from entering Australia.

refused

rejected

discarded

disqualified

7. Australian citizens who are receiving social security benefits from the government are not permitted to ......... tourists wanting to travel to Australia.

benefactor

sponsor

giver

donor

8. Tourists involved in illegal activities such as drug trafficking and prostitution may have their visas ......... permanently and be banned from entering Australia at any time in the future.

cancelled

called off

abandoned

annulled

9. Retirement visas do not ......... to Australian permanent residency or citizenship. However, people with this type of visa may stay in Australia for a long period of time.

lead

result

generate

develop

10. Teenage girls smoke almost ......... boys in many of the villages in West Java.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

11. I told my son that I would take him to the circus next week ......... he keeps his promise not to fight with his sister.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

12. You need to go to the hospital ......... possible. An erratic heartbeat can be very dangerous.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

13. Oh no! I failed all my exams last week. I'm ......... dead when my parents see my final report card.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

14. I bet you don't love me ......... I love you. That would be impossible!

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

15. I will accept your marriage proposal ......... you promise to love me and take care of me forever.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

16. Rampant corruption in Indonesia will continue to happen ......... the government continues to deny that the problem exists.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

17. Many British housewives cannot understand why many British men love watching football twice ......... the women.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

18. Many anti-war protesters think that the President of the United States should withdraw their troops from Iraq ......... possible.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

19. A wise man once said that a change is almost ......... a holiday.

as good as

as long as

as soon as

as much as

20. My wife is always ......... when she gets her period and becomes angry at me for no reason at all.

jealous

talkative

content

bad-tempered