Yet，contrary to widespread belief，very few Australians have true prisoner origins.Within only one generation of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788，Australia had become a nation of immigrants.Originally coming almost entirely from the British Isles，today one in three Australians comes from elsewhere.Australia’ s liberal postwar immigration policies led to a flowing of survivors from war­torn Europe，most notably Greeks，Italians，Poles and Germans.

　　The emphasis has shifted in recent years and today the majority of new immigrants are from Southeast Asia.Today Australia is a “mixture of nations” and although some racism exists，it has generally been a successful experiment and the country is reasonably proud to have one of the most harmonious multicultural communities in the world.

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了澳大利亚的历史、人口及经济结构的发展。现在的澳大利亚已经成为了多民族的混合体，其独特的发展历史使其成为了世界上最和谐的多文化国家。

　　5．What does the writer mean by saying “has little more than a passing familiarity with the desert” in the second paragraph?

　　A．The major population has a close relationship with the desert.

　　B．The fast­paced cities are just located by the desert.

　　C．The major population knows little about the desert.

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