墨尔本PTE 阅读排序 2913

A - When the war broke out in 1914, it was a certainty that, because of longstanding economic, family and defense ties, Australia, along with New Zealand, would stand alongside Britain.   

B - This was no idle promise and Australia paid a high price for their loyalty to their colonizers.   

C - Then the Prime Minister Andrew Fisher was quick to pledge the country’s support to “the last man, the last shilling”.   

D - From a pre-war population of 5m, 417,000 enlisted in the armed forces, of which 324,000 served abroad.   

E - By the end of the war, Australia had lost. 60,000 dead and 155,000 men had been wounded.