After Captain Cook claimed New South Wales of Australia for Brit

After Captain Cook claimed New South Wales of Australia for Britain in 1770, theEnglish government decided to establish ________ on this vast land.
A、a penal colony
B、a cow pasture
C、a trading post
D、a naval base
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：Captain Cook thought that New South Wales was a good place for settlement. At the time, England’s prisons were overcrowded. So the English government decided to send prisoners to Australia to start a penal colony—a place where criminals are sent to live.参见教材P297。