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Fill in the blanks where necessary.

1) Does Mark speak – Spanish?

2) Show me ….. Canary Islands on this map, please.

3) How much does it cost to stay at ….. Grand Hotel?

4) ….. Volga flows into ….. Caspian Sea.

5) Although the north of Scotland is called ….. Highlands the mountains aren't high there – ….. Ben Nevis (1343 m) is ….. highest peak.

6) I've made up my mind to go to ….. Black Sea next summer.

7) ….. Lake Baikal is the deepest one in the world.

8) On Wednesday ….. Moscow Times published an article about ….. Marcus Webb.

9) ….. Urals are old and not very high.

10) Every morning during breakfast bagpipes are played outside ….. Queen's dining-room in ….. Buckingham Palace.

 

4.7. Answer these questions. Find out the answers if you don't know them.

1) What is the longest river in the world? (Amazon/ Nile/ Rhine). – The Amazon is the longest river in the world.

2) Where is Bolivia? (Africa/ South America/ North America) –…..

3) Where is Ethiopia? (Asia/ South America/ Africa) – …..

4) Of which country is Manila the capital? (Indonesia/ Philippines/ Japan) – …..

5) Of which country is Stockholm the capital? (Norway/ Denmark/ Sweden) – …..

6) Which country lies between Mexico and Canada? ( Venezuela/ El Salvador/ United States of America) – …..

7) Which is the largest country in the world? (United States of America/ China/ Russia) – …..

8) Which is the largest continent? (Africa/ South America/ Asia) – …..

9) What is the name of the mountain range in the west of North America? (Rocky Mountains/ Andes/ Alps) – …..

10) What is the name of the ocean between America and Asia (Atlantic/ Pacific/ Indian Ocean) – …..

11) What is the name of the ocean between Africa and Australia? (Atlantic/ Pacific/ Indian Ocean) – …..

12) What is the name of the sea between England and France? (Mediterranean Sea/ English Channel/ French Sea) – …..

13) What is the name of the sea between Africa and Europe? (Black Sea/ Red Sea/ Mediterranean) – …..

14) What is the name of the sea between Britain and Norway? (Norwegian Sea/ English Channel/ North Sea) – …..

15) Which river flows through Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade? – (Rhine/ Danube/ Volga) – …..

16) What joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? (Suez Canal/Panama Canal) – …..

 

4.8. Complete these sentences if necessary.

1) I'd like to see Mr Smith please. – Do you mean the Mr Smith who works in ….. box office or ….. other Mr Smith?

2) Did you come by ….. air? – No, I came by ….. sea. I had a lovely voyage on ….. Queen Elizabeth II.

3) ….. most of ….. stories that ….. people tell about ….. Irish aren't true.

4) When ….. Titanic was crossing ….. Atlantic she struck an iceberg which tore a huge hole in her bow. ….. captain ordered ….. crew to help ….. passengers into ….. boats.

5) We're going to ….. tea with ….. Smiths today, aren't we? Shall we take ….. car? – We can go by ….. car if you wash ….. car first. We can't go to ….. Mrs Smith's in a car all covered with ….. mud.

6) Would you like to hear a story? – No, I've heard ….. stories about ….. Englishmen, ….. Irishmen, and ….. Scotsmen before and they are all ….. same.



7) But my is not a typical story. In my story ….. Scotsman is generous, ….. Irishman is logical and ….. Englishman is romantic. – Oh, if it's a fantastic story I'll listen with ….. pleasure.

 

4.9. Insert the where necessary and retell the story.

There is more water than land on our planet. (1) The largest and deepest ocean in (2) ….. world is (3) ….. Pacific. Then comes (4) ….. Atlantic. (5) ….. Indian ocean is only a little smaller. (6) ….. smallest ocean is (7) ….. Arctic. One of (8) ….. longest rivers in (9) ….. world is (10) ….. Mississippi, (11) ….. largest sea is (12) ….. Mediterranean, (13) ….. deepest lake is (14) ….. Lake Baikal. Large masses of (15) ….. land are called (16) ….. continents. They are (17) ….. Europe and Asia, (18) ….. North and South America, (19) ….. Australia and Antarctica.

There are mountain chains in many parts of (20) ….. world. Some of them such as (21) ….. Urals are old, others like (22) …..Caucasus are much younger. (23)….. highest mountain chain, which is called (24) ….. Himalayas, is situated in (25)….. Asia.

 


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