1. Read the texts and choose the correct variant. The united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland

Great Britain is a small, highly developed country 1)… a population over 60 million. 2)… includes three countries: England, Wales, Scotland. 3)… United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4)… in 1921. The country is situated 5)… the British Isles which lie to the West of the continent for Europe. The area 6)… some 242,500 sq. km. Britain is just under 1.000 km long 7)… the south coast of England 8)… the extreme north of Scotland, and just under 500 km across in the 9)… part. Great Britain is separated from Europe 10)… the North Sea and 11)… English Channel. In 1993 the new Tunnel underneath the English Channel 12)… between Dover (England) and Calais (France). The length of 13)… Tunnel is 30-miles. 14)… some 57 million people, Britain 15)… sixteenth in the world in term of population. The population 16)… relatively stable over 17)… last decade, but 18)… . Britain is a relatively densely populated country. England has the 19)… population density of the four lands and Scotland the 20)… .

	A	В	С
1.	with	from	to
2.	he	it	she
3.	а	an	the
4.	will be formed	is formed	was formed
5.	at	on	in
6.	total	totals	totaling
7.	from	on	with
8.	to	on	with
9.	wide	widest	wider
10.	at	by	on
11.	а	an	the
12.	opening	were opened	was opened
13.	the	а	an
14.	with	without	in
15.	to rank	rank	ranks
16.	to remain	has remained	be remained
17.	а	an	the
18.	has aged	to age	aging
19.	highest	high	higher
20.	low	lowest	lower

2. Read the text and choose the correct variant. Great towns, cities

As for geographical heart of England there 1)… the vibrant city of Birmingham with 2)… excellent shopping and entertainment to cater 3)… every taste. The visitor 4)… also find a legacy of 5)… Victorian architecture and the intricate network 6)… canals as evidence 7)… a rich industrial heritage.

Manchester is 8)… warm-hearted 9)… . Innovative attractions 10)… the Museum 11)… Science and Industry, 12)… Air and Space Museum and the Cranada Studios Tour, where visitors can 13)… the sets of famous television shows like Coronation Street, or sit 14)… the Back Benches of a lifesize 15)… of Commons. Further north 16)… the city Durham, which 17)… a massive 11-th century castle standing opposite a beautiful cathedral. Both 18)… situated on cliffs, high 19)… the river Wear, which makes around them. There are also narrow, cobbled streets, ancient buildings, and a market square which comes 20)… life each Saturday.

	A	В	С
1.	be	is	are
2.	his	her	its
3.	for	to	with
4.	will	shall	would
5.	attracted	attractively	attractive
6.	in	of	off
7.	in	of	off
8.	others	other	another
9.	city	cities	city's
10.	to include	include	includes
11.	on	off	of
12.	the	a	an
13.	explore	to explore	explores
14.	under	at	on
15.	Housed	House	Houses
16.	to be	are	is
17.	boasts	boast	to boast
18.	to be	am	are
19.	under	above	in
20.	to	at	under

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