2. Answer the question.

1. Where is the USA situated?

2. What countries does the USA border on?

3. How many states does the USA consist of?

4. What is the capital of the country?

5. What are the main political parties in the USA?

6. Who is the US President now?

1. Read the text and choose the right word. Washington.

Washington is the capital (1)( of, off, on) the USA. The city was named after the first President George Washington. The population of Washington is about 756000 and together (2)( within, with, without) suburbs (3)( my, their, its) population is over 2800000.

The city (4)( belonging, belong, belongs) (5)( either, neither, no)to the north (6)(or, nor, no) to the south. Washington is humid year round because it sits (7)(around, among, between) two rivers, (8)( the, an, a) Potomac and Anacostia. Washington`s winters are not severe, the city (9)(shares, share, shared) the sweaty summers of Louisiana and the (10)( wind, windy, winds) cold of the Northwest. Washington is (11)( resemble, like, look) no other city of (12)( a, an, the) USA. New York is a centre of finance, of (13)(ship, shipping, ships), of fun; New Orleans deals (14)( in, on, at) cotton; Chicago will sell you wheat and a hundred heads of cattle. But Washington’s only industry is government. The White House, where the US president lives and works, the Capitol, the home of the US Congress, and (15)(the, a, an) Supreme Court are all (16)( of, in, at) Washington. The Library of Congress, the (17)( big, biggest, bigger) existing library, contains more than 13 million books (18) (on, at, in) various languages.

There (19)( am, is, are) many places of interest in Washington. One of them is the Thomas Jefferson memorial. This is a memorial (20)(to, of, with) the third President of the United States, the Founder of the Democratic Party.

No visit to Washington is complete without an excursion to the house of George Washington at Mount Vernon. The estate, a typical 18^th century plantation house, is on the Potomac River, 15 miles south of the capital.

Washington is a constant scene of mass demonstrations, hunger marches and antiwar rallies.

2. Answer the question.

1. What is Washington?

2. Where is Washington situated?

3. Where do American congressmen work?

4. What colour is the US President`s residence?

5. What is Washington`s industry?

6. How many books does the Congress Library contain?

7. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

8. What are the most important sights of Washington?

9. What is the Capitol?

10. Who was the first President of the USA

1. Read the text and choose the right word. New York.

New York is the largest city of (1)(the, a, an).(2)(he, she, it) is a national leader (3)(at, in, on) business, finance, manufacturing, communications, service industries, fashion and arts.

As you walk about New York, you will get (4)(few, many, much) information about history, geography and literature. (5)(a, the, an) heart of the city is Manhattan, a rocky island, 13 miles (6)(large, larger, largest) and 2 miles (7)(wide, wider, widest). Manhattan (8)(are, is, be) the business centre of the nation. The average New Yorker (9)(work, works, to work) in an office on Manhattan.

As the financial headquarters (10)(to, without, of) the capitalist world, New York is the home of some of the world's (11)(large, larger, largest) corporations and the New York and American stock exchange, Wall street (12)(symbolizes, symbolize, symbolized) the money-market and financiers of the USA.

There (13)(are, am, be) many places (14)(into, of, on) interest in New York. One of (15)(their, them, they) is Empire State Building (102 stories). (16)(the other, others, another) place of interest is Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its collection covers 5000 years and (17)(to range, range, ranges) geographically through Egypt, Rome, the Near and Far East.

Broadway is a place where most theatres are located. (18)(it, he, she) is famous (19)(for, of, to) its night clubs, cafes, restaurants, hotels and shops.

The 39-storey Secretariat Building houses offices of about 5000 persons of different nationalities who (20)(to form, forms, form) the administrative organ of the United Nations.