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1. In the spring of 2014 … Belarus hosted … Ice Hockey World Championship.

2. … Minsk of the 2010s is not … Minsk of the 1990s.

3. People who live in … Netherlands are called … Dutch.

4. … United Arab Emirates is the world’s eighth largest oil producer.

5. In my opinion, by 2030 … Chinese will have become the language of international scientific communication.

6. … Vatican, the smallest state in the world, is situated in … city of Rome.

7. About 90 airlines fly from … Heathrow Airport to other countries worldwide.

8. … Obama Administration undertook a number of initiatives intended to support US manufacturing.

9. … Republic of Belarus is situated at the crossroads of strategic ways from … West to … East.

10. … Smith’s bookshop is in … High Street opposite … Barclays Bank.

11. A total of 36 countries confirmed their participation for … 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.

12. In the years after … World War II there were more than 20 million refugees in all parts of the world.

13. … King George VI was the British ruler before … Queen Elizabeth II.

14. He spoke to a gathering of students about the role of … IMF in the current economic crisis.

15. By its size, structure, and activities … Belarusian State University is the largest educational and scientific centre in our country.

16. Peter works for … EPAM Systems now. He worked for … Beltelecom at the start of his career.

17. … Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak of … Andes, is in … South America.

18. The founder of … Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates was born in 1955 in … Seattle.

19. “… Financial Times” is one of … UK’s most important financial newspapers.

20. One of the nicest parks in … London is … St. James’ Park which is very near … Buckingham Palace.

21. Located in the heart of … New York City, … Plaza Hotel is its ultimate luxury lifestyle destination.

22. … British Isles include two big islands (… Great Britain and … Ireland) and nearly 6000 small islands.

23. … EEC was the most significant of the three treaty organisations that were consolidated in 1967 to form … European Community.

24. … Foyles was once listed in … Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest bookshop in terms of shelf area (50 km) and number of titles on display.

25. 88 nations were represented at … Parade of Nations at … Olympic Opening Ceremony in … Sochi in 2014.

26. … Lake Michigan is the only one of … five Great Lakes that is entirely sheltered by … United States.

27. … Fifth Avenue separates … East Side of … Manhattan from … West Side.

28. I can never understand … UK elections, because I don’t see the difference between … Conservative and … Labour Parties.

29. … acting Prime Minister visited … British Embassy to leave a message of condolence following the death of … Lady Margaret Thatcher.

30. … NATO, or … North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, is an international alliance of 26 countries of … Europe and … North America created to ensure the peace and security of … North Atlantic region.