2. Complete the text with the prepositions in the box.

along down from round through to up to

Yellowstone National Park

Tourists come 1) ……… Wyoming 2) ……… all over the world to see Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was first explored by John Colter, who passed

3) ……… in 1808, and it became the world’s first national Park in 1872.

Most visitors go straight 4) ……… the Old Faithful Geyser. This blows every 75 minutes and sends over 20.000 litres of boiling water 45 metres 5) ……… in the air. In between eruptions, visitors can go 6) ……… the other attractions or follow one of the trails 7) ……… the Firehole river.

The other main sight is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, where a pair of powerful waterfalls drop 8) …….. into a 300-metre-deep canyon.

3. Choose the correct answer.

On the 2^nd September, 1666 a fire (1) ……… in a baker’s house in London. It was an accident (2) ……… was the beginning of the (3) ……… fire in London’s history. The wind (4) ……… hard, so the fire spread quickly through the city. It burned for three days and (5) ……… a large part of the city, including a cathedral, several churches and thousand of homes. People tried to escape with (6) ……… belonging in boats on the river, as their houses burnt down. Finally, the fire was put out and the rebuilding of London began. A magnificent new cathedral (7) ……… and the people returned to new houses.

1 A was started B started C had started

2 A which B who C why

3 A worse B bad C worst

4 A blew B was blowing C had blown

5 A destroyed B had destroyed C has destroyed

6 A theirs B them C their

7 A was built B is built C was being built

4. Complete the text with it or there in each space.

Tropical forests grow near the Equator where a) ......... is warm and wet. b) ......... are only two seasons, rainy and dry. c) ......... is normally 20 – 25 C in a tropical forest and d) ......... is only a drop of about 5 C in the coldest months. e) ......... is a lot of rain, on average more than 200 cm per year. f) ......... is poor soil, and g) ......... is difficult for plants on the forest floor to develop, as tall trees (25 – 35 metres) block the light. h) ......... are many plants, birds, animals and insects. i) ......... are different kinds of tropical forests with different kinds of trees. j) ......... depends on the temperature and the amount of rainfall.

In temperate forests, k) ......... are four seasons with a cold winter. l) ......... is impossible for the trees to grow all the year round in a temperate forest, and m) ......... is a growing season of only 140 – 200 days. n) ......... is also a greater range of temperatures, from -30 to +30C and o) ......... rains throughout the year (75 – 150 cm), q) ......... is more light, and the soil is richer. r) ......... are many deciduous trees in these forests, and s) ......... is common to find many animals and birds. Again, t) ......... is a range of forest types depending on the annual rainfall.