3. Ask the questions which receive the following answers:

2. He lives and works in the official residence, No, 10, Downing Street; London.

3. Parliamentary elections are held once in every 5 years.

4. Parliament's function is to discuss, criticize, oppose.

Iw # 5 Towns of Great Britain

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There are a lot of big cities and towns in Great Britain. London, the capital of Great Britain, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Grimsby, Sheffield, Liverpool, Windsor and others.

In the heart of England, about 112 miles north-west of London, is Birmingham, a city with over two million inhabitants. The growth of this city during the last century has been very rapid, for it owes its importance almost entirely to its iron industry. Although it has no outlet on the sea coast and does not stand on any great river, it has become a busy hive of industry. The district around Birmingham is known as the Black Country. It is a land of factories and mines.

The centre of the cotton industry is Manchester, Like Birmingham, Manchester is of recent growth. It cannot boast of many ancient buildings. Few English cities, however, have better public parks, of which there are over fifty, the largest is the Heaton Park.

The country town of Yorkshire is York, and the old centre of the woolen trade is Halifax. York is a beautiful old city on the River Ouse. But neither York nor Halifax is the centre of the woolen industry, which is Leeds, a rapidly growing city in the valley of the River Aire.

The modern development of Leeds as the chief centre of the woolen industry in England dates from the introduction of steam-power machinery towards the close of the eighteenth century.

Grimsby is a prosperous seaport on the coast of Lincolnshire, at the estuary of the River Humber. It is the wealthiest fishing port in Europe. Over two and a half million pounds worth of fish is landed every year.

The modern city, with over a million people, has grown from the tiny hamlet of Escafeld. It is the city of Sheffield. When the casual traveller through Sheffield by rail sees the packed workshops, knowing nothing of the beauty they have marred and judging Sheffield by them, he may perhaps be forgiven for thinking that the whole city is dull and grimy. He is unaware that its people have managed to concentrate their industries in one place. It is this industrial concentration which makes Sheffield unique among English industrial towns.

Liverpool is famous for its docks, it is the largest port in Great Britain.

Windsor and the surrounding district is a delightful residential locality. There are two Windsors — Old Windsor and New Windsor. New Windsor grew up with the Castle. Of many Royal Palaces in Europe none can trace its origin to so early a period as does Windsor Castle.

Elsom is a seaside resort in the south of England, not very far from Brighton.

Durham City is situated on one of the best developed incised meanders in Western Europe — on the River Wear. It is a perfect model of. Pirenne's medieval city.