Exercise 1 Match the two parts of the sentences
1 The USA borders ...
2 There are fifty states in the USA ...
3 It holds an olive branch (a symbol of peace) and ...
4 Many rives cross the country. The most impor¬tant are ...
5 The USA is one of the greatest ...
6 The climate of the country varies greatly ...
7 The population of the USA is ...
8 The total area of the country is ...
9 There is one stripe for ...
10 The capital of the country is ... a)... about nine and a half million square kilometers.
b) ... Washington D.C.
c) ... on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south.
d) ... from arctic in Alaska through continental in the central part to subtropical in the south.
e) ... each of the first thirteen colonies which in 1776 became independent of England.
f) ... arrows (symbols of strength) in its paws.
g) ... about 250 million people.
h)... there are fifty stars on the American flag: one star for each state.
i) ... industrial and leading agricultural nations in the world.
j) ... the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Colorado, the Sacramento.
Exercise 1 Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 The USA borders ...c) ... on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south.
2 There are fifty states in the USA and..h)... there are fifty stars on the American flag: one star for each state.
3 It holds an olive branch (a symbol of peace) and ...f) ... arrows (symbols of strength) in its paws.
4 Many rives cross the country. The most important are ...j) ... the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Colorado, the Sacramento.
5 The USA is one of the greatest ...i) ... industrial and leading agricultural nations in the world.
6 The climate of the country varies greatly ...d) ... from arctic in Alaska through continental in the central part to subtropical in the south.
7 The population of the USA is ... g) ... about 250 million people.
8 The total area of the country is ...a)... about nine and a half million square kilometers.
9 There is one stripe for ...e) ... each of the first thirteen colonies which in 1776 became independent of England.
10 The capital of the country is ... b) ... Washington D.C.