Test Unit 11 6 класс Афанасьева

Fill in : divided, joined, separated, situated, great , passes, covers longest, southern ,population, richest, Highlands, called, chain , highest ,forests,important, flows, connects, plain, on the crossways, washed.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland_________ an area of some 244 thousand square miles. It is___________ on the British Isles. The British Isles are ________ from Europe by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. The British Isles are ______ by the North Sea in the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

The ________________of Great Britain is about 60 million. The largest cities of the country are London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The territory of Great Britain is ____________into four parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

England is in the ________ and central part of Great Britain. Scotland is in the north of the island. Wales is in the west. Northern Ireland is situated in the north-eastern part of Ireland.

England is the__________, the most fertile and most populated part in the country. There are mountains in the north and in the west of England, but all the rest of the territory is a vast____. In the northwestern part of England there are many beautiful lakes. This part of the country is ________Lake District.

Scotland is a land of mountains. The_________ of Scotland are among the oldest mountains in the world. The highest mountain of Great Britain is __________ in Scotland too. The___________ of mountains in Scotland is the Grampians. Its _________peak is Ben Nevis. It is the highest peak not only in Scotland but in the whole Great Britain as well. In England there is the Pennine Chain. In Wales there are the Cumbrian^[1] Mountains.

Geographical position of Great Britain is rather good as the country lies of the see routes from Europe to other parts of the world.

There are no ___________on the ___________of the British Isles today. Historically, the most famous forest is Sherwood Forest in the east of England, to the north of London. It was the home of Robin Hood, the famous hero of a number of legends.

The British Isles have many rivers but they are not very long. The ________of the English rivers is the Severn. It flows into the Irish Sea. The most________ river of Scotland is the Clyde. Glasgow stands on it. Many of the English and Scottish rivers are_____ by canals, so that it is possible to travel by water from one end of Great Britain to the other.

The Thames is over 200 miles long. It _______through the rich agricultural and industrial districts of the country. London, the capital of Great Britain, stands on it. The Thames has a wide mouth, that's why the big ocean liners can go up to the London port.

The sea ________Britain with most European countries such as Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and some other countries. The main sea route from Europe to America also ______through the English Channel.

The key

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1. covers

2situated

3 separated

4 washed

5 population

6 divided

7 southern

8 richest

9. plain

10 great

11 Highlands

12. situated

13 chain

14 highest

15forest

16 on the crossways

17 longest

18 important

19 joined

20 flows ( through)

21 connects

22 passes