Exercises Find answers to the following questions in the text

Exercises
Find answers to the following questions in the text:

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  What do small factories in Scotland make from wool?
  

Answer: Sweater s

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  What is the capital of Scotland famous for?
  

Answer: Edinburgh is famous for many things: its festivals (plays and music), its museums and libraries, and for its writers Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and others.

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  What part of England has much industry?
  

Answer: The centre of England (the “Midlands”)

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  What part of England is mostly farming country?
  

Answer:The west of England is rich farming country

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  What is the famous Welsh festival called?
  

Answer:“Eisteddfod”

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  What is the climate of Northern Ireland like?
  

Answer: warm and wet

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  What country is famous for keeping sheep?
  

Answer: Scotland


Agree(yes)or disagree(no)with the statements:

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  The UK is a republic. No
  
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  Head of State is a monarch. Yes
  
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  Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Yes
  
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  Members of the House of Lords are elected and members of the House of Commons are appointed. No
  
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  The Head of the Government is the queen. No
  
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  The Prime Minister is the leader of the party in power. Yes
  

Finish the following:

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  The UK consists of ________4 countries
  
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  It is separated from the Continent by______English channel
  
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  Most of the mountains are______in the north, Scotland
  
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  The longest river is ______ the Severn
  
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  Cambridge and Oxford are______famous universities
  
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  London is situated on ______the river Thames
  
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  The population of the UK is ______over 57 million