Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “An honest person ”.(200-250words)
4. Speak on the topic: ““Environmental pollution ””
Independent work 1
Variant 15
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

The United States of America is the fourth _______ (1) country in the world. It ________ (2) the southern part of North America and stretches ______ (3) the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. ____ (4) also includes Alaska in the north and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The total _____ (5) of the country is about nine and a half million square kilometres. The USA ________ (6) on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south. It also has a sea-boarder with Russia. The USA is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a special federal area _________ (7) the capital of the country, Washington, is situated. The population of the country is more than 270 million. If we look at the map of the USA, we _____ (8) see lowlands and mountains. The highest mountains are _____ (9) Rocky Mountains, the Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada. The highest peak is Mount McKinley which is located in Alaska. America's largest rivers are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio Grande and the Columbia. The Great Lakes on the border ______ (10) Canada are the largest and deepest in the USA.The USA is a highly _________ (11) industrial country. It's the world's leading producer of copper and oil and the________ (12) second producer of iron ore and coal. Among _____ (13) most important manufacturing industries _____ (14) aircraft, cars, textiles, radio and television sets, ornaments, furniture and paper. The _____ (15) cities are: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, San-Francisco, Washington and others. The United States is a federal Union of 50 states, each of which has ____ (16) own government. The seat ___ (17) the central government is Washington, DC. According to the US Constitution the powers of the government are divided into ___ (18) branches: the executive, headed by the President, the legislative, exercised by the Congress, and the judicial. The Congress consists of the Senate ____ (19) the House of Representatives. There are two main political parties in the USA: the Republican and the Democratic, though there's hardly ____ (20) difference between their political lines.

1. a) large b) largest c) larger d) the largest
2. a) occupies b) occupied c) occupy d) to be occupied
3. a) from b) of c) on d) for
4. a) he b) this c) it d) that
5. a) place b) country c) high d) area
6. a) border b) borders c) bordered d) to border
7. a) there b) which c) where d) here
8. a) may b) can c) must d) could
9. a) the b) a c) an d) -
10. a) and b) or c) on d) with
11. a) developed b) develop c) developing d) develop
12. a) of the world b) world c) world's d) worlds’
13. a) a b) an c) any d) the
14. a) is b) are c) were d) was
15. a) larger b) large c) largest d) the largest
16. a) its b) it is c) it’s d) it
17. a) on b) in c) up d) of
18. a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 d) 7
19. a) or b) and c) but d) with
20. a) some b) any c) no d) none