2. Answer the question.
1. Where is Great Britain situated?
2. What countries is the UK made of?
3. What channel separates the British Isles from the Continent?
4. What is the official language in the UK?
5. What does the British Parliament consists of?
1. Read the text and choose the right word. Climate and Nature.
This humid and mild climate is good for plants. The trees and flowers (1)(begin, begins, beginning) to blossom early (2)(at, on ,in) spring.
(3)(at, on, in) the British homes there (4)(have, has been, been) no central heating up till recently. The fireplace (5)(be, are, is) often used, but the coal (6)(using, use, is not used) as it's very expensive. Britain (7)(having, have, has) no good coal now and (8)(imports, import, importing) it (9)(itself, themselves, himself) . Many schools and universities (10)(to have, has, have) no central heating (11)(also, neither, either), and the floors there are made (12)( by, with, of) stone. The British bedroom is (13)(especially, especial, more especial) cold, sometimes electric blankets or hot water bottles are used.
Britain
(14)(was,
were, will be)
originally a land (15)(on,
of, under)
vast forests. Today only about 6 per cent of the total land area
(16)(remain,
remains, remaining)
wooded. Extensive forests remain in eastern and northern Scotland
and (17)(on,
at, in)
south-eastern and western England. Oak, elm, ash, and beech are the
(18)(common,
commoner, commonest)
trees in England, while Scotland has
much pine and birch. The Highlands (19)(with,
by, on)
thin soil are largely moor land (20)(by,
with ,on)
heather and grasses. In the cultivated areas t
hat
make up most of Britain there are many wild flowers, flowering
plants and grasses. The fauna or animal life of Britain is much like
that of northwestern Europe, to which it was once joined. Many
larger mammals such as bear, wolf have been hunted to
extinction, others are now protected by law.
The climate in Great Britain (21)(is ,be, are) generally mild and temperate due (22)( on, with, to) the influence of the Gulf Stream. The south western winds (23)(be carried, carry, carried) the warmth and moisture (24)(into, to, from) Britain.
The climate in Britain (25)(is usually described, are usually described, be described) as cool, temperate and humid.
British people say: «Other countries have (26)(the, a, an) climate, in England we have weather».
The weather in Britain (27)(change, changes, changing) very quickly.
Every daily paper (28)(to publish, publishing, publishes) a weather forecast. Both the radio and television (29)(giving, gives, give) the weather forecast several times each day.
Rainfall is more or (30)(less, little, few) even throughout the year. (31)(in, on, under) the mountains there is (32)(heavy, heavier, heaviest) rainfall than in the plains of the south and east. The (33)(dry, dries, drier) period is from March to June and the wettest months are from October to January. The average (34)(range, ranges, ranging) of temperature (from winter to summer) is from 15 to 23 degrees above zero. During a normal summer the temperature sometimes (35)(rises, rise, rising) above 30 degrees (36)(at, on, in) the south. Winter temperatures below 10 degrees (37)(am, is, are) rare. It seldom (38)(snowing, snows, snow) heavily in winter, the frost is rare. January and February are usually the coldest months, July and August the warmest. Still the wind may (39)( to bring, bring, brings) winter cold in spring or summer days. Sometimes it (40)(to bring, bring, brings) the whirlwinds or hurry-canes. Droughts are rare.