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1. What oceans is the USA washed by?

2. How large is the USA?

3. How many states does country consist of?

4. What is the largest state of the USA?

5. Why is America a land of physical contrasts?

6. What is the weather like in different parts of the USA?

7. What state is known as the land of lakes?

8. What are the longest rivers of the country?

9. What are the main agricultural plants?

10. What are Florida and California famous for?

11. What are the main minerals of the USA?

6. Agree or disagree. Correct wrong statements.

I (quite) agree (with you). I don’t think so.

I think so too. I don’t agree.

Certainly! I think you are mistaken.

Just so. You are wrong.

1. The Atlantic seaboard is heavily agricultural area of the USA.

2. The USA is washed by the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific ocean.

3. The USA borders on Canada in the North and Mexico in the South.

4. The USA is the second largest nation in the world.

5. The largest state is Rhode Island and the smallest one is Alaska.

6. America is a land of physical contrasts, but it has the same kind of weather across the USA.

7. The southern parts of Florida, Texas, California and entire state of Hawaii are the temperate zone.

8. The USA varies from heavy forests to barren deserts, from high-peaked mountains to deep canyons.

9. The Mississippi is the world’s third longest river after the Nile and the Amason.

10. The fertile land along the Atlantic coast in the southeast and inland beyond the eastern Appalachian Mountains attracted America’s early settlers.

11. Corn, wheat are planted in the Midwest.

12. The main natural resources of the USA are gold, silver, petroleum, gas, clays, phosphates, lead, iron.

14. Arrange the sentences according to the text.

1. Alaska is nearly 400 times the size of Rhode Island, which is the smallest state.

2. The USA is a land of beautiful rivers and lakes.

3. American farmers plant spring wheat on the cold western plains.

4. The broad Mississippi River system runs from Canada into the Gulf of Mexico.

5. The vast and varied expanse of the USA stretches from the Atlantic seaboard, over the Rocky Mountains to the west coast, then halfway across the Pacific to the island-state of Hawaii.

6. History has glamorized the gold rushes to California and Alaska and the silver finds in Nevada.

7. The USA is the fourth largest nation in the world after Russia, Canada and China.

8. America is a land of physical contrast including the weather.

9. Underground, a wealth of minerals provides a solid base for American industry.

10. Alaska is the largest of America’s 50 states.

11. Most of the USA is in the temperate zone, with four distinct seasons.

12. Florida and California are famous for their vegetable and fruit production.

13. The southern parts of Florida, Texas, California, and the entire state of Hawaii, have warm temperature year round.

14. The St. Lawrence Seaway connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

15. The northern state of Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes.