Big Ben is known as Great Britain’s most famous clock and one of London’s (1) ... known sights, situated on the bank of (2) ... river Thames and being an important part of the (3) …
skyscraper. It’s popular both with visitors and Londoners.
There is some misunderstanding as to the name itself. Some people refer it to the clock tower
itself, (4) ... use the name just to the clock. Factually, strictly speaking the name Big Ben is the
name of one bell, (5) … bell in the clock.
1. A good B better C most well D best
2. A a B an C the D --
3. A citys B city’s C cities D towns
4. A others B the others C another D other’s
5. A the largest B larger C the larger D largest

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island is situated on the British Isles not far from Europe. It consists of the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of Ireland and a great number of small islands. Such as: the Orkney, the Hebrides, the Isle of White and many others.

If you look at the map of Europe you will see that Great Britain is not large. It takes 6 hours to travel in a fast train, from London, the capital of England, to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. And the June from London to Plymouth takes a little over 4 hours by train.

There are 4 part of Great Britain England, the capital is London, Scotland the capital is Edinburgh, Wales the capital is Cardiff and Northern Island the capital is Belfast. Great Britain lies not far from continent. It is separated from Europe by the North Sea and England Channel. The channel in it's narrowest part The Strait of Dover is only 32 kilometers.

Great Britain has a very good geographical position, as it lies on the crossways of the sea routes from Europe to other parts of the World.

The sea connects Britain with most European countries such as: Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Russia and some other countries. The main sea route from Europe to America also passed thought the channel.British climate is mild and damp. It often rains frogs are quit frequent especially in the West and south-west. The Gulf Stream a warm ocean current warms to seas around the British coast moderating the climate, giving it cold Summers mild winters. The temperature in winter seldom falls below zero and the field and meadow are green all year round.

Captain[ʹкэптин] James[джэймз] Cook[ʹкук] was[воз] born[бо:н] in[ин] Yorkshire[ʹйо:кш(и)э], England[ʹинглэнд]. 
At[эт] the[зэ] age[эйдж] of[ов] 17, he[хи:] started working[ʹвё:кинг] on[он] a[э,(эй)] ship[шип]. During[ʹдйуэринг]his[хиз] time[тайм] on[он] the[зэ] ship[шип],he[хи:] began[биʹгэн] to[ту:] study[ʹстади] different[ʹдиф(э)рэнт]subjects[МН.Ч.].
In[ин] 1768 was[воз] his[хиз] first[фё:ст] trip[трип] around[эʹраунд] the[зэ] world[вё:лд].
Cook's [Сущ.Пр.П.] second[ʹсэкэнд] trip[трип] was[воз] in[ин] 1772. It[ит] lasted for[фо:] four[фо:]years[МН.Ч.].
James[джэймз] Cook[ʹкук] was[воз] a[э,(эй)] great[грэйт] explorer[икʹспло:рэ] .For[фо:] 12 years[МН.Ч.] he[хи:]sailed around[эʹраунд] the[зэ] Pacific[пэʹсифик] Ocean[ʹэуш(э)н], New[нью:] Zealand[ʹзи:лэнд] and[энд]Australia[о:ʹстрэйлиэ]. He[хи:] made[мэйд] the[зэ] most[мэуст] complete[кэмʹпли:т] maps[МН.Ч.] of[ов] the[зэ]area[ʹэ(э)риэ] for[фо:] that[зэт] time[тайм]. He[хи:] changed people's [Сущ.Пр.П.]understanding[͵андэʹстэндинг] of[ов] geography[джиʹогрэфи]. His[хиз] work[вё:к] was[воз] very[ʹвэри]important[имʹпо:т(э)нт] and[энд] useful[ʹью:сф(э)л] for[фо:] people[ʹпи:п(э)л] from[фром] all[о:л] over[ʹэувэ]the[зэ] world[вё:лд].