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In the past English industrial prosperity rested on a few important products, such as textiles, coal and heavy machinery. Now the UK has a great variety of industries, for example heavy and light industry, chemical, aircraft, electrical, automobile and many other industries.
For instance, Newcastle is famous for coal industry, the county of Lancashire for its textile industry. The Midlands, or the central counties of England, are famous for the production of machinery, coal, motorcars and chemicals.
Speaking about the cities of the UK the first mention should be made of London, the capital of the UK. It is a big port on the River Thames, a major commercial, industrial center. Leeds is a center of clothing industry producing woolen articles. Glasgow is a major port on the River Clyde where shipbuilding industry is developed.
1. English industrial prosperity rested on a few important products, such as textiles, coal and heavy machinery
2. Now the USA has a great variety of industries.
3. Newcastle is famous for shipbuilding industry.
4. The central counties of England, are famous for the production of machinery, coal, motorcars and chemicals.
5. Washington is a big port on the River Thames.
6. Leeds is a center of clothing industry producing woolen articles
2. Not mentioned in the text, so it cannot be determined whether this statement is true or false.
3. False. Newcastle is famous for its coal industry, not shipbuilding industry.
4. True. The central counties of England are indeed famous for the production of machinery, coal, motorcars, and chemicals.
5. False. Washington is not mentioned in the text, so it cannot be determined whether this statement is true or false.
6. True. Leeds is indeed a center of the clothing industry producing woolen articles.