based on Unit 2, Listening ex. 4

Listen and complete the answers to the questions

Trafalgar Square. Trafalgar Square is the largest square in London. Many people think it is a central meeting place in the capital of England. In the middle of the square stands a tall column, a monument to Admiral Nelson. Londoners first saw it in 1842. The column is 52 metres, or 170 feet high. On the top of the column stands an 18 feet tall statue of Lord Nelson. The four bronze lions appeared near the column much later, in 1868. There are two beautiful fountains in the square as well.

There are many great buildings around the square. One of them is the National Gallery. It is a neo-classical building which has a collection of more than 2,300 paintings. You can see works by Van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet there.

In the northeast of the square there is a church. It is St Martin-in-the-fields Church, the oldest building in this area. James Gibbs, a Scottish architect, finished the building of the church in 1726. It got its name because at that time it was situated in green fields and was not on the territory of the city.

1. What is situated in the middle of Trafalgar Square?
   A monument to
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2. How high is the statue of Lord Nelson?
   It is
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3. What great buildings can we find around the square?
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4. When did the Scottish architect finish the building of St Martin-in-the-fields church?
   In
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