Задание

Read the text and put the missing word in the sentence below.

The USA is a very large country, so the climate is different from state to state. It is mostly temperate but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, and arctic in Alaska.

The main mountain chains are the Cordillera in the west and the Appalachian Mountains in the east. The Great Lakes on the border with Canada are the largest and the deepest in the USA.

The flag of the United States of America is called “Stars and Stripes”. There are three colours on the flag – red, white and blue. The 50 stars stand for the 50 states of the Union.

The United States of America is a presidential republic. The head of state is the president. Now he is Joe Biden.

There are two political parties in the USA: the republican and the democratic. This country is made up of 50 states and the independent District of Columbia.

The main mountain chains are the __________in the west.