Chair of gumanitar final state attestation variant for the department of agrobiology

2. Read and retell the text.

THE USA

The USA is situated in the central part of the North American continent. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast – by the Atlantic Ocean.

The area of the USA is over nine million square kilometres. It is a very large country, so it has several different climatic regions. The coldest regions are in the north and north – east. The south has a subtropical climate.

The population of the USA is more than 236 million people. Most of the people live in towns.

The capital of the USA is Washington in the district of Columbia (D. C.). It is an administrative city without much industry. Washington has many famous monuments in the streets and squares. One of them is the Abraham Lincoln memorial with 36 columns representing the states of the union at the time of Lincoln's death. The main part of the memorial is the figure of Lincoln.

The Capitol, where the Congress meets, is a very high and beautiful building with white marble columns. It is in the very centre of the city. Not far from the Capitol there is the Library of Congress. It holds five million books.

The White House, the residence of the President, is the oldest public building in Washington and one of the most beautiful.