England is not a large country. No town in England is very far from the sea, and many English families spend their summer holidays at the seaside. There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers and very large forests.
There are many towns in England. No town is very far from another. The English countryside between the towns is like a carpets of many colors. In Spring and summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green or dark green, and the gardens are green , red, blue,...
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England is not a large country. No town in England is very far from the sea, and many English families spend their summer holidays at the seaside. There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers and very large forests.
There are many towns in England. No town is very far from another. The English countryside between the towns is like a carpets of many colors. In Spring and summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green or dark green, and the gardens are green , red, blue, yellow and white with flowers.
Questions
1. Is England a large country?
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2. Where do many English families spend their summer holidays?
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3. Are there many towns in England?
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4. What is the English countryside like?
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In Britain there is a (1)___holiday______ now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the (2)___housework______ and their working day was usually very long, they often (3)___worked______ on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually one Sunday in March, they could (4)____visit_____ their mothers. They went home on that day and (5)____brought_____ presents for their mothers and for (6)___other______ members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went back (7)___to______their work. People call that day Mothering Day (8)____or_____Mothering Sunday.
Later workers at the (9)___factories______ and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is (10)____the_____ last Sunday in March.