Focus 2 unit 4 Reading

In some countries they build houses on ------ to protect them from floods and help keep dangerous snakes out of the home.

Europe's largest ---------- is actually in South America in French-owned Guiana! It is home to over 1,000 animal species and 5,625 types of plant.

The Daintree is a (d_____e) rainforest in the north-east of Australia.

Aphrodite ------ , located near the coast of Cyprus, marks the place where Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, procreation, and pleasure, was born.

The Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest place on earth. Because of the (s_____g) temperatures, there is very little life in the area.

Mauna Loa, Hawaii, is the world's largest ------ – it's also one of the most active. There have been 33 eruptions since 1843.

Postojna is a famous ----- in Slovenia. Actually, it's a 24,340-metre long system of underground rooms full of stalactites and stalagmites.

I fell out of a --------   in my garden when I was younger and broke my arm.

The ------- of Machu Picchu are one of the most famous historical places in the world.

If we say Australia is a continent, Greenland is actually the biggest ---------- in the world.

Cantabria in northern Spain is famous for its (l_____h) vegetation.

Mount Tambora in Indonesia is the world's largest volcanic (c_____r). It is 4.36 miles wide and 1 mile deep.

A (n_____c t_____e) is a group of people that are always moving. Examples are the Bedouin in the Middle East and the Cherokee Native Americans.

There are plenty of (h_____t s_____s) in Europe but the most famous is probably the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. The water temperature there is 37–39°C.