New York City

New York is the largest city in the United States. More than seven mil­lion people live there. New York has very tall buildings like the World Trade Centre and the Empire State Building. It is the biggest port in the world. Thousands of ships come to the port of New York each year. It has Macy's, one of the biggest stores in the world. New York also has the largest lady in the world - the Statue of Liberty.

New York is a very cosmopolitan city. People from many countries came to, live in New York. Three-quarters, or 75 percent, of the people in New York City come from five groups. The groups are: blacks, Jews, Ital­ians, Puerto Ricans, and Irish. The other quarter, or 25 percent, comes from all over the world.

New York City is the centre for culture in the-United States. It has the finest museums and best art galleries in the country. If you want to see a play, there are many theatres you can go to on Broadway. The street called Broad­way is the centre for theatre in the United States.

People call New York City the " Big Apple". Jazz musicians in the 1920s gave New York this name. When a musician says he is going to the Big Apple, it means he is the best. Today, New York is still the U.S. centre for art and business.

Exercise 1. Choose the correct variant.

1. A town with a harbor where ships can stop is a _____.

a. centre b. port c. store

2. A city where there are people from different parts of the world is ____.

a. cosmopolitan b. Irish c. tall

3. With its many art galleries, museums, and theatres you can see that New York is the centre for _____ in the United States.

a. business b. ships c. culture

4. You go to the theatre to see _____.

a. a gallery b. jazz c. a play

5. When you cut something into four parts, each part is a ______.

] a. quarter b. centre c. three-quarters

6. When something is of the best quality, it is the ____.

a. largest b. finest c. biggest

Exercise 2. Finish the following sentences.

1. New York ____.

a. has the largest ladies in the United States

b. is the largest city in the United States

c. is a tall city

2. New York is _______.

a. a black and Irish city b. a cosmopolitan city c. three-quarters Puerto Rica

3. New York. ____.

a. has galleries on Broadway

b. has only museums

c. is the centre for culture in the United States

Exercise 3. Find the wrong word in each sentence and replace it by the correct one.

1. More than eleven million people live in New York City.

2. Three-quarters of the people in New York come from four groups.

3. The street called Liberty is the centre for theatre.

4. Jazz musicians in the 1960s called New York the «Big Apple».

5. Macy's is one of the biggest ships in New York.

6. Thousands of plays come to the port of New York each year.