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London is a good place to buy things. Charing Cross in London is famous for its bookshops. There are lots of them there, and they sell both old and new books. One of the oldest and most famous bookshops in London is Foyles. It has thousands of books  — but it can sometimes be very difficult to find the book you want.
London's West End has some of the best theatres in the world, so tickets there can sometimes be very expensive. However, if you go in the afternoon, it is often much cheaper. There is something for everybody  — from a play by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre to Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, which is a very famous play.
The exciting Notting Hill Carnival in London takes place on the last Sunday and Monday in August. There are two wonderful parades to watch  — one on Sunday and one on Monday, and you can see them going through the streets near Portobello Road and Ladbroke Grove. Thousands of tourists come to London to watch this carnival.
There is so much to see in London. Take a picture of Tower Bridge, which is near the Tower of London. It was first opened in 1894 and is one of the most beautiful and famous bridges in the city. Then you can see St. Paul's Cathedral, which is not far away, on Ludgate Hill. It was built by Sir Christopher Wren after the Fire of London.
If you don't have much time to see London and still want to see some of its most famous buildings, you can use the famous red buses. Some of them are specifically for tourists. Red buses are very convenient.

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This text deals with …
1)  transport;
2)  food;
3)  a museum;
4)  spending free time;
5)  history;
6)  famous people.
A)  It's impossible to get bored in London. If you like to listen to jazz musicians, you can hear some of the best ones at Ronnie Scott's Club in Fifth Street. For ballet, go to the Sadler's wells Theatre in Rosebery Avenue or to the Royal Opera House. To get cheap tickets, you should buy them an hour or two before the performance begins.
B)  Madame Tussaud's in London is one of its most visited places. It is located in Marylebone Road and it is famous for its figures of people made of wax. You can see famous people from the past and some of the celebrities of our times. There is also the Chamber of Horrors there where you can see some of the famous London criminals of the past.
C)  London's famous red buses and the underground called The Tube are already a cultural experience. Still, if you don't want to use London buses or underground, you may try London taxis called black cabs. The drivers are usually friendly and helpful and they know London very well indeed. You can also take a boat trip to Hampton Court.
D)  London is not a cheap city, but it doesn't mean you will have to spend much money on food there. There are a lot of fish and chips shops in London, where the meals are delicious and inexpensive. A lot of Londoners and visitors to the city love pies and delicious chocolate cakes from local bakeries. In London you can also find takeaways and pubs.
E)  London is a very old city. It grew up around the first point where the Roman invaders found the Thames narrow enough to build a bridge. They founded a Celtic settlement then known as Londinium and later they turned it into a large port and important trading centre with a long wall of stone and brick. London grew and became a great city we can see today.

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England is famous for 14___________ breakfasts. Very 15________ people eat a full English breakfast every day, but you can usually get one in hotels or cafes. The English breakfast 16_____ toast, eggs and sausages. The sausages are often called bangers because in times of war, when food was rationed, there was a lot of water in the sausages. When they 17__________, they often blew up!
The traditional Sunday lunch is a roast dinner, with roast beef, roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding. However, many English people now eat fewer traditional dishes.
Tea, of course, is one of 18_______ drinks in England, and in cafes and at home many people like 19______ afternoon tea, which is tea with cakes and sandwiches.

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A. sights
B. nearly
C. see
D. far
E. government
F. small
G. cities
H. important

England has 50 20________ and many smaller towns, and many smaller towns, and there are lots of things to see and do there.
The biggest city, and England’s capital, is London. 21______ eight million people live in London - more than in any other European city. The country’s 22______ is there. For people in many different jobs, London is the most 23_______ place to be for work.
For visitors, too, London has many of England’s most interesting 24_________. London has many areas, which are often very different, even if they are very close! Whitehall and Westminster are the areas where you can 25_________ some of London’s most famous sights.