los angeles
i am going to tell you about los angeles. los angeles spans a widely diverse geographic area. primarily a desert basin, the area is surrounded by the san gabriel mountain range and divided by the santa monica mountains. los angeles county has 81 miles of coastline. there are such rivers as the los angeles, the rio hondo, the san gabriel and the ventura rivers.
the climate of los angeles as the climate of southern california has often been described as «perfect» and with good reason. mostly it is sunny and warm with gentle ocean breezes in the summer. the humidity is low with little rain. in fact, there are no unpleasant seasons in los angeles.
the name los angeles is spanish for the angels. in the late 18th century, felipe de neve, spanish governor of california, saw the need to establish a settlement along the river los angeles, the primary purpose for the pueblo was to reaffirm spain's claim over the territory in the face of encroachments by russia in the north and britain from the sea. the settlement would also help to keep spain's california military garrisons supplied and fed. los angeles was officially established by governor felipe de neve on september 4,1781.
governor de neve's statue stands today at the plaza of olvera street in downtown los angeles. later, when mexico became an independent state, california with los angeles was governed by mexicans.
in august of 1846, american soldiers entered los angeles and the stars and stripes flag has flown over the city since january 1847. on february, 1848 the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo was signed and the mexican-american war was finished, california was ceded to the united states. in 1851 the first los angeles city police force wasorganized.
nowadays the city of los angeles holds many distinctions. los angeles is the entertainment capital of the world, a cultural centre which has more than 300 museums and a paradise of good weather.
it is the only city in the world to host the summer olympics twice. downtown of los angeles is the largest government centre outside of washington, d.c.
los angeles has the only remaining wooden lighthouse in the world. it is located in fermin park in san pedro. los angeles has the largest historical theatre district, located in downtown on broadway.
los angeles is on the leading edge of the growth industries. the los angeles area * digital coast» has more multimedia jobs than silicon valley and new york city combined. the los angeles metropolitan area, with more than 122,000 jobs in the fashion industry, has surpassed new york's fashion district work force.
the population of los angeles is about four million people. los angeles ranks as the second largest city in the nation behind new york city, in los angeles there are people from about 140 countries^speaking approximately 86 different languages and currently call los angeles home.
7. King George of Greece opened the 1st Olympic Games of the modern era in Athens before a stadium crowd of 70.000 ( ___ ).
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10. We celebrate International Women’s Day on 3/8.
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11. In our country school year begins on 9/1.
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18. The Greco-Macedonian period had no beauty of the epoch ___ came before.
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19. To ___ who lived at that time the 15th century seemed a decadent age.
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20. The box was empty. There was ___ in it.
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21. I thought I’d seen you ___ before.
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22. Leonardo de Vinci painted ___ in his later years.
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23. Big companies make ___ profit.
c) much
24. Which of his children is ___ ?
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25. This way is ___ than the other.
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