This key also gives you lots of other information that right be useful to you, as well as providing other words (opposites, alternative words, etc) that are not covered in the exercises themselves. There are also some tasks that will give you the opportunity to practice using the vocabulary in context. | Geography cont. C. Now look at this report of a journey and fill in the gaps with one of the words or expressions from Tasks A and B. In some cases more than one answer may be possible. You may need to change some of the word forms. We began our journey in the country s 1. Trinifuegos a 2. conurbation of almost ten million. It is not a pretty place heavily 3. with huge factories belching out black fumes and miles of housing estates and shopping centres spread out from the for miles. t was a relief to leave. As soon as we got into the countryside things improved considerably. The climate is hot and dry and it is difficult to grow anything but thanks to 6. which helps bring water in from the Rio Cauto the huge river with its up in the snow-covered the Sierra Maestra 9. the land is fertile enough to grow the sugar cane on which much of the economy is based. We saw few people however as many have moved to the towns and cities to look for more profitable work. It is largely due to this rural agriculture in the area is suffering. Further south and we entererd the Holguin 11. with mountains rising high above us on both sides. The land here drops sharply to the sea and the slow-moving waters of the Rio Cauto give way to tumble over cliffs and small fast-moving are not even wide enough to take a boat. At this point the road we were travelling along became a 14. which was only just wide enough for our jeep and then an unpaved almost shook it to pieces. And then suddenly we turned a corner and the Pacific in front of us. Our destination was the town of Santiago de Gibara built on a out into the blue waters. The countryside here undulates gently with low 18. covered in rich tropical jungle. The open the 20. of the Rio Cauto as it reaches the ocean is rich and 21. ideal for growing the tobacco plants which need a lot of warm damp soil. That night I lay in my cheap hotel listening to .
