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1. New York is situated in the south-east of the USA.       [True, False]

2. New York is quite young in comparison with Rome.       [True, False]

3. Manhattan was bought for 24 dollars.       [True, False]

4. In 1626 a lot of houses had been built in Manhattan.       [True, False]

5. The people that live in New York speak 78 different languages.       [True, False]

6. New York is multi-national city.       [True, False]

New York was founded in...

The first name of the city was .

Manhattan is

The center of American business is

Put the words into the text: centre world inhabited business river

New York is one of the largest cities in the       . It was founded three hundred years ago at the mouth of the Hudson       . The centre of New York is Manhattan Island. In 1626 it was bought from the Indians for a handful of trinkets that cost twenty-four dollars. Today Manhattan is the        of business and finance. Numerous skyscrapers house banks and offices of American          . Broadway begins here, the Stock Exchange is located here, too. Very few people live in Manhattan, though the majority work here. Numerous bridges link Manhattan with the opposite shores.

New York is           by people of almost all nationalities and races. It is called «modern Babylon». At the turn of the twentieth century a lot of people came to the USA from different countries of the world. They entered the USA through New York, the Gateway of America.