2. Study the Active Vocabulary. Insert the missing words.

1. Fifty years ago, there was a **town** here. Then all the trees were cut and many **houses** and factories were built. 2. The **Urals** are a **chain** of mountains which divides our continent into **Europe** and **Asia**. 3. The factory can't work. We have a **shortage** of copper. **If we don't get** of it soon. 4. **Discoveries** of gold in California were in the middle of the 19th century. 5. Gagarin was the first man who flew round the **Earth** in a spaceship. 6. The **amount** of ores is very thick here. A plant can be built nearby. 7. The **stoppage** of industry means that plants stop working. But all the problems can be **solved**. 8. The Elbrus is the highest **peak** in Europe. 9. These mountains are the result of tectonic **activity**. 10. Irkutsk is **situated** in Siberia.