202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side1-02-Ex1.2A

The earliest known inhabitants established settlement in Scotland in 6000BC.
Scotland is 275 miles long and its broadest point only 152 miles wide.
Edinburgh averages 140 days of rain a year, with an average of 1.89 and 2.72 inches in January and July respectively.
Its average temperature in summer is 65 degrees Fahrenheit¹ or 18 degrees Centigrade.

Its average temperature in winter is 43 degrees Fahrenheit or 6 degrees Centigrade.

The original Celtic language, Gaelic, is understood by less than 2% of the Scottish population.
In 1992, polls showed that 1 out of 2 Scots favored independence from England.
Edinburgh zoo, with Scotland’s largest animal collection, is set amid 197.6 hectares of parkland.
Robert Burns, Scotland’s most revered² poet, was born on Jan. 25, 1759 in a cottage in Allowway.
There are more than 440 golf courses in Scotland, the game being played as long ago as 1400.

1 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

2 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句