A. Reading comprehension

Read our article about Northern Ireland on pages 27-30 of English Now No 96. Then drag and drop the words below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences, which are adapted from the article.
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  1. Northern Ireland is a country with six
    ______
    that was created in 1921.
  2. The Giant’s Causeway is an
    ______
    of about 40,000 connected basalt columns on the country’s north coast.
  3. You can travel there on a heritage
    ______
    from the historic town of Bushmills.
  4. Then visit Dunluce Castle, which is on the edge of a
    ______
    .
  5. The town of Donegal is a
    ______
    of music, poetry and culture.
  6. Titanic Quarter is on more than 185 acres on Belfast’s
    ______
    .
  7. Many people travel to Northern Ireland to visit
    ______
    where ‘The Games of Thrones’ was filmed.
  8. The
    ______
    between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is 310 miles long.
  9. The time of conflict in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1998 is known as
    ______
    .
  10. At that time, there were often
    ______
    on the border.
  11. When you go from the south to the north of the border, the
    ______
    changes from euro to pound sterling.
  12. The
    ______
    also change, from kilometres to miles.

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