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Norway is the most northerly country on the continent of Europe. Norway ___ more than 500 km north of the Arctic Circle.
a. extended
b. is extending
c. has extended
d. extends
Answer
d
Norway has one of the longest coast lines of any country in the world. In many places the sea ___ far inland.
a. reaches
b. has been reached
c. is reached
d. are reaching
Answer
a
Often surrounded by high mountains, these beautiful areas of water ___ fjords.
a. calls
b. has called
c. are called
d. are calling
Answer
c
Twenty years ago Norway started pumping oil from it's portion of the North Sea. Since that time, Norway ___ the largest exporter of oil in Europe.
a. becomes
b. is becoming
c. was becoming
d. has become
Answer
d
The income from the oil ___ to support one of the highest standards of living in the world.
a. has used
b. has been used
c. was using
d. was being used
Answer
b
Norway has a rather small population of just a little more than 4.3 million and an area of almost 324,000 km2. This ___ that Norway is the least densely populated country in Europe.
a. means
b. is meaning
c. meant
d. was meaning
Answer
a
Norway became an independent country again in 1905. Until that time it ___ first by Denmark and then Sweden for more than 500 years.
a. had ruled
b. was ruled
c. was ruling
d. has been ruled
Answer
b
In recent years, a big effort ___ by the government of Norway to develop fish farms. As a result, Norway is now the worlds largest producer of salmon.
a. is made
b. has been made
c. was making
d. made
Answer
b
Winter sports are very popular in Norway, which ___ the Winter Olympics twice - once in 1952 and again in 1994.
a. was hosted
b. was hosting
c. has hosted
d. had hosted
Answer
c
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