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Language Arts Series Reading Comprehension Beginning Level, Volume 1 – Places
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Table of Contents
Amsterdam 1
Bangkok 2
Beijing 3 Bombay 4
Cairo 5
Chicago 6 Hong Kong 7
Havana 8
Istanbul 9 Jerusalem 10
London 11
Los Angeles 12 Madrid 13
Mexico City 14
Moscow 15 New York City 16
Ottawa 17
Paris 18 Reykjavik 19
Rome 20
Shanghai 21 Stockholm 22
Sydney 23
Tokyo 24 Zurich 25
Answers 26-27
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands. Due to a great number of canals and four bridges, it’s broken into about ninety islands. Three quarters of a million people live in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a major diamond center of the world. More money changes hands in Amsterdam than any other city in
Netherlands. Amsterdam was the home of the renowned 17th-century painter 1. Circle the word Rembrandt; his home is now a museum. “Amsterdam” every time it During in the early 1940s, Amsterdam appears in the reading was taken over by the German army for passage. How many times about five years. The people of Amsterdam experienced great hardships and the city was does it appear in the passage? badly damaged, but a number of improvements have been made to the city.
2. Complete the sentence by writing the correct word in the space provided.
French, German
Amsterdam was once occupied by the ------army.
3. Circle the correct answer below.
Which famous painter Monet, Renoir, Rembrandt called Amsterdam home? Picasso, Warhol, Bacon
4. Unscramble the word.
The country in which Amsterdam esethndnrla is found is ______.
Answer: ______
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Bangkok
Bangkok is the largest city in Thailand. It is the capital city of Thailand. Bangkok has an area of more than 600 miles. Just under one million people call Bangkok home. English is the secondary spoken language, to Thai, in Bangkok. English is an important language in Bangkok, since tourism is main source of money for the
city. In the 1990s more than four million requests for telephone service were made. Today, it can 1. Bangkok is very ------. take up to two years to get home telephone service. Due to this, small, large cellular telephones are more popular than home telephones.
2. Which language is the second most common in Bangkok?
Chinese French
English Spanish
3. Name two largely spoken languages in Bangkok.
Chinese, English, French, ------Polish, Thai, Spanish ------
4. (Unscramble) It takes a long time in Bangkok to get one of these.
A ______lntpheeoe
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Beijing
Beijing, also known as Peking, is the capital city of China. It is the second largest city in China with over six thousand miles of area. The city is home to just under fourteen million people. Mandarin Chinese is the primary language spoken in Beijing. Mandarin Chinese is also the official language of China. Beijing is home to many great national monuments, statues, and
temples. The Palace Museum, the official site for the imperial family over five hundred years ago, is centrally located in 1. What is another name the city. for Beijing? South of the Palace Museum is Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square ------is the site of large celebrations and rallies, such as the National Day st celebrations held each year on the 1 of October. Duking, China, Mexico, Bangkok, Peking, Hawaii
2. Write two interesting facts about Beijing.
A.______
B. ______
3. The official language of China is ______Chinese. Paladin, Mandarin
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Bombay
Bombay has long been referred to as Gateway of India. Bombay is where the greatest amount of money changes hands in India. Most technological breakthroughs that have taken place in India happened in Bombay. Ships send out and receive more cargo in Bombay than anywhere else in India. Word Box Twelve million people squeeze into the two hundred thirty-nine mile area of India Bombay Bombay. People speak many different 12 Marathi languages in Bombay. Marathi is the most Hindi soccer commonly spoken language, but only one third of the population speaks this 239 English language. Other important languages are Museums Gateway Gujarati, Urdu, and Hindi. English is the language for business, trade, manufacturing, education, and politics. Use the words in the Word Bombay has many attractions for Box to answer the questions. visitors including museums, theaters, libraries, and galleries. Cricket, soccer, and field hockey are very popular sports.
1. What country is Bombay located in?
______
2. Name a sport that is commonly played in Bombay?
______
3. When at work, what language often spoken in Bombay?
______
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Cairo
The word Cairo means “the Victorious” in Arabic. Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa. The city of Cairo covers an area of just over one hundred and seventy-five miles. The people of Cairo are known as Cairenes. There are about seven million Cairenes found in Egypt. The Pyramids of Egypt, which were Circle the word or number that tombs for the ancient Egyptian royalty, makes each sentence true. and the statue of the Sphinx, which dates from about 2500 BC, are probably the country's most famous monuments. Both 1. Cairo is the capital city of ___. of these attractions are located just west of Cairo in the suburb of Giza. China Africa Chicago Despite the desert background Giza Egypt Iran usually depicted in photographs, the pyramids are extremely close to Cairo and are likely to be surrounded by the city in the near future. 2. The citizens of Cairo are called ______.
Cairoians Cairoites Eygpters Cairenes
3. The Sphinx is over ______years old. (A tricky one)
200 250 500 2000 2500 4000 4500
4. ______million people live in Cairo.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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Chicago
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. Over three million people live in the two hundred and twenty five mile area of Chicago. The world's first skyscraper was
constructed in Chicago in 1885. Today, some of the world’s tallest and most famous skyscrapers are found in 1. Circle the word the city. Located in the heart of the “Chicago” every time it city is the one hundred and ten story appears in the reading Sears Tower, which is among the most passage. How many times does famous skyscrapers ever built. it appear in the passage? Chicago is often called “The
Windy City”. It is assumed that this is ______due to the City’s weather, but in the
1990s 11 major U.S. cities outranked
Chicago for average annual wind 2. Complete the sentence by writing the correct word in the speed. space provided. first, smallest, tallest
In 1885 Chicago was home to the world’s ------skyscraper.
3. Circle the correct answer below.
What is Chicago’s well-known nickname? The Big Apple, The Big Bear Bricktown, The Windy City
4. Unscramble the word.
Chicago is famous for these types of ksrapyrsces buildings?
Answer: ______
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is found on the southeast coast of China and consists of two hundred and thirty five islands. For many years Hong Kong was under British rule, but recently (1997) the land was given back to China. It rains frequently in Hong Kong. 1. Circle the words On average, eighty-five inches of rain “Hong Kong” every time they falls in a year. Due to all the rain, there appear in the reading is very little farmland and over half of passage. How many times the available land is swampland. do they appear in the passage? The total land area of Hong Kong is just over four hundred miles. Seven million people live in Hong Kong. Due 2. Complete the sentence by to the small land size, one hundred writing the correct word in the thousand people live within each mile. space provided. Geographically Hong Kong is found midway between Japan and Hong Kong was recently given Singapore. It also serves a key entry back to China by the point into China.
------government.
British, German
3. Circle the correct answer below.
How many people live within 10,000 25,000 50,000 each mile in Hong Kong? 75,000 100,000 200,000
4. Unscramble the word.
Hong Kong is found halfway between Japan pgsiarone and this country.
Answer: ______
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Havana
Havana is the capital city of Cuba. Located on the island's north coast, Havana is the largest city in the Caribbean region. Havana possesses one of the best natural harbors in the Caribbean. Due to
Havana’s location, its harbors have long 1. Havana is found in the been a very important to many countries. The majority of all trade between Cuba and other countries takes place in ------. Havana’s harbors. Just over two and a quarter million people live within the four hundred square miles of Havana. The city Caribbean, experiences very hot and humid days. Netherlands The city is often cooled by brief but heavy sea winds.
2. Havana is the capital of which country?
Caribea Jamaica
Cuba Portugal
3. Circle the arrow that indicates the location of Havana within Cuba.
North
West East
South
4. (Unscramble) Havana is well known for its great natural ______. barohrs
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Istanbul
Istanbul, whose population is over 10 million, is a major port and trade center. It is the capital of Turkey and possesses a number of universities, high schools, libraries and cultural centers. Istanbul has long been a center of economic activity because of its location being a meeting point of Asia and Europe. The city serves as a junction between the land and
sea trade routes. Istanbul is an old city; you can 1. What is capital city of Turkey? see the remains of many ancient civilizations and their culture in ------harmony with Turkish culture. The city is a popular resort and
visited by many tourists. The Televiv, Iraq, Istanbul, Bosporus Bridge, one of the world’s Kabul, Rome, Turkish largest suspension bridges, is located in Istanbul.
2. Write two interesting facts about Istanbul.
A. ______
B. ______
3. Istanbul is a midway point between Europe and ______. Africa, Asia
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is part of Israel. Israel claims that Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel, but the United Nations does not recognize this as such. This is due to the unique circumstances under which Jerusalem has been claimed by
Israel. Palestinians lay claim to half of eastern Jerusalem, Word Box including many holy sites. People of many different Eastern Israel religious faiths consider Jerusalem Holy Southern a holy city, and it contains many Hindi Soccer sites that are sacred to many religions. Sacred Palestinians Three quarters of a million Jewish Gateway people live in the forty-three square mile city of Jerusalem. Roughly seventy percent of the citizens of Jerusalem are of the Use the words in the Word Jewish faith. Box to answer the questions.
1. Jerusalem is part of what country?
______
2. What is the main faith of Jerusalem’s citizens?
______
3. Which portion of Jerusalem is occupied by Palestinians?
______
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London
London is the largest city in Europe. It has held this title for over four hundred years. Over seven million people call London, the capital of the United Kingdom, home. One in ten people who live in the United Kingdom live in London. Each day, three hundred fifty thousand people travel into
London to work. On average it rains mildly just about every other day in
London. It is often very cloudy. 1. London is often ------. Although it rains regularly, London is one of the driest parts of the cloudy, hot United Kingdom. More than a hundred of the world's major companies have 2. What is the largest city in Europe? their headquarters in London, making the city a major world Europa London influence. Many people from London work in a job related to Hamburg Paris printing or publishing.
3. Name two words that describe London.
large, poor ------rainy, small, snowy ------
4. (Unscramble) In London, people have this type of job.
______ipinslhgub
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the most populate city in California. In fact, the only city in the United States that has more people living in it is New York City. Just under four million people live in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is noted as the film making capital of the world. It is estimated that more than half of the movies made in the world, originated in this great city. Los Angeles features a year round 1. What city in the USA, has warm climate making it a very more people than Los Angeles? comfortable place to live. Los Angeles also has mountains of high altitudes ------nearby. Due to this, it is possible to swim in the ocean and ski in the
mountains on the same day. Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles is home to two major New York, San Francisco league baseball teams, two professional basketball teams, and two professional ice hockey teams.
2. Write two interesting facts about Los Angeles.
A.______
B. ______
3. Circle the underlined word, which makes the sentence correct.
Due to changes in (altitude / weather), it is possible to swim and ski in the same city naturally in Los Angeles.
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Madrid
Madrid is the capital of Spain and is its largest city. About three million people live in Madrid. A person from Madrid is called a Madrileños. Madrileños mostly live in apartments or buildings with stores on the lower level. The people who live in a building often work together to maintain the Word Box building. Only a few wealthy people have the resources to purchase single-family France houses homes. Until about 1960, Spain was a very apartments narrow poor country. Now, most families in Madrid wide Soccer have modern appliances and even England Spain automobiles. There are almost one million automobiles found in the city. museums closed Madrid is famous for having extremely narrow roadways. Due to this, Madrid commonly has a large number of Use the words in the Word traffic jams. Box to answer the questions.
1. What country is Madrid located in?
______
2. Most Madrileños live in what type of dwellings?
______
3. What type of roadways is common in Madrid?
______
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Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and home to seventeen
million Mexicans. Its population Circle the word or number that makes it the second largest city in the makes each sentence true. world. Only Tokyo, Japan, has more people. The average altitude in Mexico 1. Which country has a city with a City is seven thousand five hundred greater population than Mexico feet. Some areas in Mexico City can City? have an altitude of well over thirteen
thousand feet. Due to this extremely Asia Australia France high altitude many people who visit Japan Israel Russia Mexico City find it hard to breathe when they first visit.
One-third of all of Mexico's colleges and universities are located 2. Many Mexican leaders work at in Mexico City. Most people who are ______in Mexico City. educated in the capital remain there airports colleges because universities provide the restaurants supermarkets primary source of employment for cultural leaders in Mexico.
3. The air in Mexico City is hard to breathe for most outsiders because of the high ______.
altitude sunsets taxes tides
4. ______million people live in Mexico City.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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Moscow
The Russian emperors, or tsars, made Moscow their home until the early 1700s. It also served as the capital for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from the 1920s until 1991. Circle the word or picture that All three hundred and fifty makes each sentence true. square miles of Moscow have long,
cold winters and short summers. 1. Moscow is the capital city of ____. In the heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, a triangular shaped China Peru Lima complex surrounded by sixty-six Georgia England Russia foot walls. The Kremlin also has twenty surrounding towers. Just under ten million people 2. Moscow was once the home of live in Moscow. Moscow is the Russian ______. largest industrial center in Russia. More than half of its highly skilled workers are employed in royalty beaches engineering and metalworking jobs
that produce cars, trucks, ball
bearings, and machine tools.
3. Circle the shape of the Kremlin below.
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New York City
New York City is the largest city in the United States. More than eight million people live in the Big Apple. New York City is also home of the United Nations. New York City is located in the state of New York. New York City is home to two hundred and fifty
1. Circle the words museums, four hundred art galleries, “New York City” every time they and the world famous Broadway. appear in the reading New York City is the business capital of the world and many national passage. How many times do they appear in the passage? and international corporations have their headquarters in New York City.
2. Complete the sentence by Wall Street is the world's leading writing the correct word in the center of finance and the home of the space provided. American Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. New York City is the home of Two professional baseball, basketball, football teams make their the ------. home in New York City as well.
United Nations, World’s Biggest Apple
3. Circle the correct answer below.
In which city is Wall Street Chicago, Cincinnati found? New Jersey, New York
4. Unscramble the word.
New York City is found in this country. enuitd etsats
Answer:______
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Ottawa
Three hundred and fifty thousand people live in Ottawa. One in every five people employed in Ottawa, work for the government. Ottawa is the capital city of Canada; the Canadian Parliament is located here. Ottawa is thought to be one of the coldest capital cities in the world. French and English are the two primary languages spoken in Ottawa. For every French speaker, there are four English speakers. Every February, Ottawa hosts the 1. The capital city of Canada is Winterlude, which is North America's largest winter festival. More than six hundred thousand people visit the ------. Winterlude. During the festivities, the frozen Rideau Canal becomes filled with ice skaters. It is thought to be the longest Ottawa, Toronto rink in the world.
2. Who do most people work for in Ottawa.
McDonalds government
hospital canal
3. Name two largely spoken languages in Ottawa.
Chinese, English, French, ------Polish, Thai, Spanish ------
4. (Unscramble) North America’s largest winter festival is ______. erntideluw
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Paris
Paris is the largest city of France. It is also the capital of France. The city is mostly flat; the highest point in Paris is four hundred and twenty feet above sea level. On a map, the city of Paris appears to have a circular shape. 1. What is the key symbol Paris is the leading industrial of Paris? (2 words) center of France. One out of every four products made in France are made in st ------1 Paris. Many French companies have established their headquarters in the city
During, China, Eiffel as well. Toward the end of the nineteenth ------2nd century, a long slender tower was created for the World’s Fair. The tower was named “The Eiffel”. To this day, the Castle, Stadium, Tower Eiffel Tower is the key symbol
associated with the city of Paris. Throughout the early 1940s Paris was occupied by Germany.
2. Write two interesting facts about Paris.
A.______
B. ______
3. Circle the shape of the city of Paris below.
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Reykjavik
Reykjavík is the capital city of Iceland. With a population just over one hundred thousand, Reykjavík is one the smaller capital cities of the world. The heating systems for both homes and businesses are very unique in Reykjavík. The city uses the natural hot
springs found within the city as major source for heating their homes. This greatly reduces the cities need for Word Box artificially made power. The cod-fishing industry supports a heating water great number of the citizens of the city. One out of every five workers in n atural smaller Reykjavík is employed by this industry. machine weapons In 1986, Reykjavík was the site of weapons disarmament talks between the c ooling peace United States and the USSR. This fishing Iceland meeting is credited for being a landmark meeting for creating world peace.
Use the words in the Word Box to answer the questions.
1. How does the natural hot springs help the homes of residents?
______
2. What is the major industry in Reykjavík that employs most workers?
______
3. What country is Reykjavík found in?
______
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Rome
Rome is the capital city of Italy. Located inside Rome is Vatican City, which is the home of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican has been recognized as an independent state by the Italian government for over seventy years.
The majority of Rome’s two million 1. Circle the word and seven hundred thousand citizens “Rome(‘s)” every time it work either for the Italian government or appears in the reading the tourism industry. passage. How many times Because of its great wealth of does it appear in the passage? artwork and world-renowned artists, Rome is seen as the major world center for the creative arts. The museums of 2. Complete the sentence by Rome contain many of greatest works of writing the correct word in the art ever created. During the sixteenth space provided. century, legendary artist such as Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donato Persian, Vatican Bramante made Rome their home.
The ______is an independent state within Rome.
3. Circle the correct answer below. Monet, Renoir, Rembrandt Which famous artist called Rome home? Picasso, Raphael, Bacon
4. Unscramble the word.
Many Romans work in this industry. rumsito
Answer: ______
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Shanghai
Shanghai found in eastern China and is China’s major industrial center. In the early 1990s, Chinese officials started making changes in the government that would make it easier for foreign countries to do business in Shanghai and other parts of China. Since that time many foreign companies have invested time and money into the city. Shanghai now is home to a stock market, foreign banks, and many hotels and restaurants. Shopping centers and department stores have as began popping up 1. Shanghai is getting all over the city. Many believe that this is a good indication that Shanghai is improving financially. ------. Shanghai has hot, rainy summers and cool, dry winters. Shanghai also gets its poorer, richer share of typhoons during the summer and fall seasons.
2. In which part of China is Shanghai found?
East South
North West
3. During which seasons do typhoons occur in Shanghai?
------Fall, Spring, ------Summer, Winter
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Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden. The city is home to three hundred and fifty thousand people and a stock exchange. The presence of
1. What is another name for the stock exchange makes Stockholm Stockholm? the major financial center of Sweden. The most popular attraction in ------Stockholm is the Royal Palace, followed closely by the Wasa Museum featuring the almost 400 year old crown vessel "Wasa.”
“North Ridge”, “North Sea”, The royal family no longer lives at “Venice of the North” the Royal Palace, which is located downtown, next to parliament. Instead, they moved out to the beautiful and 2. Write two interesting peaceful Drottningholms Slott, a 1/2 hour facts about Stockholm. drive outside of Stockholm. Often called the “Venice of the North,” Stockholm houses some of the A. ______most breathtaking architecture in the world. The city is built partly on an ______island. Many large bodies of water add to the beauty of the city. The city is one of the most well kept cities in the world. It is thought to be virtually slumless. B. ______
______
3. The royal family ______in the royal palace. lives, no longer lives
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Sydney
Just over four million people call Sydney, Australia’s capital city, home. Citizens of Sydney call themselves Sydneysiders. Over thirty thousand native people of Australia called Aborigines live in Sydney. In the late 1700s, Britain sent ships of convicted prisoners to Sydney to help free up space
in overcrowded jails. When released, Word Box many prisoners stay in Sydney adding to
the city’s diverse population. Sydneysiders fall The Sydney Opera House is the spring prison centerpiece of the city. Many live churches Aborigines performances of ballet, opera, and Oldstrailians summer classical music take place there. The schools winter beautiful architect of the Opera House
has helped it gain international fame. Use the words in the Word Because Sydney is found in the Box to answer the questions. Southern Hemisphere, its seasonal
pattern is opposite the Northern 1. What are long time natives of Hemisphere. Sydney’s coldest month of Sydney called? the year is July. Snow is extremely rare
______in the city.
2. Where did many of the British immigrants to Sydney, in the 1700s, come from?
______
3. When it is the spring season in the United States, what season is it in Sydney?
______
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Tokyo
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. More people live in Tokyo than any other city in the world. Twenty-seven million people live in the city. Tokyo means “eastern capital.” This is a very fitting name, since Tokyo is thought of as the most influential city in the East. In the heart of Tokyo, the Imperial Palace can be found. The emperor of Japan lives in Palace with his family. This is also where Edo Castle, the fortress associated with the founding of Circle the word(s) or number the city, once stood. that makes each sentence true. Tokyo has a very strong
economy. Eight hundred thousand 1. Which city has a greater businesses employ over eight million population than Tokyo? workers. Tokyo is also the site for the headquarters of most private Japanese New York Paris Madrid companies. Moscow There is None Larger
2. The emperor of Japan lives in the ______.
Command Center Imperial Palace White House
3. The word “Tokyo” means ______.
“Far East” “Eastern Capital” “Little City”
4. ______million people live in Tokyo.
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
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Zurich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland. Just over 1 million people call this six hundred and eighty square mile city home. The majority of citizens speak German. It is a fertile agricultural region with orchards, meadows, and forests. Farming is also an important part of the economy. But the crops of the farmers do not fulfill
the needs of the city, so citizens must rely on imported goods from other countries. 1. Circle the word Zurich's major business includes “Zurich(‘s)” every time it banking, insurance, machine and textile appears in the reading industries, and tourism industry. Most passage. How many times people of the workforce are employed in does it appear in the passage? service industries. Zurich is home to the world's fourth-ranked stock market (after New York, London and Tokyo). More gold 2. Complete the sentence by bullion is bought and sold in Zurich than writing the correct word in the any place in the world. space provided.
Most citizens of Zurich speak ------. French, German
3. Circle the correct answer below.
Which business is not banking insurance largely held in Zurich? tourism publishing
4. Unscramble the word.
More of this is traded in Zurich than anywhere ulolnib in the world.
Answer: ______
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