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California and Alaska and the silver finds in Nevada. Yet America's
yearly production of gold ($1,374,700,000) is far exceeded by the
value of its petroleum, natural gas, clays, phosphates, lead and iron,
even its output of sand, cement and stone for construction. The pro-
duction value of crude oil alone is about $39 thousand million
annually, pumped from petroleum reserves that range from the Gulf of
Mexico to Alaska's North Slope.

5. Tell whether each of the following statements is true
or false according to the text. Correct the false statements
to make them true:

1. The USA is the fourth largest country in the world.
2. Alaska is the smallest state of the USA.
3. A flight from New York to San Francisco takes five-and-a-half
hours and a trip by automobile takes seven days.
4. Most of the United States is in the temperate zone, with four
distinct seasons, while the northern tier of states and Alaska
have extremely cold winters.
5. Florida and California are known for their vegetable and fruit
production, and the Northwestern states are known for
pineapples, peaches, grapes and oranges.