II. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.
lakes/ north/ valleys/ country/ Scotland / melted/ also/ islands
The United Kingdom, also called the U.K., consists of a group of (1) __________ off the northwest coast of Europe. It is a unique (2) __________ made up of four nations: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. England, Wales, and Scotland (3) __________ make up Great Britain. Much of the (4) __________ and west of the U.K. is covered in high ground, knife- edged mountain ridges separated by deep (5) __________. This terrain was shaped in the last Ice Age, when thick glaciers covered the land. In the south of England, the countryside is mostly rolling hills. In northwest England and the Scottish Highlands are dozens of (6) __________, called lochs. These were left behind when the Ice Age glaciers (7) __________. They tend to be long and narrow, and some are very deep. Legends say that a giant monster called Nessie lives in Loch Ness in (8) __________.