The Ural Mountains are a great highland stretched between the East European and Western-Siberian plains. Very often they are called a stone belt of the Russian land. The mountains (1) ______ (BE) not as high as the Altai Mountains or the Caucasus (the (2) ______ (HIGH) mountain, Nagornaya, is only 1,894 metres high). But (3) ______ (THEY) look is very picturesque. Some of them look like ruins of ancient (4) ______ (CASTLE) or like fairy-tale animals or giants. Many rivers originate in the Ural Mountains. They are also rich in semi-precious stones. There are some national parks in the Urals. In one of them, situated in the territory of Bashkiria, there is a well-known monument — a cave with ancient wall drawings. They are about 14,5 thousand years old! Another cave, Kungurskaya, in the Middle Urals (5) ______ (ATTRACT) tourists by beautiful snow crystals inside. It is obvious that those who had a chance to see (6) ______ (THIS) caves and mountain lakes with clear water, surrounded by green grass and flowers of different colours, will never forget the beauty of the Urals.

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The mountains are not as high as the Altai Mountains or the Caucasus (the highest mountain, Nagornaya, is only 1,894 metres high). But their look is very picturesque. Some of them look like ruins of ancient castles or like fairy-tale animals or giants. Another cave, Kungurskaya, in the Middle Urals attracts tourists by beautiful snow crystals inside. It is obvious that those who had a chance to see these caves and mountain lakes with clear water will never forget the beauty of the Urals.

Ответ: 1) are; 2) highest; 3) their; 4) castles; 5) attracts; 6) these.