London, the capital of England and the (1) ________ Kingdom, is the largest city in Europe. It is (2)______ on the river Thames and has a (3)______ of 2,000 years. Over eight million people live in London. Hundreds of thousand people (4)______ each day into London to work. London has an oceanic climate, but generally it is a dry city. However, London (5) _______ often very cloudy. On average it rains mildly just every day. Temperature extremes for all sites in the London area range (6) ________ 38.10C at Kew during August, down to -16.10C at Northolt during January 1962. London’s largest industry is finance. Together (7)________ New York, the city of London is one of the world’s largest financial centers, (8) ___________ London a major world influence. However, like many big cities, London has problems with traffic (9)______ pollution. Millions of people (10) ______ the London Underground a day, but there are still too many buses and trams in the streets. The air isn’t clean, but is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.