Номер 2, страница 26 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс (starlight) учебник Баранова, Дули

Module 1. Sports & Entertainment. Unit 1.11. Across cultures - номер 2, страница 26.

Условие.

2 Read the texts. Complete each gap with the appropriate missing word. Compare answers with your partner.

TRANSPORT

GONDOLAS

In a city like Venice, it stands to reason that the principal mode of transport would be some sort of boat. Say the word ‘gondola’, and romantic moon-lit evenings spent lazily floating along any one of Venice’s countless canals 1) ..... to mind. However, gondolas are 2) ..... more than that.

Before the advent of motorised boats, gondolas, because of their manoeuvrability and speed, 3) ..... used to transport both people and goods within the city and to the nearest islands. Originally used as a private means of transport for the wealthy, gondolas quickly became a sort of ‘taxi’ for people of all classes to get 4) ..... one part of the city to 5) ..... .

BURRO TAXIS

There is a very interesting means of transport available in Spain. In places like Malaga or Mijas, tourists can see the sights 1) ..... the back of a donkey, or burro, as they are called. Back in the 1960s, a group of tourists spotted some workers riding their burros back from their fields. After 2) ..... their pictures taken with the burros, the tourists asked 3) ..... they could go for a ride. The workers agreed that they could, for a small fee, and the tradition of the burro taxi 4) ..... born. In the town of Mijas there are about sixty of these four-legged taxis and, 5) ..... if you don’t know exactly 6) ..... you want to go, the burro’s owner will take you for a pleasant half-hour ride along the main streets for a very reasonable price.

THE TROIKA

The troika – a Russian carriage or sleigh drawn 1) ..... a trained team of three horses running abreast – is, for many, a symbol of mighty Russia herself.

It developed 2) ..... a means of efficiently crossing vast distances and negotiating long and difficult roads at great speed. Up until 1860, the troika was the primary means of transport in Russia.

A journey in a troika is a wild, exciting and memorable experience. The horses that pull the troika are arranged so 3) ..... the centre horse moves straight forward at a trot while the two outer horses move at a smooth gallop with slightly outward-bent heads. The jingling sounds of bells on these elaborately decorated, colourful sleighs can be heard 4) ..... miles around. The troika has come to mean so 5) ..... more to the Russian people than a mere means of transport. It is an image of Russian freedom and the Russian soul and spirit.

PEDICABS

Visitors to Britain may be surprised to come 1) ..... a new form of transport. Virtually silent and non-polluting, pedicabs in cities 2) ..... as London and Edinburgh can be hired to 3) ..... you to the restaurant or theatre of your choice, or simply to see the sights.

But what is a pedicab? It is actually a sophisticated form of a rickshaw, a form of transport that is common in the Far East. The pedicab is basically a lightweight tricycle that can carry 4) ..... to three passengers and is powered 5) ..... the driver – a fit young cyclist!

Costing about £3 for a half-mile trip, pedicabs are not cheap, but they have certainly proved popular 6) ..... tourists, and their numbers are increasing.

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