DAKAR……… CAPITAL OF SENEGAL, WHICH BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION 19...

15. Dakar……… capital of senegal, which became an independent nation 1960.

a. The b. being the c. of the d. is the

Question 5: Read the passage, then choose one suitable word or phrase o

fill in each numbered blank.

The English channel

Engineers have been dreaming of an underwater link between Britain and

France…………..(1) 1802. Finally, in 1994 the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed “The

Chunnel” by the English) was………….(2) opened.

This fifteen billion dollar project took seven years to………….(3). It is 50 km

long and built 45 metres under the seabed. The trains which go through the Chunnel

can travel at up to 300 km/h due to the………….(4) electrical system.

The journey from London to Paris via the Chunnel takes just three hours. It is

also...(5) for driver, since they can load their cars onto the train. They don’t

need to book in...(6), as trains...(7) every few minutes.

However, while on the train, there isn’t much to do many...(8) the

Chunnel for this...(9) the ferries, there’s no duty - free shopping, no

videogame parlour or refeshment stand...(10) can you look outside and

enjoy the...(11). As a result, many would find the Chunnel...(12) and

would take the ferry...(13).

Despite these drawbacks though, we cannot...(14) the fact that it will

soon become the best way to got...(15) the channel.