15. For a long time the English have the custom of driving and riding…………(1) the left- hand side of the road. However,
they don’t exactly know the reason…(2) they have the custom of left- hand traffic. According………(3) Mr. C. S
Forester, the custom was grounded and dated back to the period….(4). Many Londoners traveled to and fro on
horseback.
A horse is always mounted from the left side and the custom has come into being since then. While another author said
that the custom has the origin before the……….(5) of Bonaparte and when the Pope came to visit Paris. The Parisians
had to travel on the………….(6) hand of the streets and left the….(7) hand side clear for the movement of the papal
carriage. Because of hating Napoleon, the English reversed the French custom.
However, the most reasonable theory of Nat Gubbins is that the men on horseback had a………..…(8) of running each
other through with swords in the right hand, so they had to ride on the left-hand side to slash and thrust each other more
easily.
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