George Stephenson 'designed and built /was designed and
built the Rocket steam train in
1829. There was a race between
the Rocket and another engine
to be chosen for a new railway
line. The race watched / was
watched by 15,000 people
and the Rocket won. The UK'S
first electric railway completed
/ was completed in 1883,
and steam trains gradually
replaced /were gradually
replaced. These days, over 400
million train journeys Stake / are
taken every year across the UK,
and those journeys cover / are
covered more than 16 billion
kilometres. Journeys are getting faster and faster. In
the future, more high-speed railways will build /
will be built (and robots will probably drive / will
probably be driven the trains!).
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2. worst
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    had
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3.
Cindy liked parks. She took long walks in the nearby park almost every day. Her classmates, however, __didn't share__ her interest and Cindy usually walked alone. Cindy’s parents worried that she___had no friends. “I wish you __spent__ more time with your classmates. Don’t you feel bored in the park?” “It’s ok, Mum, I just feel much _better__ alone than with people who can’t understand me,” Cindy usually answered. “Parks are a lot more fun to spend time in than hanging out in a shopping centre.” And her mother didn’t know what to say. One day, Cindy returned from the park very excited. “Guess, who I met in the park!” she said, and she told her parents the whole story. “I _was walking__ along the central avenue when I saw a group of people. They _were_ students of the Biology faculty of the university. They told me__ about the plan to rearrange the park. A large lake is going to be made in the centre. There will be wild animals there like hares, squirrels and even _foxes_. Yesterday, the plan __was approved__ by the City Council and work starts tomorrow. I want to join the volunteer team!”
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When I was at school, I spent two summers at my grandfather’s. They were the _best_ holidays I’ve ever had. Grandpa lived alone in a country cottage near a small river. Grandpa’s hobby was making birdhouses. He always said that he _needed_ a hobby to fill his free time. Grandpa’s workshop was full of all kinds of tools. There _was_ a big table, hammers, nails, paints, and what not. And all the tools _were kept_ carefully in their places. That was Grandpa’s number one rule. The __second__ rule was, “Never buy a new tool if the old one still works.” In the workshop, when he __was making __ the birdhouses, I asked him lots of questions about birds. He _knew_ a lot about them! He could tell one bird from another by their songs and footprints. I was surprised that Grandpa _didn't paint_ the birdhouses in bright colours. He explained to _me_ that birds prefer natural colours that make their houses more difficult to notice and, for that reason, safer.    

It was a great day yesterday. My friends and I WENT to see a performance at the Bolshoi Theatre. You certainly know that the Bolshoi Theatre is the MOST FAMOUS theatre in Russia and probably in the world. But not everyone KNOWS the history of the Bolshoi Theatre. According to historical documents, it BEGAN in March 1776 when Prince Pyotr Urusov was granted Royal permission to build a public theatre in Moscow. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was fond of arts. She DID NOT MIND having a new theatre in her country. The original building of the theatre had a hall with almost 1,000 seats, a stage and an orchestra pit. Directly over the stage there WERE boxes where the most noble fans of the theatre had their seats. The theatre has changed several times during ITS history. The building we can see today opened in 1825. It WAS DESIGNED by architect Andrei Mikhailov who was also the architect of the Maly Theatre. Since that time, the building has been rebuilt and renovated several times. Now it looks beautiful from the inside and outside. If I HAD the opportunity to go there more often, I would do it every week.