Route 66
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Read the extract below and try to choose the correct answer from the four options given for each question. An example has been given (0) with the correct answer indicated. You have eight questions to answer like in your actual exam.
Route 66
Route 66 is famous for being one of the most popular road (0)…… in the world. Route 66 starts in Chicago and (1)…… over two thousand miles until its end in California. It has been described as an (2)…… route for those suffering during the Great Depression in the nineteen thirties. It is now a popular vacation for many Americans as well as (3)…… tourists. Due to its increasing (4)…… there have been a number of different motels, restaurants and tourist (5)…… that have been opened along the route.
Although today it is not possible to drive the entire route, it (6)…… attracts many travellers every year. It could be an opportunity to experience what many (7)…… to be the ultimate symbol of the United States or a trip for older generations to revisit a (8)…… when they used to travel the route on family holidays.
