II. Answer the questions. 2. Where were the earliest towns built?

1. What is tunnel?

2. Where were the earliest towns built?

3. What do tunnels provide?

4. How is an underpass beneath a road called in the UK?

5. What does the term subway refer to the US?

6. Why are some lines located in deeper tunnels than others?

7. What is done to allow passengers reach the platforms with safety?

8. Where may the use of high bridges or draw bridges be limited?

9. Why are tunnels more preferable in such areas as Manhattan and Hong Kong?

10. What examples of water crossing tunnels built instead of bridge do you know?

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III. Match the words with their synonyms

1. ancient a) hindrance

2. brickwork b) foot-passenger

3. obstacle c) intersection

4. pedestrian d) antigen

5. real estate e) flight

6. crossing f) estimate

7. escape g) masonry

8. value h) immorables

IV. Match the words with their opposites

1. length a) exit

2. natural b) slow

3. entrance c) bank

4. rapid d) disagree

5. costly e) width

6. shore f) appearance

7. agree g) cheap

8. escape h) artificial

V. Insert the prepositions

1) … addition 2) to pass … something 3) to agree … 4) to provide something … something 5) to be designed … something 6) a method … something 7) to refer … something 8) to walk … something 9) to limit the use … something 10) … favour 11) instead … something 12) a mixture … something

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