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Q Questions 1–6
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 1–6 on your answer sheet.
The London underground railway
The problem
The1 of London increased rapidly between 1800 and1850
The streets were full of horse-drawnvehicles
The proposed solution
Charles Pearson, a solicitor, suggested building an undergroundrailway
Building the railway would make it possible to move people to better housing in the2
A numberof3 agreed with Pearson'sidea
The company initially had problems gettingthe4 needed for theproject
Negative articles about the project appeared in the5
The construction
The chosen route did not require many buildings to be pulleddown
The ‘cut and cover' method was used to construct thetunnels
With the completion of the brick arch, the tunnel was coveredwith
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Questions 7–13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 7–13 on your answer sheet, write
TRUEif the statement agrees with the information FALSEif the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information onthis
Other countries had built underground railways before the Metropolitan line opened.
More people than predicted travelled on the Metropolitan line on the first day.
The use of ventilation shafts failed to prevent pollution in thetunnels.
Adifferentapproachfromthe‘cutandcover'techniquewasrequiredinLondon's centralarea.
The windows on City & South London trains were at eyelevel.
The City & South London Railway was a financialsuccess.
Trains on the ‘Tuppenny Tube' nearly always ran ontime.