B1-Vocabulary-Test 12

Read the text below and choose the best answer for each question.

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The correct answer is: A

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PONY EXPRESS

Before 1860 there was no quick way of getting mail (0)__________ the east and the west of the United States. There were no railways at that (1)__________ and most mail was sent by coach. It usually (2)__________ at least 25 days for coaches to (3)__________ the coast. So in 1860 it (4)__________ decided to send mail by 'Pony Express', which was much faster. Riders (5)__________ very fast horses were placed along the route. They were at (6)__________ distances from each other and the mail was handed from one rider to the next. Riders were all (7)__________ to travel between twenty and thirty kilometres (8)__________ day on very bad roads. At each stop two minutes were (9)__________ for exchanging the mail bags, but riders were often held up by awful weather (10)__________ closed the roads. With the invention of the telegraph in 1861, the demand for Pony Express disappeared.

  Choose the best answer

1)	time	date	age	season
2)	spent	lasted	took	passed
3)	get	arrive	come	reach
4)	had	was	has	is
5)	for	off	with	behind
6)	like	equal	same	level
7)	wished	wanted	expected	hoped
8)	a	one	some	any
9)	let	allowed	done	made
10)	which	where	what	when

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