London Underground (Tube)/A londoni metró

Complete the text with the words given.     

It was thanks to horsedrawn vehicles and the congestion they caused in London’s streets that people turned their thoughts to constructing an underground 1……………….. .

When it was opened in 1863, the London Underground or ’tube’, was the world’s first 2…………………….. underground railway. The first line ran between Paddington and Farringdon via King’s Cross and was 3……………………. by the Metropolitan Railway. Despite reports in The Times that Londoners would never take to travelling underground, the new railway was an 4…………………. success.

Over the following years, the London Underground expanded throughout the 5………………… of the capital and beyond. Today’s network covers 402 kilometres, over one-third of them in tube tunnelling, and over 3.5 million journeys are made on the Underground 6……………………. day.

The tube’s distinctive symbol with its bright red circle and blue bar is a familiar sight 7…………………..  the city and its suburbs. The famous Underground line diagram, designed by Henry Beck, has 8………………………….. an internationally ackowledged masterpiece.

Solution:/Megoldás:

1. railway, 2. urban, 3. operated, 4. immediate, 5. centre, 6. each, 7. around, 8. become