Canal, which was (3) _____for such ships as the Cutty Sark, stole
2. CONSTRUCT
some of her initial glory.
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She was not a strong (4) _____in the sea races from China to 4. COMPETE England but later, between 1885 and 1895, she was (5) _____for 5. RIVAL speed as she carried wool between Melbourne and New York. 6. OWNER
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After working history and several changes in (6) _____, the ship 7. LOVE
was (7) _____restored in the fifties and a dry dock was built so 8. DONATE that the Cutty Sark could be used as a museum. (8) _____ are once 9. FAR
again being requested as there is urgent need of (9) _____ work on 10. DERIVE the ship.
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Strangly, the figurehead represents a beautiful witch in a Scottish
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poem who was pursuing a man at great speed on a grey horse. At
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the time, she had been wearing only a short shirt or “Cutty Sark”.
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Few people know that this is the (10) _____of the name.
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Part 3:The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write the
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corrections in te corresponding numbered boxes. It is ironic that the very things that are supposed to provide access of the upper
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floors of buildings – stairs – often, in fact, make them accessible. For many elder
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people and others with limited mobility, getting upstairs can be a daily problem
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be overcome. However, stairlifts have been helping people solve that problem
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since they first appeared in the US in the 1930s. Designs have undergone many
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changes over the years and stairlifts have become progressive safer and easier to
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use. Mostly consist of a seat which moves along rails that run along the wall. 5