1. On this dangerous section of track, trains usually ___ their speed.
2. The station building was a high wooden ___ with a curved roof.
3. Some of the new metro stations in Hong Kong will be ___ with high-speed lifts instead of conventional escalators.
4. Pavel Melnikov ___ George Whistler, a famous American railroad engineer, to be a consultant on the building of Russia’s first major railroad, the Moscow-St. Petersburg line.
5. In ___ years, the speed of passenger and freight traffic has been greatly increased.
6. The railway operator ___ additional discounts for passengers traveling to Finland with children under the age of 17.
7. The rail transport is a ___ of industry playing a very important role in economic life of our country.
8. Traveling by train from London to Norwich (184 km) takes exactly two hours, ___ stops.
9. All the ___ was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.
10. The middle part of the bridge is ___ by two huge towers.
11. There are regular class discussions, but some of the students never ___.
12. Tell the mechanic to check the ___ of the braking system.
13. People ___ use the Internet to book train tickets.
14. Our best diesel locomotive ___ a speed of 170 km per hour.
15. About 250 trains ___ daily on the Shinkansen network, running at 7.5-minute intervals during the morning and evening rush hours.
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