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A. Listen and answer the following question.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

building a bridge

building a tower

building a ferry

building a tunnel

B. Listen again and answer the following questions.

2. When did the Channel Tunnel open?

in 1984

in 1987

in 1994
in 1997

3. Why could an accident inside the tunnel be a disaster?

because the British and French engineers didn’t follow the safety rules

because the large part of the tunnel was built in the water
because the rock and dirt used in the construction are highly toxic

because the tunnel was too narrow to escape

C. Listen and write down the following question. Then choose
the best answer.

4.

France

Germany

Belgium
the U.S.A.

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