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Tunnels

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Highways” means:

a)

subterráneos

b)

carreteras

2.

Excavation, support, and lining are:

a)

kinds of tunnels

b)

steps to build a stable tunnel

3.

People can use tunnels for cars, trains, people and ships?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Tunnel boring machines are:

a)

tools

b)

drilling test holes

c)

prefabricated material

d)

settings

5.

“Tricky” means

a)

fácil

b)

difícil

6.

Were Americans the first to construct the most extensive network of tunnels?

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Can Engineers construct tunnels under oceans and seas?

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Why did engineers start to build tunnels?

a)

Because people like to live in the congested cities

b)

Because life in the cities were congested

9.

“To bore through mountains…”. Means

a)

Perforar a través de las montañas…

b)

Excavar a través de las montañas…

10.

“Ground” means

a)

suelo

b)

tierra

c)

bajo tierra

11.

How many steps are there to construct a tunnel?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

12.

Soft tunnels

Rock tunnels

Underwater tunnels

a)

They are the kinds of tunnels.

b)

They are steps to construct a tunnel.

c)

They refer to History of tunnels.

13.

Roman engineers .............. the most extensive network of tunnels in the ancient world

a)

create

b)

creates

c)

created

14.

Before cars and trains, tunnels ................. only water

a)

carried

b)

carry

c)

carries

15.

They didn´t ................... underground chambers and didn´t ............. elegant arch structures not only to carry fresh water into the city,

a)

carve build

b)

carved built

c)

carving building