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America by train - the West Coast Experience

Considered to be one of the most beautiful of all train (1), the Coast Starlight (2) the hottest cities on America's West Coast. En route daily (3) Seattle and Los Angeles, the Coast Starlight passes (4) Portland, Eugene, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Barbara.

The scenery (5) the Coast Starlight route is unique: snow-covered mountains, dense forests, fertile valleys and long stretches of Pacific (6) shoreline provide a gorgeous (7) for your journey.

And there are (8) places to stop and visit along the route. Get away to Paso Robles, where you can tour one (9) almost 50 wineries and taste the world-famous wine or relax in the natural hot springs. Head (10) San Luis Obispo to climb the enchanted hill to Hearst Castle. (11) your heart in spectacular San Francisco. Or (12) stop and smell the roses in Portland.

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1 a) rails                   5 a) along                          9 a) of
   b) roads                    b) from                             b) from
   c) routes                    c) of                                 c) in
   d) ways                     d) around                         d) the

2 a) connects            6 a) Sea                           10 a) up
   b) meets                    b) Water                           b) to
   c) binds                     c) Beach                           c) along
   d) reaches                 d) Ocean                           d) from

3 a) from                  7 a) backdrop                  11 a) Break
   b) to                         b) countryside                     b) Lose
   c) between                c) picture                           c) Find
   d) with                       d) scenes                           d) Leave

4 a) over                   8 a) a lot                          12 a) only
   b) by                         b) lots                                b) eventual
   c) through                  c) many                              c) just
   d) on                         d) few                                d) come

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(C) 2006 Bernie Zöttl

 

1c, 2a, 3c, 4c, 5a, 6d, 7a, 8c, 9a, 10b, 11d, 12c

 

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