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【浙江省“温州十校联合体”2018-2019学年高二上学期期末】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
As populations increased in large cities in ____56____ nineteenth century, building subway lines was a way ____57____(move) people from one area of a city to another quickly and efficiently. The first major subway system, the London Underground, ____58____(start) in 1873 using steam trains. Subways caught on quickly in London. From 1896, it was changed in favor of an electrical system. Today’s subways around the world now work on ____59____(electrical). Passengers can rely on the regular schedule of subway trains while ____60____(avoid) traffic on busy city streets.
Two of the world’s earliest subways were built in Paris and New York. When the Paris Metro opened on July 19, 1900, citizens were proud of the ____61____(impress) and beautifully decorated station entrances.____62____ the first New York subway consisted ____63____ only 14.5 kilometers of track in 1904, today, it is the world’s largest subway system.
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