10th form Writing / Test "Sights of the World"

1. Have you ever imagined to visit one of the most powerful _____ of the world?

2. ______, the USA is the one that is worth visiting for everyone.

3. It is rich ____ different famous sights to see and visit.

4. Every tourist who _____ to New York visits the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the World Trade Centre.

5. But few people evre see one of the New York's _____ sights.

6. It is a small island _____ in the East River only 300 yards from Manhattan - Roosvelt Island.

7. The island has ____ history.

8. In 1637, the Dutch governor of New York bought the island ____ the Indians.

9. It _____ to raise hogs (pigs) and was called Hog Island.

10. The name was after changed to Blackwell Island after _____ to the Blackwell family.

11. It ____ by the city of New York in 1828.

12. It soon became the place ____ the city only sent its homeless people - the poor, orphans and drug addicts.

13. By 1934 conditions on the island _____ so bad that the city decided to take action.

14. From than _____, things began to improve.

15. Today, Roosvelt Island, named _____ Franklin D. Roosvelt, is one of the most beautiful areas in the city.

16. The old buildings ____ and so are the poor people who once lived there.

17. There are many beautiful buildings, offices and shops _____.

18. The best time to visit the island is ____ the late afternoon.

19. From the southern tip of the island, you can see the sun ____ as the lights of Manhattan come up across the water.

20. You get a magical feeling - the feeling of ____ so near the heart of the city, and yet so far away.