Until the decision was (1)___ to close it in the early 1990s,the Canadian Pacific was for many years the world's greatest rail (2)_____.Built over a hundred years ago at tremendous (3)____ cost, it stretched 2,887 miles from Mo...

Until the decision was (1) taken to close it in the early 1990s, the Canadian Pacific was for many years the world's greatest rail (2) voyage. Built over a hundred years ago at tremendous (3) labour cost, it stretched 2,887 miles from Montreal to the Pacific (4) coast, crossing dense pine forests and massive mountains. The line was cut through (5) solid rock by 30,000 men working in huge areas of (6)  unexplored country, often in terrible weather conditions. In many ways, Canada is a nation that was (7) created by railways. Western cities like Calgary would not exist if the trains had not passed (8) through there, and that long thin line was what once (9) linked such hugely different places as Newfoundland on the Atlantic with Vancouver on the Pacific. Another victim of air (10) travel that is both cheaper and easier. Eastern Canadians, (11) unlike their American neighbours, do not feel drawn towards the west.When it is (12) below zero in Toronto or Quebec they fly south to the Carribbean rather than freeze in Winnipeg.