* Filling in each space with one appropriate word.
They called New York “the Big Apple”. Maybe it is not exact like an apple, it’s certainly very big (1)…………………expensive. There are too many people, that’s the problem. The streets are always full of cars and trucks, you can never find a place to park there.
If you have enough money, you can take a taxi. New York cabs are yellow. They look all the same. But the (2) …………………are very different. Some were born and raised in New York, but many are newcomers to the United States. A few drive slowly, but most go very and very fast. The cab driving is a
difficult job. It can be (3) …………………, too. Thieves often try to (4) …………………the drivers’ money. Drivers sometimes get hurt.
If you don’t want to take a taxi, you can go by bus or you can take the subway. The subway is quick and it’s (5) …………………, but parts of it are old and dirty. Lights don’t always work and there are often fires on the track. On some subway lines, there are new, clean, silver trains. But you can’t watch the color
of the old trains easily. There is too much (6) …………………and too much graffiti, inside and outside.
