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Instructions: After you finish reading the story, press to run a self-marked test of this exercise. Pre-Reading: Match each word with its definition.
  It has been called "America's highway" and "Main Street" and the "Mother Road." It runs more than 2,400 miles, passing through eight states and three time zones. It stretches from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California. It is also the subject of a popular song. What is it? It is Route 66 - Probably the most celebrated highway in America.But Route 66 is much more than just a highway. It is an important part of the history of the United States. When Route 66 officially opened in 1926, America's love for the automobile was just getting going. At the time there were not too many paved roads around, and Route 66 immediately became a tourist attraction. Later, during the Great Depression, thousands of people travelled Route 66 looking for work in the south-west. And through the 1930s, the 1940s and the early 1950s, towns and businesses sprang up along Route 66. Things started to change for Route 66 in the mid-1950s. By then, Route 66 and other older highways had become too crowded; so, construction began on the interstate highway system. With fewer people travelling on Route 66, businesses closed and towns suffered. But Route 66 is still famous. |
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