Orient Express: A Journey Through History and Luxury

For questions 1 – 8, choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

1. A habitat B place C position D setting
2. A notable B notably C notice D noticing

3.  A  Although		B  Even			C  Still			D  Yet
   

4.  A  about		B  for			C  to			D  with
   

5.  A  across		B  on			C  out			D  through
   

6.  A  knew			B  knowing		C  known			D  knows
   

7.  A  communicated	B  linked		C  related		D  travelled
   

8.  A  at			B  for			C  on			D  to
   

The train, established in 1883 by the Belgian entrepreneur Georges Nagelmackers, was the most famous train in the world. Its history fills whole books, and it is the 'for' many famous fictional stories, most 'notably' The Murder on The Orient Express, by Agatha Christie. 'Although' before it was brought back by the American entrepreneur James Sherwood in 1982, it had become an example of all that was interesting, romantic and mysterious about long-distance international train travel.

The original Orient Express ran between Paris and Istanbul, but new routes (and variations on the name) were developed. In its pre-war years at least, it was also associated 'for' elegance and luxury as well as excellent food, and it was these qualities that characterised the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. One of its later routes, described below, shows the carefully chosen places passengers would pass 'across' whilst dining, socializing and sleeping on this glorious train.

Appropriately enough for a train 'known' for romance, its main routes linked three of Europe's most charming cities, London, Paris and Venice. The chocolate-and-cream British Pullman train departed from London Victoria and travelled through Kent while the London-bound commuters waiting on station platforms looked 'at' jealously as brunch and Bellinis were served on the way to the Channel, before the train had even left England. In France, the royal-blue train with brass signs, lined by uniformed and white-gloved assistants, would be waiting to take you through the most fought-over areas of France to the capital, while a four-course dinner was served. The dinner was made unforgettable by the beautiful surroundings of the lalique glass and wood-panelled dining cars as well as the quality of the food, a miracle of skill produced in the tiny