San Francisco - Reading Exercise

Complete the exercise about San Francisco with the words below.

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San Francisco is a big city in __________CALIFORNIA_____________with a unique flair. Some people say it is
a very European city because European influences are
everywhere. San Francisco is a peninsula. The city is by the
Pacific.
The famous landmarks are the Trans American Pyramid,
and of course the Golden GATE Bridge. The island of
Alcatraz is famous because it was a PRISONand now it's a
tourist attraction. Other landmarks are Lombard Street, it's
the most crooked street of the whole world because the hill
was too steep to BUILD a straight street there. It was
IMPOSSIBLE for normal trains to go on such steep streets.
So, the CABLE Car was built. San Francisco has also well-
known universities like Berkeley and Stanford University.

The Trans America Pyramid was built by William Pereira in

1972. When he showed the building plans everybody was
shocked BECAUSE of its shape. The Golden Gate Bridge
was built by Joseph B Strauss in 1934. The bridge BUILT
about $35 million and is 10 km long. The Levi's Jeans
Company was also founded there.

San Francisco HAS many different districts. Chinatown is

probably the most popular one. It's the biggest Chinatown
out of Asia. There it SMELL horribly of fish, but you can
see the original Chinese culture. In the Financial District
there are almost only , such like the Trans America Pyramid
or the Bank of America. The Fishermen's WHARF is also a
big tourist attraction. From there you can take a boat for
Alcatraz and join a guided . San Francisco has two big
famous parks, the Presidio and the Golden Gate Park.