THE ROCKIES
The Rocky Mountains run almost the length 0 North America. They start in the North-west, but lie only a 11 C few hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the Rockies are smaller 12 B to the Alps, they are no less wonderful. There are many roads across the Rockies, 13. A but the best way to see them is to 14 B travel by train. You start from Vancouver, 15 C the most attractive of Canada's big cities. Standing with its feet in the water and its head in the mountains, this city 16 B allows its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes by car from the city 17 A centre. Thirty passenger trains a day used to 18 D set off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway. Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board, 19 B which is fun, but travel through some of the best 20. A scenery at night.
