V.  Read the passage and choose the words from the box that best fit the blank spaces. There is one word you don’t need to use (1pt).

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       The first passenger plane was introduced by British Airway and Air France in 1976. Concord holds many world records, including the fastest crossing of the Atlantic (1) ______________ New York to London, which was achieved in 2 hours 45 seconds. Flying at twice the speed of sound means that flying time is (2) ______________ by half, which is why the Concord flight between London and New York is used a lot by businessmen and film stars. You can (3) ______________ Britain at 10.30 and arrive in New York an hour earlier than usual. Twenty planes have been built up to the present day. But there are no plans to build any more. Each plane is produced at a cost of fifty five million pounds (4) ______________ makes them very expensive.