Route 66 is one of the ____ famous roads in the world. It’s known as ‘The ____ Road’ and it has connected the USA’s east and west coasts for almost ninety years. Route 66 starts here in ____, America’s third ____ city. Many American ____ call Chicago ‘The Second City’ because it used to be the ____ biggest city in the United States. This all ____ in the 1980s when LA, whose population had reached three ____, overtook it. But for over a hundred years, Chicago was ____ growing, and by the mid-twentieth century, it had ____ one of the most famous cities in the world, ____ for its food, its sport and its ____ Around thirty ____ tourists visit Chicago every year. Some ____ the city’s famous ____ and monuments while others take a hike around Lake ____, one of the five Great Lakes. But the ____ popular tourist attraction in Chicago is The Willis Tower. The Willis ____ used to be called the Sears Tower. It was the tallest ____ in the world when it first opened in 1969. It had ____ been built for office space, but quickly became more famous as a ____ destination. Today, the tower is only the seventh-tallest ____ in the world, but it’s still got ____ views of the city. Chicago’s a great ____ to visit, but nobody comes here for the ____ After all, Chicago’s other famous nickname is ‘The Windy City’. Locals say that it is ____ and wetter here than anywhere else in ____, and while this isn’t scientifically proven, it does ____ to rain a lot! However, scientists predict that ____ will have a very different climate in the ____. They say that it won’t be as cold and as windy as it is now, but will be ____ and wetter. This will mean ____ changes, but Chicago is further ahead than most other cities in its ____ for climate change. The city is ____ new environmentally-friendly buildings, ____ more parks and green areas and placing big hedges ____ the city’s pathways. Chicago is also ____ in new roads and car ____ for electric cars. For now though, any travellers ____ to soak up the sun need to follow ____ 66 and head west to Los Angeles. When Route 66 first opened, it was ____ by poor people who were looking for ____ work. But by the 1950s, the road had become a ____ of freedom, and its ultimate destination, LA, was a ____ place for young people to chase their dreams and have fun. This image of LA as a ____, vibrant city still holds true today. It’s the second ____ city in the USA and has got a ____ of over four million people. In many ways it is still ‘The City of Dreams’, too. It is ____ to Hollywood’s famous movie studios and most ____ TV shows are made here. LA has become an ____ and sought-after destination with many ____ shopping areas, such as Rodeo Drive. But there are downsides to LA’s ____. The city is now horribly congested. ____, rush hours can sometimes last up to five ____, and with the huge freeway ____ that have seven or eight lanes of ____, the roads in LA have changed dramatically since the era of ____ 66.

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