San Francisco - Reading Exercise

Complete the exercise about San Francisco with the words below.

Cable California Gate Wharf became because build built called

cost has impossible prison rush skyscrapers smells started
surrounded tour was

San Francisco is a big city in ………………………………………………………. 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
………………………………………………………. Bridge. The island of Alcatraz is famous because it was a
………………………………………………………. and 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 ………………………………………………………. a straight street there. It was
………………………………………………………. for normal trains to go on such steep streets. So, the
………………………………………………………. 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 ………………………………………………………. of its shape. The
Golden Gate Bridge was built by Joseph B Strauss in 1934. The bridge
………………………………………………………. about $35 million and is 10 km long. The Levi's Jeans
Company was also founded there.

San Francisco ………………………………………………………. many different districts. Chinatown is probably

the most popular one. It's the biggest Chinatown out of Asia. There it
………………………………………………………. 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
………………………………………………………. 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. In the Mission district you can find
the very first buildings being ………………………………………………………. by the Spanish in 1776. This
district is also ………………………………………………………. Mission Dolores.

In 1849 when the gold ………………………………………………………. began, the population of San Francisco
rose from 40.000 to 56.000. The big Hippie movement ………………………………………………………. in
Haight-Ashbury in 1967. The summer of love united many young people. San Francisco
………………………………………………………. the capital of the Hippie movement. But today only a few
shops and people remind us that there ………………………………………………………. the biggest hippie
movement ever.