阅读下面短文，根据每个空格中所给的首字母填入适当的词，使短文意思完整。
In the 1760s, a scientist in England invented a way to put steam engines and wheels (1) t_______. Soon,
people had a new type of (2) t_______, the steam locomotive. An English (3) e_______ drove the first steam
locomotive on a road, but it exploded. In 1804, a locomotive (4) c_______ about seventy passengers a short
(5) d_______ on some iron rails. It was the first railway. In the 1830s, countries all over the world started to
build railways. (6) A_______ fifty years, railways covered most countries. Many train stations were built to
make it (7) e_______ for passengers to get on and off the trains. Early trains had a top (8) s_______ of 50
kilometers per hour. (9) T_______ trains are much faster. They (10) t_______ at about 240 kilometers an hour.
The fastest trains can go 380 kilometers an hour.
