Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks — practice #rwfib-007

The ancient city of Petra was carved directly into rose-coloured rock by the Nabataean people. Its location along busy trade routes allowed the city to — choose —complainsufferprosperretreat from the exchange of spices and silk. Clever engineers built channels to — choose —pollutewastedistributefreeze scarce water across the dry landscape, supporting thousands of residents. After the trade routes shifted, however, Petra was gradually — choose —crowdedcelebratedabandonedrebuilt and remained largely — choose —obviouswelcomeunknownfamous to outsiders for centuries.