In a city like Venice, it stands to reason that the principal mode of transport would be some sort of boat. Say the word 'gondola', and romantic moon-lit evenings spent lazily floating along any one of Venice's countless canals 1) ........ to mind. However, gondolas are 2) ....... more than that. Before the advent of motorised boats, gondolas, because of their manoeuvrability and speed, 3) ....... used to transport both people and goods within the city and to the nearest islands. Originally used as a private means of transport for the wealthy, gondolas quickly became a sort of 'taxi' for people of all classes to get 4) ....... one part of the city to Краткий пересказ