The first boats to be built were very small and simple. They were m________
of wood and paddles were u_________ to make them move. The simplest boat
is made by t____ a few logs together with rope-what is k______ as raft. This was
the t______ of boat with which Huckleberry Finn, the famous storybook
character, sailed d_______ the Mississippi River. Other simple boats i_______
the canoe and the small sampan.
But the building of ships changed when the s______ was invented.Ships that
used sails were bigger and could c_____ many more people. Also, such ships
could t________ much further. The English s_______ to build many of these
ships for milifary and t______ purposes. They sailed to c______ in Asia and
exchanged gold for goods like tea which they b______ back to England.
When the engine was i_______, the design of ships was changed a______.
Now, wood is no l_________ used to build ships but metal is used instead.
Even ships that can move u_____ water-submarines-aew built. These ships do
not d________ on the wind to move, unlike the sail-ships. Hence they can go on
journeys w_______ relying on weather conditions. The lastest ships are even
driven by nuclear petrol.