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Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

aesthetically pleasing/ revellers/ scare off/ pave the way/ traced back to

1.
Fire purified things. The popularity of setting off fireworks at new year can be ________ that idea of fire purifying.

2.
Creatures that achieve world fame for being under threat - the panda, the mountain gorilla, the tiger - tend to be conventionally _________, even cute.

3.
As Rio de Janeiro's carnival gets under way, its oldest street parade has drawn an estimated 1.5m ________.

4.
Puffing Billy was one of the first steam locomotives to transport coal from Wylam Colliery to Lemington Staithes on the River Tyne.

Developed by Newburn-born engineer William Hedley in 1813, it _______ for the development of the rail industry.

5.
Eugene Cousins, a manager at Chimp Eden, said that he fired warning shots to ________ the animals but then one of the chimps attacked his vehicle, smashing the bonnet and windshield.