Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Although these reports did not contain any scores or rankings , the evaluation report for Paris was considered the most positive , now followed closely by London which had narrowed down most of the gap observed by the initial evaluation in 2004 regarding Paris .
Simplified: Although these reports did not contain any scores or rankings , the evaluation report for Paris was seen as the most positive , followed closely by London .