Reading Comprehension

Read the text and choose the correct variant:

SKYSCRAPERS OF THE 21st CENTURY

Nowadays it has become very difficult to live in big cities. It seems as if not even the Americans like living in skyscrapers. Not only they are expensive to build, they also ruin the landscape.

It's much better to live in small houses in a green countryside.

However, there are countries like Japan that need to build skyscrapers because of lack of space and dense population. In fact, according to statistics at the beginning of the 21st century half the world's population lives in cities. More than 300 million people live in 21 metropolises.

A very tall skyscraper in the form of a pyramid has been planned in Tokyo which is more than 2 kms high. It'll be called Try 2004. Its base will be 8 square kilometers and its flats and offices will accommodate 1 million people.

Another skyscraper called Seed 4000 will be 4 kilometers tall and will be designed like Mount Fuji, the most famous mountain in Japan.

In Guinness World Records Book there are some other facts about the tallest buildings.

The world's tallest free-standing tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which has a height of 1,815 ft. It was built in 1975.

Petronas Towers in Malaysia became the world's tallest office in March 1996 reaching 1,482 ft. height. The Universal Financial Centre in Shanghai, China built in 2001 is 1,490 ft. high, with 95 storeys of offices and hotel accommodation above ground and three storeys below ground.

The tallest apartment blocks in the John Hancock Centre in Chicago, state Illinois, in the USA 1,127 ft. high. It has 100 storeys. The sail-shaped Arabian Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest hotel in the world, measuring a record 1,053 ft.

True or false:

The Americans like living in skyscrapers.

Read the text and choose the correct variant:

SKYSCRAPERS OF THE 21st CENTURY

Nowadays it has become very difficult to live in big cities. It seems as if not even the Americans like living in skyscrapers. Not only they are expensive to build, they also ruin the landscape.

It's much better to live in small houses in a green countryside.

However, there are countries like Japan that need to build skyscrapers because of lack of space and dense population. In fact, according to statistics at the beginning of the 21st century half the world's population lives in cities. More than 300 million people live in 21 metropolises.

A very tall skyscraper in the form of a pyramid has been planned in Tokyo which is more than 2 kms high. It'll be called Try 2004. Its base will be 8 square kilometers and its flats and offices will accommodate 1 million people.

Another skyscraper called Seed 4000 will be 4 kilometers tall and will be designed like Mount Fuji, the most famous mountain in Japan.

In Guinness World Records Book there are some other facts about the tallest buildings.

The world's tallest free-standing tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which has a height of 1,815 ft. It was built in 1975.

Petronas Towers in Malaysia became the world's tallest office in March 1996 reaching 1,482 ft. height. The Universal Financial Centre in Shanghai, China built in 2001 is 1,490 ft. high, with 95 storeys of offices and hotel accommodation above ground and three storeys below ground.

The tallest apartment blocks in the John Hancock Centre in Chicago, state Illinois, in the USA 1,127 ft. high. It has 100 storeys. The sail-shaped Arabian Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest hotel in the world, measuring a record 1,053 ft.

True or false:

The Americans ruin the landscape.

Read the text and choose the correct variant:

SKYSCRAPERS OF THE 21st CENTURY

Nowadays it has become very difficult to live in big cities. It seems as if not even the Americans like living in skyscrapers. Not only they are expensive to build, they also ruin the landscape.

It's much better to live in small houses in a green countryside.

However, there are countries like Japan that need to build skyscrapers because of lack of space and dense population. In fact, according to statistics at the beginning of the 21st century half the world's population lives in cities. More than 300 million people live in 21 metropolises.

A very tall skyscraper in the form of a pyramid has been planned in Tokyo which is more than 2 kms high. It'll be called Try 2004. Its base will be 8 square kilometers and its flats and offices will accommodate 1 million people.

Another skyscraper called Seed 4000 will be 4 kilometers tall and will be designed like Mount Fuji, the most famous mountain in Japan.

In Guinness World Records Book there are some other facts about the tallest buildings.

The world's tallest free-standing tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which has a height of 1,815 ft. It was built in 1975.

Petronas Towers in Malaysia became the world's tallest office in March 1996 reaching 1,482 ft. height. The Universal Financial Centre in Shanghai, China built in 2001 is 1,490 ft. high, with 95 storeys of offices and hotel accommodation above ground and three storeys below ground.

The tallest apartment blocks in the John Hancock Centre in Chicago, state Illinois, in the USA 1,127 ft. high. It has 100 storeys. The sail-shaped Arabian Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest hotel in the world, measuring a record 1,053 ft.

True or false:

There is no need to build skyscrapers.