Reading Test

Match the words with their definitions.

Make up a dialogue.

Read the text. Write if the sentences are true or false

In Britain the most popular means of transport is the car. People use it to get to work, to go to the supermarket or to take children to and from school. But in busy centres where there is not much place for parking people use public transport such as buses, taxis and trains. In London the underground, which is called «the tube», is the fastest way of travelling around the city. In the countryside things are different. People travel by car because there aren’t many buses and trains are not frequent.

1. People don't use cars very often in Britain.       [True, False]

2. There is a little space for leaving cars in the centre of cities.       [True, False]

3. People prefer public transport in the centre of the c.       [True, False]

4. The underground is a very fast way of trvelling around the country       [True, False]

5. You can't see buses and trains in the countryside.       [True, False]

6. In Britain people prefer travelling by train.       [True, False]

Americans enjoy travelling by (1           [age, distances, buses, car, train]) most of all. Families often have two cars and in many states teenagers get driving licences at the (2)           [age, distances, buses, cities] of fourteen. In large (3)           [age, distances, buses, cities] like New York or Boston public transport is very good. There are (4)           [distances, buses, train, car] and the underground.

In the countryside Americans use their cars to get around because they often have to drive long (5)           [cties, distances, buses, visit] to get to school or to work.

When they want to (6)           [cities, distances, visit, buses] their friends or (7)           [buses, relatives, distances, train],

Americans usually travel by plane. This is because the USA is so large that it

may take a lot of time to travel by car or by (8           [relatives, car, train, age]