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Public transportation includes a variety of different vehicles, including buses, trolleys, commuter trains, streetcars, cable cars, van shuttle services, ferries and water taxis. Public transportation benefits individual riders, their communities, the economy and the environment. Individuals who regularly use public transportation enjoy a number of benefits, not the least of which is financial. In difficult economic times, choosing public transportation can be a great way to save money and stretch the family budget. Using public transportation also creates a healthier, more active lifestyle for individuals. Walking to and from public transit stops allows people to gain additional daily exercise. Public transportation also increases mobility options for non-drivers, especially senior citizens. Using public transportation can cut down on commute times, lightening people's schedules and affording them more spare time. (228слов, 801 знаков)

 

 Public transportation benefits the communities that it services. For starters, public transportation provides easy and convenient access to all that a city has to offer. In large cities where parking expenses are high, public transportation allows individuals to visit local businesses and attractions more frequently for less money. In rural areas, public transportation fosters the growth of business districts and shopping malls. It also encourages more interaction between residents, which results in a stronger, more unified community. Public transportation helps communities financially -- if individuals can save money on transportation, they can spend more at local stores. The growing popularity and use of public transportation makes a lasting, positive impact on the environment. Public transportation also emits 95 percent less carbon monoxide per mile than a private vehicle, resulting in less pollution and better air quality. (236 слов, 805 знаков)

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1 Transport for Tomorrow

One thing is certain about the public transport of the future: it must be more efficient than it is today. The time is coming when it will be quicker to fly across the Atlantic to New York than to travel from home to office. The two main problems are: what vehicle shall we use and how can we plan our use of it?

There’s already a number of modern vehicles which are not yet in common use, but which may become a usual means of transport in the future. One of these is the small electric car: we go out into the street, find an empty car, get into it, drive to out destination, get out and leave the car for the next person who comes along. In fact, there may be no need to drive these cars. With an automatic guidance system for cars being developed, it will be possible for us to select our destination just as today we select a telephone number, and our car will move automatically to the address we want.

For long journeys in private cars one can also use an automatic guidance system. Arriving at the motorway, a driver will select the lane he wishes to use, switch over to automatic driving, and then relax – dream, read the newspaper, have a meal, flirt with his passenger – while the car does the work for him. Unbelievable? It is already possible. Just as in many ships and aircraft today we are piloted automatically for the greater part of the journey, so in the future we can also have this luxury in out own cars.

A decade ago, the only thing electronic on most automobiles was the radio. But at present sophisticated electronics is playing a big part in current automotive research. For example, in every gasoline – powered car that General Motors Corporation makes there is a small computer continuously monitoring the exhaust.

 

1. We can’t equip car with automatic guidance system now, but it will be possible in the future.

a) истинно

b) ложно

c) в тексте нет информации

 

2. Утверждение: In the future we will be able to travel around the planet quicker than around the city now.

a) истинно

b) ложно

c) в тексте нет информации

 

3. Утверждение: Small electric car is one of the most perspective vehicles for the future.

a) истинно

b) ложно

c) в тексте нет информации

 

4. Утверждение: Automatic driving is too dangerous to use it on the motorway.

a) истинно

b) ложно

c) в тексте нет информации

 

5. Какой абзац текста (1, 2, 3, 4) содержит следующую информацию: In the future transport will not require any special driving skills to driving.

 

6. Какой абзац текста (1, 2, 3, 4) содержит следующую информацию: Kind of vehicle and using of vehicle is two main problems about transport.

 

7. Ответьте на вопрос: What will transport be in the future?

a) It will be small electric car.

b) It will be car equipped with automatic guidance system.

c) It will be the car with luxury seat.

d) We can’t say now but it will more performance than today.

 

8. Укажите основную идею текста:

a) Electric car as a transport of tomorrow.

b) Perspectives of development of transport.

c) Installing of automatic guidance system.

d) Refusal of today’s transport.

 

 

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