II. Read the text carefully. Then answer the questions: (2.0 pts) Suzanne lives in Bangkok with her husband and two children. Her office is seven kilometers away but it takes her two hours to get there by car every day. “Some cities have problems with pollution, crime, or bad weather – here we have traffic jams,” she says.Before going to the office, she has to take her children to school – so she sets off at 5 a.m. The children sleep until they arrive at school. Then Suzanne begins her journey to the office. In the evening the traffic is even worse. Traffic moves in the city centre at half a kilometre an hour. In rainy weather it doesn’t move at all. But why is it so bad? In the past, more people moved around Bangkok by boat. Now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough roads in the city. The Skytrain and metro can help a bit, but they are limited in range and don’t cover all parts of the city. *Answer the questions: 1. How long does it take Suzanne to go to work every day? →…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Why is the traffic so bad in Bangkok? →……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………… 3. What is the most serious problem in Bangkok? →………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………. 4. How does Suzanne go to work? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
II. Read the text carefully. Then answer the questions: (2.0 pts)
Suzanne lives in Bangkok with her husband and two children. Her office is seven kilometers away but it takes her two hours to get there by car every day. “Some cities have problems with pollution, crime, or bad weather – here we have traffic jams,” she says.Before going to the office, she has to take her children to school – so she sets off at 5 a.m. The children sleep until they arrive at school. Then Suzanne begins her journey to the office. In the evening the traffic is even worse. Traffic moves in the city centre at half a kilometre an hour. In rainy weather it doesn’t move at all. But why is it so bad? In the past, more people moved around Bangkok by boat. Now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough roads in the city. The Skytrain and metro can help a bit, but they are limited in range and don’t cover all parts of the city. *Answer the questions:
1. How long does it take Suzanne to go to work every day? → Two hours.
2. Why is the traffic so bad in Bangkok? → Because now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough roads in the city.
3. What is the most serious problem in Bangkok? → Traffic jams.
4. How does Suzanne go to work? --> By car.
1. About 2 hours
2. Because so many people have a car and there aren’t enough roads in the city.
3. The most serious problem in Bangkok is traffic jams
4. By car