can you compare the transportation in the part and now?
what are the benefits and disadvantages of buying a car?
can you image transportation in the future and describe it to me?
can you compare the transportation in the part and now?
what are the benefits and disadvantages of buying a car?
can you image transportation in the future and describe it to me?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as the one that benefits from the public transportation?
A. the bus rider
B. the environment
C. the car driver
D. the city
Chọn C
Ai không được hưởng lợi từ việc sử dụng phương tiện công cộng?
A. người đi buýt
B. môi trường
C. tài xế ô tô
D. thành phố
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
Which of the following can be the best title of the reading passage?
A. Public Transportation _ We all Benefit
B. Public transportation - to Save the Environment
C. Public Transportation - a way to Loose Weight.
D. public transportation - Cleaner - Cities
Chọn A
Tiêu đề phù hợp nhất cho bài viết?
A. Phương tiện công cộng – Chúng ta đều được lợi
B. Phương tiện công cộng – Để bảo vệ môi trường
C. Phương tiện công cộng – Một cách để giảm cân
D. Phương tiện công cộng – Thành phố sạch hơn
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
What is not true about Taras Gresco according to the reading passage?
A. Taras Gresco finds public transportation beneficial for both the cities and the users.
B. Taras Gresco often travels by public transportation, especially the bus.
C. Taras Gresco wrote a book about the benefits of public transportation.
D. Taras Gresco launched a campaing to encourage people to use the public transportation.
Chọn D
Theo đoạn văn, điều gì không đúng về Taras Gresco?
A. Taras Gresco thấy phương tiện công cộng hữu ích cho cả thành phố và người đi lại.
B. Taras Gresco thường đi lại bằng phương tiện công cộng, đặc biệt là xe buýt.
C. Taras Gresco viết một cuốn sách về ích lợi của phương tiện công cộng.
D. Taras Gresco thực hiện một chiến dịch để khuyến khích mọi người sử dụng phương tiện công cộng.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
How does the environment benefit from people’s use of the public transportation ?
A. Subways use renewable energy sources instead of the fossil fuels, making the environment cleaner.
B. The smaller numbe of cars sold helps the automobile industry save the environment substantially.
C. Buses and trains not only conserve energy but also save public transportation
D. Fewer people using private transportation means less fuel used, hence cleaner environment.
Chọn D
Môi trường được lợi như thế nào từ việc sử dụng phương tiện công cộng?
A. Tàu điện ngầm sử dụng năng lượng tái sử dụng thay vì dầu khí, khiến môi trường trong lành hơn.
B. Số lượng xe hơi bán ra ít, ngành công nghiệp xe tự động giúp bảo vệ môi trường một cách đáng kể.
C. Xe buýt và tàu hoả không những tiết kiệm nhiên liệu mà còn bảo vệ phương tiện công cộng.
D. Ít người dùng xe cá nhân nghĩa là lượng xăng dầu tiêu thụ ít, môi trường trong sạch hơn.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
Which of the following is mentioned as a benefit for a public transportation rider?
A. He or she will be able to learn how to ride a means of public transportation.
B. He or she will have a good chance to enjoy the natural landscape.
C. He or she will have a good chance to make more friends with the different people.
D. He or she will know how to behave in public places and cooperate with others.
Chọn D
Điều nào sau đây là một lợi ích đối với người di chuyển bằng phương tiện công cộng?
A. Họ sẽ có cơ hội học lái phương tiện công cộng.
B. Họ sẽ được ngắm cảnh thiên nhiên.
C. Họ sẽ kết bạn với.
D. Họ sẽ biết cách cư xử và hợp tác ở nơi công cộng.
Dẫn chứng: “It helps people become part of the society. It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’.”
Tạm dịch: Nó giúp bạn hoà nhập với cộng đồng. Nó dạy bạn cách cư xử ở nơi công cộng.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
The word ‘it” in the passage refers to
A. driving a car
B. public transportation
C. author Taras Gresco.
D. depressing experiece
Chọn B
Từ “it” trong đoạn văn muốn nói đến:
A. lái ô tô
B. phương tiện công cộng
C. tác giả Taras Gresco
D. trải nghiệm tồi tệ
Dẫn chứng: “Yet many people see public transportation as a “depressing experience”, says author Taras Gresco. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.”
Tạm dịch: “Nhưng nhiều người lại cho rằng sử dụng phương tiện giao thông là một trải nghiệm tồi tệ” trích lời tác giả Taras Gresco. Tuy nhiên, theo ông Gresco, nó thực chất ‘nhanh hơn, thoải mái hơn và rẻ hơn’ lái xe ô tô.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 42 to 48
Today, there are 600 million cars in the world. They may seem like a lot. However, there are over 7 million people on our planet. Most of the world’s population uses public transportation to get around. The number of people using public transportation continues to rise. Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the number carried by all the world’s airplanes. Every day in Tokyo passengers take more than 40 million rides on public transportation.
Yet many people see public transportation as ‘a depressing experience’, says author Taras Gresco. They say it is slow, crowded, or too expensive. In fact, Gresco says, it is actually ‘faster, more comfortable and cheaper’ than driving a car.Like millions of people, Taras Gresco is a ‘straphanger’ - a person who rides public transportation. In his book straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, Gresco describe the benefits of public transportation. Firstly, it is better for the environment. When people use public transportation, they use less fuel. Twenty people on one bus use much less fuel than 20 people in 20 cars. Fewer cars mean less pollution and cleaner air.
Using public transportation can be good for your health in other ways. It can even help you lose weight. In one study, a group of people took public transportation every day for six months. Each day they walked to a bus stop or train station. In six months, each person lost an average of six pounds - almost three kilograms. Taking public transportation has another benefit, says Gresco. It helps people become part of their community. When you are alone in your car, you don’t talk to anyone. One Tokyo straphanger told Gresco, “To use public transport is to know how to cooperate with other people,’ It teaches you ‘how to behave in a public space’. So, public transportation is more than a way to get to work or school. It can help lead to cleaner cities. It may also lead to a healthier and more cooperative world population.
According to the passage, the number of people travelling by planes each day is about.......
A. 185 million
B. 125 million
C. 5 million
D. 20 million
Chọn C
Theo đoạn văn, mỗi ngày có khoảng bao nhiêu người di chuyển bằng máy bay?
A. 185 triệu
B. 125 triệu
C. 5 triệu
D. 20 triệu
Dẫn chứng: “Subway systems worldwide carry 155 million passengers each day. That’s more than 30 times the numbẻ carried by all the world’s airplanes.”
Tạm dịch: Hệ thống tàu điện ngầm trên toàn thế giới phục vụ 155 triệu khách mỗi ngày, gấp khoảng hơn 30 lần số lượng di chuyển bằng máy bay.”
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best option for each of the blank.
Having a car has numerous benefits ________ (15), you can go wherever you want whenever you want. You don’t have to rely on public transport, and ________ (16), you will have a sense of being more independent ________ (17), you are capable to give lifts to your folks, or carry weighty loads of grocery. ________ (18), there can be definite fiscal problems, completely if you live in a city. Running a car can be expensive, as you have to spend quite an amount on things ________ (19) petrol, car services, and repairs. You might also have problem with parking, as everywhere is more and more congested with cars. ________ (20) most folks feel that the advantages of owing a car outweigh the disadvantages.
A. First of all
B. As a result
C. Generally
D. Besides
Đáp án A
First of all: đầu tiên
Generally: một cách chung chung
As a result: kết quả là, do đó
Besides: Bên cạnh đó