TEST F On your bike! If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space,
my __(1)__ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative __(2)__
of transport. Cycling is probably the cheapest and healthiest way of
getting __(3)__ in our congested city centers. __(4)__ it is convenient
and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive __(5)__ on a
cold wintry morning. It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus
or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their
way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting
in yet __(9)__ traffic jam. In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening
pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more
health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s
__(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__
the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars. __(15)__ cycling
is not as risky as it looks at first sight, there are more and more
accidents involving cyclists.
1.
A) advice
B) warning
C) plan
D) solution
2.
A) method
B) way
C) means
D) instrument
3.
A) on
B) through
C) over
D) about
4.
A) Despite
B) In spite
C) Although
D) Even as
5.
A) choice
B) advice
C) propose
D) transport
6.
A) enter
B) be
C) travel
D) get
7.
A) even
B) however
C) though
D) and
8.
A) approval
B) envy
C) angry
D) criticism
9
A) other
B) more
C) another
D) longer
10
A) truth
B) reality
C) fact
D) event
11
A) round
B) down
C) over
D) together
12
A) while
B) despite
C) as
D) in spite of
13
A) favor
B) agreement
C) belief
D) approval
14
A) refuse
B) criticize
C) deny
D) think
15
A) Even thoughB) However
C) Whereas
D) Although
Use of English Book 2 Part B