Q5.
Nowadays many British people take their children to school by car. Twenty years ago, nearly one in three
primary school children made their own way to school. Now only one child in nine makes their own way.
During the school year at 08:50 a.m. one car in five on the roads in any British town is taking children to
school. The solution could be special school buses widely used in the USA.
Q6.
Many scientists hope that new technologies allowing more people to work at home may help with traffic
problems. Fewer people will work from 9 to 5 and travel to and from work during the rush hour. But only
15% of people now want to spend more time working at home. The workplace is, for many people, a place
to meet other people and to talk to them, so they would miss it if they worked from home.
Q7.
In 1903, the Wright brothers made the first aeroplane flight. It only lasted 12 seconds but changed the
world forever. A century later, air travel is no longer a miracle, it is part of everyday life. One billion air
passengers now fly every year — that’s equivalent to a sixth of the world’s population. To make sure
everything runs smoothly, there are special air traffic control centres in each country which watch every
aeroplane.
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