17 Why the Segway has been accepted as the most comfortable vehicle for the people with moving
problems?
A they could leave their cars at home and ride Segway from store to store
В they could drive from house to house to deliver letters and packages
C they could quickly inspect distant fields
and barns, and rangers, or parks
D it could minimise their walking
18 Why people have been slow to accept the Segway?
A it wastes too much money
В people have various kinds of fears
C it
was too hard to manage
D people didn’t want to replace the existing vehicles
19 According to the point of view of the Dean Kamer, “although technology moves very quickly,
people’s mindset changes very slowly”, what he meant by this?
A people cannot accept
the innovation at once
В because of people worldwide who ride bicycles for transportation they cannot accept other kinds of
vehicles
C people have fears and thus cannot get accustomed with new forms of transportation
D the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation cannot be quickly altered
Questions 20-27
Complete the sentences. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Dean Kamer, the inventor of the Segway, believes that this revolutionary vehicle will
replace all
conveyances we use today, and in 2001 he presented his innovation to the public. Even though the
Segway uses up the minimum energy, it has a very 20 _________ appearance. It has no engine, brakes,
gears or even 21 _________, however, the attribute is that it has the 22 _________ with
wide rubber
wheels. Moreover, this invention is designed for the short-term destinations and works
with 23 _________. As it minimises the moving time or energy, the Segway particularly fits to those
people who has an active lifestyle such as 24 _________, mail carriers, farmers, security guards and
even those who have difficulties because of their 25 _________ or _________. However, the inventor
explains why people have difficulties in accepting the Segway. He believes that the main reason for this
is that people have an innate 26 _________ of innovations and because of that the
people’s 27 _________ always changes gradually, it is too hard to accept the new invention for
the short
time.
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