Name: Date: reading (10 marks) 1

A 

cycle traffic public road rush parking car

B 

restrictions congestion transport rage hour lane share

 1  

The new railway will transport 310,000 passengers daily, decreasing 

 and air 

pollution.

  2  I go to work by bike and use the 

  that runs along the edge of the river. 

 3 The 

 system here is very unreliable. The trains and buses are always late.

 4  

There are  

 in place between 8am-6pm, so you mustn’t leave your car in the road 

during the day.

  5  The man deliberately drove into the car in front of him in an apparent 

 incident.

5  Replace the words in bold with the academic synonyms in the box. You will not need to use all the 

words. 1 mark for each correct answer.

prevent   run   select   attempt   consider   convince   realize   require

 1 You 

can’t