Variant – 1 Read and translate the text

2. pedestrian
b. how fast something moves
3. prevention	c. the act of building raised areas, small roundabouts, or other similar structures on roads, usually roads where there are houses, so that vehicles are forced to move more slowly along them
4. public transport	d. a motorway in a city or town
5. speed	e. teaching people how to behave safely when driving or crossing the road
6. urban road	f. a system of vehicles such as buses and trains that operate at regular times on fixed routes and are used by the public
7. traffic calming	g. a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go

4. Say if the sentences are true or false.
1. Asphalt has not been widely used until the 1920s.
2. Gravel base is as thick as sub grade layer.
3. Asphalt roadways have less tensile strength than gravel.
4. One of the main disadvantages of asphalt roadways is low noise.
5. Depending on the temperature at which asphalt is applied, it can be hot mix,
warm mix and cold mix.
5. Put the verbs in brackets in proper tense and time.
1. I (to make) a report at the conference last Monday.
2. We (to expect) the company to give us a discount.
3. These trucks (to arrive) at the warehouse tomorrow.
4. The president (to think) the contract to be signed.
5. Yesterday the company (to allow) its customers to make the payment in two days.