Variant 1 Read and translate the text Automobile Transportation and Road Transport

VARIANT 3
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Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another. In other words the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A to a Point. Modes of transport include air, land (railand road), water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important because it enables trade between people, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of the fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations) and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Vehicles traveling on these networks may include automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, watercraft, space craft and aircraft. Operations deal with the way the vehicles are operated, and the procedures set for this purpose, including financing, legalities, and policies.
2.Answer the following questions according to the text

1. 
   Why do people need transport?
   
2. 
   What kinds of transports were used before many years ago?
   
3. 
   What kinds of transports include transport?
   

3. Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box.
1. The price doesn’t include export_____.
2. When a company exports its _____ abroad there are many problems concerning transportation, insurance and _____.
3. First of all goods must be _____ carefully.
4. It is necessary to protect equipment from _____.
5. Tashkent is the _____ of science, industry, culture and education of Uzbekistan.
6. Our company has got a fleet of trucks, an office, a warehouse and other _____.
7. Uzbekistan has become a _____ new market for some western companies.

packed, totally, damage, hub, goods, packing, payment, premises.