EMSAT Practice Quiz (Cloze Reading 2) ............................... benefit / commit / fit / health / maintain / obvio

Bicylce sharing as a form of public transport started in Paris ten years ago. In the first year, over twenty million users made trips on the bikes, paying a small amount of money for the service. The idea _____________ all over the world, with about a thousand bicycle-sharing ____________ now in operation.

(choose 2 answers)

• spread

• commit

• practical

• sights

• schemes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The advantages of the idea are _______________. For a start, you don't have to buy your own bicycle, and perhaps more importantly, you don't have to _______________ it. In cities like London and Barcelona, a bike left on the street has a high chance of being stolen.

(choose 2 answers)

• practical

• store

• risk

• obvious

• maintain

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

You don't have to ______________ it either. If it gets damaged, or the tire needs changing, someone else will do it while you ride another of the bikes.

• health

• sights

• benefit

• commit

• maintain

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

It is also a great way to get used to cycling before you ________________ to buying your own bike.

• fit

• commit

• practical

• benefit

• risk

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Visitors also _______________. What could be nicer than arriving in New York on a sunny weekend and spending just a few dollars to cycle around Manhattan, taking in the _______________?

(choose 2 answers)

• benefit

• practical

• risk

• sights

• fit

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A city viewed from a bicycle reveals many things that you simply don't see in a taxi, and you can travel much further by bike than on foot. There is, however, a _____________, as you may not be used to the road conditions or driving styles of the country, so extra care should be taken.

• fit

• benefit

• practical

• health

• risk

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

But overall, this is an environmentally friendly, ______________ way of providing public transport.

• practical

• fit

• health

• obvious

• store

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4