PRISM 2 READING UNIT 3 (LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PART)

West Vancouver police have announced road closures and ______ for the Canada Day celebration on Monday, July 1. Visitors are encouraged to take the Canada Day shuttle to avoid parking challenges.

• rush hour

• public transportation

• traffic congestion

• parking restrictions

Unconscious damages to the environment as well as chemical, household, and industrial __________ are the leading causes of water pollution.

• diseases

• wastes

• attempts

• commuters

He tried hard, but failed in his __________ to set a new Olympic record.

• attempt

• effect

• destination

• vehicle

Since Anne Hidalgo was elected the mayor of Paris in 2014, she has put huge effort in transforming the city into a world cycling capital, with an investment of more than €150m to double the number of __________.

• fossil fuels

• greenhouse gases

• bike lanes

• parking restrictions

On Saturday, Beijing opened three new city trains to help ease __________.

• bike lane

• parking restriction

• car pool

• traffic congestion

This office is perfectly adequate for my needs; it has everything that I __________ for my job.

• reduce

• consider

• require

• prevent

As a good leader, Jack __________every aspect of the problem before he acts.

• considers

• produces

• convinces

• reduces

Since our research has not __________ any answers to this problem so far, we need to adopt a different approach to it.

• absorbed

• required

• reduced

• produced

It takes half an hour if you leave early enough; however, it can take an hour during the __________.

• bike lane

• car pool

• road rage

• rush hour

He kept coming around all the time, trying to __________ me to change my mind and not to buy that second-hand car.

• consider

• convince

• connect

• cause