UNIT 9 CITIES OF THE FUTURE - WORD CHOICE

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Local authorities should find ways to limit the use of private cars and encourage city ____ to use public transport.

• commuters

• planner

• dwellers

• people

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Located about 60 km southwest of Seoul, this eco city has been planned around a central park and designed so that every resident can walk to work in the business ____.

• district   

• area  

• location 

• organisation

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The waste ____ system here is also innovative. There are no rubbish trucks or waste bins in the street.

• dump

• disposal

• landfill

• throwaway

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Cities in poorer countries often lack basic ____. Without it, they are unable to function properly as cities.

• structure  

• construction    

• infrastructure

• condition

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The ____ of living in some places can be very high. Prices in London are particularly exorbitant.

• value  

• price

• worth

• cost

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Urban ____ is prevalent in most cities. Everywhere you go there are building sites, pedestrian precincts, blocks of flats, and housing estates spreading into the countryside.

• sprawl   

• expansion

• widening  

• spread

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This safe, ____ friendly city is like a paradise for its inhabitants who can enjoy the highest quality of life.

• environment

• environmental

• environmentally

• environmentalist

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With tonnes of _______ waste discarded directly into fields, lakes and ponds has become a serious pollution problem in our country.

• treated

• untreated

• non-treatment  

• retreated

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The roads are terrible. I'm always getting ____ in traffic.

• stuck  

• lost  

• exhausted   

• late

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Everything's a bit more expensive here and property prices are extremely high. A lot of people have no choice but to live in the ____ and commute in to work.

• outskirt

• suburbs  

• city 

• urban