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Means of transportation in the city

Visitors to America are immediately struck by the number of automobiles on the highways and in the city streets. Cars fill the roads and crowd the streets of the city. For a city like New York, city transport is a big problem. Though there are a lot of private automobiles, many people still use public transport. New York’s public transport includes the subway, an extensive bus and street car service and taxi cabs.

In rush hours it is better to take the subway. You walk a few blocks to the nearest subway and get downstairs. You buy some tokens at the change booth and get through the turnstile. Then you have to find the right platform. In New York subway system there are parallel tracks for local and express trains. The local train stops at every station, the express only at every fifth or sixth station. It is very convenient to take an express if you go very far to the other end of the city. New York subway system is a rather complicated one.

New York has an extensive bus service operating on a transit basis. When a passenger enters a bus or street car and deposits his fare in the fare box, he may request a transfer. The driver or operator will give him a slip of paper on which there will be printed the time and direction of the trip. With this transfer, the passenger may get on another bus or street car at a transfer point on his route and continue his ride without additional cost.

A taxi cab service is another means of transportation in the city. There are no taxi stands and you can stop a taxi by whistling, shouting or raising your hand. Taxi cabs keep running along the streets all the time.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

1. New York’s tourist

2. Taxi cabs in New York

3. City transport of New York

4. Subway in New York

2. Аnswer the question: “Who will give the tourists a piece of paper with printed time and direction of the trip?”

1. taxi cab service

2. artist

3. porter

4. driver or operator

3. What can tourists take in rush hour?

1. a taxi cab service

2. the subway

3. bus or street car

4. train

4. Which sentence contradicts the text?

1. Cars fill the roads and crowd the streets of the city.

2. In New York subway system there are parallel tracks for local and express trains.

3. There are a lot of taxi stands where you can stop a taxi by whistling, shouting or raising your hand.

4. Taxi cabs keep running along the streets all the time.

5. What expression is true about transport in New York?

1. City transport isn’t a big problem in New York

2. There are parallel tracks for local and express trains in subway system

3. The passenger can’t get on another bus or street car at a transfer point.

4. There isn’t extensive bus service operating on a transit basis

6. What is “subway?”

1. a rapid transit system that serves boroughs of New York City,

2. a group organized secretly to work against an existing regime.

3. extensive bus service operating on a transit basis

4. an extensive bus and street car service and taxi cabs.

7. What does New York’s public transport include?

1. the subway, an extensive bus and street car service and taxi cabs.

2. the subway, an extensive bus and car service and taxi drivers.

3. the subway, bus and street vehicle and taxi cabs.

4. the subway, an extensive bus and taxi cabs.

8. New York subway system is a rather

1. complex

2. easy

3. formal

4. simple

9. What expression is true about New York’s public transport?

1. There aren’t many roads and crowd

2. Local train stops at every station

3. There aren’t a lot of private automobiles

4. There are parallel roads for tourists and express trains

10. What stands for a taxi cab?

1. a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter.

2. an extensive bus and street car service and taxi cabs.

3. a rapid transit system that serves boroughs of New York City,

4. extensive bus service operating on a transit basis

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