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Unit 7e - Workbook PDF
Unit 7e - Workbook PDF
The idea of driverless cabs may sound like the stuff of science
fiction but PRT (Personal Rapid Transport) could soon become a
transport reality. A Bristol- based company, ATS, has developed
do they generate zero emissions, but they
1 Not only ________________________________ _ also
a system of pod-shaped vehicles that for the price of one bus
travel at 40 kph.
ticket will take a group of four passengers wherever they want
to go along a fixed route . 1 They generate zero emissions and will be attractive to users is its promised
2 What ________________________________ __
they travel at 40 kph, roughly twice the speed of a city convenience.
longer will passenger have to share public
3 No ________________________________ __
centre bus. But 2its promised convenience will be attractive to
transport with other unknown people
users, as there will be little if any wait for the use of the cabs.
until after it has been put to the test will we
4 Not __________________________________
Another advantage of the system will be safety. CCTV cameras
know whether it will live up to its promises
can be in operation in every pod and 3passengers will no longer
is the possibility of vandalism as well as the
5 It __________________________________ _ negative
have to share public transport with other unknown people,
visual impact of the elevated tracks that may put
which could offer an obvious advantage to women. It almost
some investors off.
sounds too good to be true. 4We won't know whether it will live
up to its promises until after it has been put to the test, which is
what is currently happening at Heathrow airport, where the
driverless pods are being used to transport business passengers
between the car park and the terminal. If this test proves
successful, the system may be embraced in cities in Britain and
the rest of the world. A few cities are already considering
proposals for PRT systems. However, 5the possibility of
vandalism and the negative visual impact of the elevated tracks
may put some investors off the scheme.
Rewrite the sentences to make them more emphatic.