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Actividad 6 - Evidencia 5
Actividad 6 - Evidencia 5
Actividad 6 - Evidencia 5
Actividad de aprendizaje 6
Evidencia 5: Reading workshop: International transport
Read the article Methods of international transport taken from the website
Exportiamo.it and complete the following reading comprehension tasks:
Based on the information presented in the article, answer the following questions:
1. What’s the articles’ main idea?
2. According to the article, what are some of the factors a company needs to take
into account when choosing the method of transport to deliver their goods?
a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
a. Rail transport
b. Air transport
c. Road transport
d. Sea transport
5. What methods of transport require companies to spend more money on further
transportation costs to take goods to their final destination?
a. When the goods are being transported to countries located in Europe, North
Africa or the Middle East.
b. When the goods are being transported by rail.
c. When the goods that are being transported have a UN dangerous
goods code.
d. When the goods are being transported with no insurance.
The following wordlist contains words from the article on methods of international
transport. For each word find a word with the same or similar meaning (synonym).
Word Synonym
Trade Sale
Ensure Say
Efficient Competent
Requirement Obligation
Quick Fast
Risk Danger
Send Refer
Customer Buyer
Suitable Suitable
Delay Postpone
Deliver Give
Currency Money
Insurance Reliable
3. Find the missing words
Based on the article, make a concept map or mind map with information related to
modes of transport. Remember to complete the diagram by writing on it only main
ideas and key information from the reading passage that deals with methods of
international transport.
TRANSPORT MODES
Headings are short sentences that summarize the information in a paragraph. You
have to pick the one that best summarizes the information in the following
paragraphs. Match each paragraph in the reading text to one heading. Be careful,
there are always more headings than paragraphs.
Headings
Legal requirements needed to carry goods by road
Rail transport uses
Means of transportation
Factors that influence company’s decision on which type of transport to use
Rail transport benefits
Difficulties of transporting goods by rail
International transportation of goods by road
6. Making comparisons