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Written Comprehension - Unit 1 - Out & About

Smart Pavements

Imagine asking the pavement for directions and getting a reply. This sounds like a scene
from a fantasy film, but now it’s really possible.

The Via Inteligente company in Spain has got an amazing new technology called the
iPavements and it helps tourists in big cities.

How does the iPavement work? It uses special materials with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
connectivity. There are special apps to use with it, too.

With this new technology, visitors get information about the places around them. Some
apps help people find shops, restaurants, banks and other services.

Some apps give information about transport, so visitors can explore the city easily. Via
Inteligente also wants to help local businesses. So, when people pass a restaurant, an app
sends a message about the menu and gives incentives to people to go and eat there. The
technology are sensors to count the number of people on the pavement in different areas.
Municipalities use this type of information to plan new streets and services for residents
and visitors.

Pavement: a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on.

Incentive: something that encourages a person to do something.

1. Tick the sentences T (true) or F (false). (8 points)

T F

1. The text is about a film.

2. The technology helps people find banks.

3. The apps give transport information.

4. An app provides menus to people only when they are inside a

restaurant.
2. Complete the sentences. (12 points)

1. The Via Inteligente company is in ………………………………………………………...

2. You can find the iPavement in some ……………………………………………………...

3. The iPavement connects to ………………………………………………………………..

4. The new technology helps visitors and ……………………………………………………

5. Sensors can collect information about the ………………………………………………...

6. Municipalities can use iPavement to plan ……………………. and ……………………...

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Oral Comprehension - Unit 1 - Out & About

1. Listen to the conversation between Ken and Ella. Then choose the
correct answer (5 points)

1. Ella is in Manchester / Santa Cruz / Lisbon.

2. Ken likes Ella’s dress / the design of the pavement / the town square.
3. Some Portuguese pavements are black, white and red / pink / blue.
4. In Ken’s opinion, pavements in Manchester are old / ugly / pretty.
5. Some cities have got pretty designs / pictures of people / modern pavements
next to the old pavements.

2. Listen again and complete the sentences. (5 points)

1. There are pavements with zigzag designs in …………………………..

2. Ken is in ……………………………………………………………….
3. One Portuguese pavement is about ………………………….years old.
4. According to Ella, it’s …………………….to maintain old pavements.
5. The pavements are very dangerous when they are …………………….