Thực hành giải IELTS Academic Reading Sample 146 - Advantages of public transport giúp các bạn củng cố lại kiến thức và thử sức mình trước kỳ thi. Hi vọng luyện tập với nội dung đề thi sẽ giúp các bạn đạt kết quả cao trong kì thi sắp tới. Chúc các bạn thi tốt! | Questions 1-5 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 146. Reading Passage 146 has five paragraphs A-E. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-viii in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i Avoiding an overcrowded centre ii A successful exercise in people power iii The benefits of working together in cities iv Higher incomes need not mean more cars v Economic arguments fail to persuade vi The impact of telecommunications on population distribution vii Increases in travelling time viii Responding to arguments against public transport 1 Paragraph A 2 Paragraph B 3 Paragraph C 4 Paragraph D 5 Paragraph E Advantages of public transport A A new study conducted for the World Bank by Murdoch University s Institute for Science and Technology Policy ISTP has demonstrated that public transport is more efficient than cars. The study compared the proportion of wealth poured into transport by thirty-seven cities around the world. This included both the public and private costs of building maintaining and using a transport system. 6 The study found that the Western Australian city of Perth is a good example of a city with minimal public transport. As a result 17 of its wealth went into transport costs. Some ZIM ACADEMY Room 2501 Ocean Group Building 19 Nguyen Trai Thanh Xuan Dist Hanoi European and Asian cities on the other hand spent as little as 5 . Professor Peter Newman ISTP Director pointed out that these more efficient cities were able to put the difference into attracting industry and jobs or creating a better place to live. According to Professor Newman the larger Australian city of Melbourne is a rather unusual city in this sort of comparison. He describes it as two cities A European city surrounded by a car-dependent one . Melbourne s large tram network has made car use in the inner city much lower but the outer suburbs have the same car-based
