Modifying cities in order to enhance children’s freedom will not only benefit children. Such cities will become more environmentally sustainable, as well as more sociable and more livable for all city residents. Perhaps it will be our concern for our children’s welfare that convinces us that we need to challenge that we need to challenge the dominance of the car in our cities. 　

Questions 1-5. Read statements 1-5 which relate to Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the reading passage. Answer T if the statement is true, F if the statement is false, or NI if there is no information given in the passage. One has been done for you as an example.

Example: The private car has made people more mobile.

Answer: T


Q1.The private car has helped children have more opportunities to learn.

Q2.Children are more independent today than they used to be.

Q3.Walking and cycling to school allows children to learn more.

Q4.Children usually walk or cycle to school.

Q5.Parents save time and money by during children to school.

　Questions 6-9. In Paragraphs 4 and 5, there are FOUR problems stated. These problems, numbered as questions 6-9, are listed below. Each of these problems has a cause, listed A-G. Find the correct cause for each of the problems and write the corresponding letter A-G, in the spaces numbered 6-9 on the answer sheet. One has been done for you as an example.There are more causes than problems so you will not use all of them and you any use any cause more than once.

Problems Causes
Example: Answer
Low sense of community feeling F

Q6.streets become less sociable ____
Q7.fewer chances for meeting friends ____
Q8.fears of danger for children ____
Q9.higher accident risk ____


A few adults know local children

B fewer people use the streets

C increased pollution

D streets are less friendly

E less traffic in school holidays

F reduced freedom for children

G more children driven to school
Questions 10-14. Questions 10-14 are statement beginnings which represent information given in Paragraphs 6, 7 and 8. In the box below, there are some statement endings numbered ⅰ-ⅹ. Choose the correct ending for each statement. One has been done for you as an example.

Example: By driving their children to school, parents help create…

Answer: ⅰ


Q10.Children should play…
Q11.In some German towns, pedestrians have right of way…
Q12.Streets should also be used for…
Q13.Reducing the amount of traffic and the speed is…
Q14.All people who live in the city will benefit if cities are…

List of statement endings

ⅰ … a dangerous environment.

ⅱ … modified.

ⅲ … on residential streets.

ⅳ … modifying cities.

ⅴ … neighbourhoods.

ⅵ … socializing.

ⅶ … in backyards.

ⅷ … for cars.

ⅸ … traffic calming.

ⅹ … residential.

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