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7 When do you your homework? to the road. Drivers got out of their car for a coffee and
a do b make c set something warm to eat at the café s. Often the food for
8 Use this towel to dry . sale was really expensive but the drivers had to pay.
a you b yourself c you up So, why did it happen? Natural disasters – snow storms
/8 or heavy rain storms, for example – have caused many
of the world’s worst traffic problems, but that wasn’t
Listening why the problem on National Highway 110 began. The
problem started because people were working on the
8 Listen to the radio programme and choose the road, and many drivers had to slow down or stop. It was
correct answers. Each question has only one correct a really busy time of day so the queue got longer and
answer. longer until nobody was moving, and, after the problem
1 What does Morag say about the word Hogmanay? started, there were some small accidents. These made
a It is hard to pronounce. the problem worse.
b It is an old English word. After the traffic problem ended, the Chinese government
c Nobody knows what it means. decided to make changes. They didn’t want to have
d It describes a summer festival. problems again in the future. They didn’t want to
2 The Hogmanay Festival lasts … stop cars travelling on the road, but they made larger
a from Christmas to New Year. vehicles go on different roads, and they stopped people
b from December 31st to January 2nd. from working on roads at very busy times. This has
c for just one day. helped a lot. Today, National Highway 110 is busier and
d longer in other countries. more crowded than ever before, but drivers haven’t
3 What does Morag say about the song? experienced the traffic problem of August 2010 again.
a She says how old it is.
b She says what it is about. 10 Read the text and choose the correct option.
c She says that people dance to it. 1 In the article about a really bad traffic problem, we
d She says they sing it outside. find out …
4 People visit their neighbours’ houses and … a how many cars were on the road.
a take food and drink with them. b that a number of roads had problems.
b sing a traditional song. c how long people were in their cars.
c stay there for the night. d how many people tried to help.
d eat their neighbours’ food. 2 The article says that cars on the National Highway …
5 In the north of Scotland, they … a didn’t move for days.
a don’t sing Auld Lang Syne. b had to leave the road.
b sometimes have fire festivals. c only moved slowly.
c stay indoors. d often broke down.
d visit people they don’t know. 3 A lot of people …
/ 10 a brought medicine for the drivers.
b sold water to drivers.
Speaking c gave warm food to drivers.
d didn’t want to help the drivers.
9 Talk about one of the following topics. 4 What caused the problem on the National Highway?
• where you keep things in your bedroom a really bad weather.
• a course you are doing b bad driving.
• the weather in different seasons in your country c road works.
/ 10 d a bad accident.
5 What changes have the Chinese government made to
Reading stop problems on National Highway 110?
a They have built another new road.
Too much traffic! b Most cars can’t use the road now.
Do you think there is too much traffic on the roads? Read c They have made the road quieter.
about one of the worst traffic problems in history, and d People can’t work on the road at busy times.
the next time you are in really bad traffic, remember that / 10
it might be worse!
In August 2010, hundreds of people spent eleven days Writing
in their cars on China’s National Highway 110. They had
to drive really slowly, and had to keep stopping all the 11 Write one of the following.
time, so they moved only one kilometre every day. Many • an email making arrangements with a friend to go
drivers had to eat, sleep and wash inside their cars. A shopping
small number of local people came out to help, bringing • a letter to a penfriend describing a festival in your
water and medicine, but there were also many other country
people who wanted to make money from the situation. • a description of a friend
Many street sellers brought food and water and sold / 10 / 100
it to drivers, and some people started small café s next