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    The document provides vocabulary related to cities and transportation. It includes compound words to identify, sentences to complete, and a passage to fill in blanks about city life in Beijing. The passage discusses issues like pollution, traffic jams, and rubbish, but notes the city is working to improve public transportation, create green spaces, and increase recycling to address problems common to large urban areas.

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    The document provides vocabulary related to cities and transportation. It includes compound words to identify, sentences to complete, and a passage to fill in blanks about city life in Beijing. The passage discusses issues like pollution, traffic jams, and rubbish, but notes the city is working to improve public transportation, create green spaces, and increase recycling to address problems common to large urban areas.

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    The document provides vocabulary related to cities and transportation. It includes compound words to identify, sentences to complete, and a passage to fill in blanks about city life in Beijing. The passage discusses issues like pollution, traffic jams, and rubbish, but notes the city is working to improve public transportation, create green spaces, and increase recycling to address problems common to large urban areas.

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    PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 6 VOCABULARY: PLUS

    1 Tick ( ) or cross ( ) the compound words. Correct


    the words that are wrong.
    1 post box ✓
    2 bus crossing ✗ bus stop
    3 pedestrian rank
    4 speed limit 4 Write sentences about the UK with the words in
    5 public transport the box.

    6 recycling jam graffiti post box pedestrian crossing


    7 power hour recycling bin road signs speed limit
    8 green spaces 1 standard / post box / colour / red
    2 Complete the sentences with suitable words to The standard post box colour is red.
    make compound nouns. 2 / motorways / 70 mph
    1 We had a power cut last night because of
    the storm. 3 sheep / often / / rural
    2 Jane lives in an apartment in the city areas
    with her family.
    3 It’s best to avoid the city centre during rush 4 Banksy / most famous / artist
    when there’s peak traffic on the roads.
    4 The circular road with a white line on a
    5 standard / paper
    red background means No Entry.
    colour / blue
    5 The taxi had a crowd of people
    waiting, but no taxis!
    6 zebra / pelican / types /
    6 There’s always a terrible traffic on the
    ring road when my dad drives to work.

    3 What would they like to improve about where they 5 Complete the text with suitable compounds and
    live? Complete the words. words for city problems.

    1 Jade: I’d like there to be a better public City life: Beijing


    transport system in our city so there aren’t as I’m Xang, and I live in Beijing in China. It’s one of the
    many cars on the road. largest cities in the world with more than 20 million
    2 Dan: There’s too much g on the people, so there are 1 crowds on the streets every
    2
    buildings, which should be cleaned up. day. I live in an in the
    city centre and I love where I live, but there are a few
    3 Amy: I live in a big city with too much p
    problems like in all big cities.
    from factories. 3
    has been a problem in Beijing for a
    4 Alex: There are too many people where I live! I long time because of all the cars and industry, but
    don’t like c ! over the last four years it has improved by more than
    5 Louise: There should be less r left on 25%, which is a good sign.
    the streets. It’s unhygienic! There are also too many cars on the roads, which
    causes a lot of 4 , especially
    during the busy 5 , but
    the city is following places like London and Singapore
    by charging drivers to come into the centre, and this
    should reduce the number of vehicles. In fact, it’s
    better to travel by 6 anyway as
    there’s a very good subway system here.
    The city is also improving by creating many new parks
    and other 7 amongst all the

    PHOTOCOPIA © Cambridge University Press and PREPARE SECOND


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    PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 6 VOCABULARY: PLUS ANSWER KEY
    urban areas. And it’s even slowly solving the problem
    of 8 by introducing 9
    in households for people to sort out their
    waste. So my city is getting better and better every
    day!

    PHOTOCOPIA © Cambridge University Press and PREPARE SECOND


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    PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 6 VOCABULARY: PLUS ANSWER KEY

    1
    1 ✓ post box
    2 ✗ bus stop
    3 ✗ pedestrian crossing
    5
    1 crowds
    4 ✓speed limit
    2 apartment building
    5 ✓public transport
    3 Pollution
    6 ✗ recycling bin
    4 traffic jams
    7 ✗ power cut / rush hour
    5 rush hour
    8 ✓green spaces
    6 public transport
    7 green spaces
    2 8 rubbish
    1 cut 9 recycling bins
    2 building
    3 hour
    4 sign
    5 rank
    6 jam

    3
    1 transport
    2 graffiti
    3 pollution
    4 crowds
    5 rubbish

    4
    1 post box
    The standard post box colour is red.
    2 speed limit
    The speed limit on motorways is 70 mph
    3 road sign
    Sheep are often on road signs in rural areas.
    4 graffiti
    Banksy is the most famous graffiti artist.
    5 recycling bin
    The standard paper recycling bin colour is blue.
    6 pedestrian crossing
    Zebra and pelican are types of pedestrian crossing.

    PHOTOCOPIA © Cambridge University Press and PREPARE SECOND


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