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IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 15 — Test 2

Could urban engineers learn from dance?: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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A The way we travel around cities has a major impact on whether they are sustainable.Transportation is estimated to account for 30% of energy consumption in most of the world's most developed nations, so lowering the need for energy-using vehicles is essential for decreasing the environmental impact of mobility.But as more and more people move to cities, it is important to think about other kinds of sustainable travel too.The ways we travel affect our physical and mental health, our social lives, our access to work and culture, and the air we breathe.Engineers are tasked with changing how we travel round cities through urban design, but the engineering industry still works on the…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    reference to an appealing way of using dance that the writer is not proposing

    B Matching information

  2. 2

    an example of a contrast between past and present approaches to building

    C Matching information

  3. 3

    mention of an objective of both dance and engineering

    F Matching information

  4. 4

    reference to an unforeseen problem arising from ignoring the climate

    D Matching information

  5. 5

    why some measures intended to help people are being reversed

    E Matching information

  6. 6

    reference to how transport has an impact on human lives

    A Matching information

  7. 7

    safety Note completion

  8. 8

    traffic Note completion

  9. 9

    carriageway Note completion

  10. 10

    mobile Note completion

  11. 11

    dangerous Note completion

  12. 12

    communities Note completion

  13. 13

    healthy Note completion

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