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IELTS Reading Test 2

IELTS Reading Test 2

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English

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University

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Hard

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Yana Kuzmich

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5 Slides • 11 Questions

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(1) a description of how people misused a bike-sharing scheme

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(2) an explanation of why a proposed bike-sharing scheme was turned down

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(3) a reference to a person being unable to profit from their work

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(4) an explanation of the potential savings a bike-sharing scheme would bring

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(5) a reference to the problems a bike-sharing scheme was intended to solve

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Which TWO of the following statements are made in the text about Amsterdam bike-sharing scheme of 1999?

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(A) It was initially opposed by a government department

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(B) It failed when a partner in the scheme withdrew support.

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(C) It aimed to be more successful than the Copenhagen scheme.

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(D) It was made possible by a change in people's attotudes.

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(E) It attracted interest from a range of bike designers.

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Which TWO of the following statements are made in the text about Amsterdam today?

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(A) The majority of the residents would like to prevent all cars from entering the city.

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(B) There is little likelihood of the city having another bike-sharing scheme.

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(C) More trips in the city are made by bike than by any other form of transport.

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(D) A bike-sharing scheme would benefit residents who use public transport.

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(E) The city has a reputation as a place that welcomes cyclists.

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The first bike-sharing scheme was the idea of the Dutch group Provo. The people who belonged to this group were (10)

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They were concerned about damage to the environment and about (11)

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, and believed that a the bike-sharing scheme would draw attention to these issues.

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As well as painting some bikes white, they handed out (12)

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that condemned the use of cars.

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However, the scheme was not a great success: almost as quickly as Provo left the bikes around the city, the (13)

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took them away. According to Schimmelpennink, the scheme was intended to be symbolic. The idea was to get people thinking about the issues.

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