Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
CLEAN, CONVENIENT, AND CHEAP
Big cities like New York and London have a lot of great things. They have museums, parks, shopping centers, and a huge variety of restaurants. However, there are a lot of annoying things in big cities. The most common problems are air pollution and noise.
Traffic is the main cause of air pollution and noise. For example, drivers in New York are famous for honking their horns and shouting. That noise drives many visitors crazy – it even drives a lot of the locals crazy, too. Other big cities have similar problems with their traffic.
City governments have a lot of pressure to solve these problems. The most common solution is public transportation. Public transportation is a form of travel provided by the government. For example, New York’s biggest form of public transportation is the subway.
Public helps transportation reduce these problems, but it is not enough. Another solution is bicycle sharing. This is a system that provides cheap bicycles. In cities that have bicycle sharing programs, there are spots that have parked public bikes. People borrow the bikes and use them. They can drop off the bike at the same spot where they borrowed it, or they can drop it off at another spot.
Bicycle sharing programs are different in each city. In some cities, the bikes are completely free. They are not even locked. In other cities, you have to pay a small deposit. You get the deposit back when you return the bike. In still other cities, you need to have a membership with the bicycle sharing program. Once you have a membership with the bicycle sharing programme, you can use a bike at any time you want.
Bicycle sharing is hugely popular all over the world. People love this system because it is cheap, clean, and easy to use. There are bicycle sharing systems in dozens of countries and hundreds of cities. In total, there are more than 530 bicycle sharing systems around the world, and that number is going up all the time.
Question:
Which statement is true according to the passage?
Reference explanation:
Correct Answer: GET
Explain:
Which of the following statements is correct according to the passage?
A. You must return the bicycle only to the point where you borrowed it.
B. In some cities, people can borrow bicycles for free.
C. The bike-share program is the same in all cities.
D. The bikes in the bike share program are usually very expensive.
Information:
+ They can drop off the bike at the same spot where they borrowed it, or they can drop it off at another spot. (They can return the car at the location where they borrowed it, or they can return it at another location.)
→ A is wrong
+ Bicycle sharing programs are different in each city. (Bicycle-sharing programs vary from city to city.)
→ C is wrong
+ Bicycle sharing is hugely popular all over the world. People love this system because it is cheap, clean, and easy to use. (Bicycle sharing is extremely popular around the world. People love the system because it’s cheap, clean, and easy to use.)
→ D is wrong
+ In some cities, the bikes are completely free. (In some cities, bicycles are completely free.)
→ B is correct
→ Choose the answer NO
ADSENSE
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