Friday, December 14, 2007

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS






1- WHAT ARE SOME ADVANTAGES OF CARS?

The some advantages of cars are Freedom to go where they want to go, when they want to go. The purpose of it is cheaply, quickly, and safely as possible.

2- IF PEOPLE STOPPED USING CARS, WHAT EFFECT WOULD THIS HAVE ON THE ECONOMY?
If people stopped using cars, the effect would this have on the economy is that it would decrease and people are going to have minorities probabilities and freedom to go where they want to go faster. Also it would be less jobs.

3- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED EACH YEAR IN CAR AND TRUCK ACCIDENTS?
The average of people that are been killed each year in a car and truck accidents of 250,000 people.

4- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE WILL BE INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE CAR OR TRUCK ACCIDENT DURING THEIR LIVES?
The percentage of the world’s people that will be involved in at least one car or truck accident during their lives is half of the world’s people will be involved in a auto accident at some time during their lives.

5- WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN URBAN SPRAWL AND CARS?
The connection between urban sprawl and cars is that there are biggest factor to urban sprawl. The houses are spread out and there is along distance between them and they have the freedom to go to in one place to other.

6-WHY ISN’T PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO CARS IN THE UNITED STATES?

Public transportation isn’t a feasible alternative to cars in the United states since, it causing a lot of air pollution and more people are driving cars which is bad for health and there area lot of traffic periods.The distance are spread out.

7- IF THERE WERE SUDDENLY NO FUEL FOR CARS, WHAT WOULD LOS ANGELES BE LIKE?
If there were suddenly no fuel for cars, Los Angeles would be like less noise, and less contamination of air pollution.

8- HOW HAS TRAVELING BY CAR IN NEW YORK CITY CHANGED SINCE 1907?
Traveling by car in New York city changed since 1907 by more cars and trucks with potential power of 100 to 300 horses creep a long N.Y, at the average auto speed 8 kilometers per hour.

9- WHAT ROLE DO CARS PLAY IN POLLUTING THE AIR?
The role that cars play in polluting the air is contaminating the society and causing danger air pollution with carbon dioxide on Global warming.

10- WHAT ARE SOME OTHER DISADVANTAGES OF CARS?
The some other disadvantages of cars are increases the change of wars, as the United states and other countries attemp to protect oil in the oil- rich.







ADVANTAGES:
- faster freedom to go were they want to.
- Travel very far is faster easier, transport goods.
- Create more jobs.
- Contructions workers.
- Helps the economy.
- Great tool to show off.
- gain your self confidence.














DISADVANTAGES:


Kill people.
Air pollution.
Global warming.
Accidents.
Wars.

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