Task 4
GETTING TO SCHOOL AND WORK
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Fill each of the numbered gaps in the following passage with a suitable word. Use only one word for each blank. The task begins with an example (0).
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All people (0)� use public transport. Early (1) �the morning we go to school or to work (2) �bus or sometimes if a
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person lives a long distance away from his or her place of work or school, then they usually go (3) �tram.
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Some children go (4) �foot, if their school is not far from the place where they live. But we know that they (5) �not do it so very
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often because��(6) �our country there are special school buses which take students to school and back home. Of course, everybody
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knows that it is (7) �convenient to go by car than (8) �bus but the majority of parents also need to go to work (9) �the
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morning.� Certainly, the majority of the parents (10) �not have time to take their children home from school (11) �the afternoon
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when the lessons are over (12) �weekdays either. Because they work and their work is usually over not faster (13)��five or
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even six o�clock (14) �the afternoon.� Some parents work even longer� (15) �that and they finish their work
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(16) �eight o�clock p.m.
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The students of our school (17) �recently made a survey. They asked the pupils how they (18) �get to and from school.
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When they summarized all the results, they found out that the (19) �popular means of transport was - school buses.
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