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Exercises

Label the diagrams below. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary.

9.2 Here are some more words which could have been included in the table in A opposite.
Where would they fit into the table?
bonnet balloon deck-chair guard's van
mast petrol pump bus driver anchor
glider oar rudder left luggage lockers
check-in desk control tower canoe dual carriageway

Here are some more road signs. Write an explanation of their meaning similar to the
explanations given in C opposite.

9.4 Fill in the blanks. Most of the words you need can be found opposite.

Yesterday John was supposed to take a ....................... ..... . (1) from London to Paris. He
got up very early, put his luggage in the ................................. (2) of his car and tried to
start the engine. It wouldn't start. John lifted the ................................. (3) but he couldn't
see what the matter could be. He immediately called his local ................................. (4) to
ask them to send a ................................. (5) at once. Fortunately, the garage had a man free
and he was with John within ten minutes. He quickly saw what the matter was. 'You've
................................. (6) of petrol', he said. John felt very foolish. 'Why didn't I
................................. (7) everything last night?' he wondered. Despite all this, he got to the
airport, checked in quite early and then went straight through to the ................... .... .... (8)
to read a newspaper while he waited. Soon he heard an announcement. 'Passengers on flight
BA 282 to Paris are informed that all flights to and from Paris are ................................. (9)
because of a heavy snowfall last night.' 'If only I had decided to go by ......................... lo)',
John thought. 'It would probably have been quicker in the end and even if I sometimes feel
sick on the ................................. (1 1) across the Channel, it can be quite pleasant sitting in
a ................................. (12) on the deck, watching the seagulls and the other
................................ (13). The ......................... (14) on a ship seem to produce much
better food than those on an aircraft too.'

Write two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the four forms of travel opposite.

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