Unit 9. CITIES OF THE FUTURE

Part I. PHONETICS

Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other

three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. dweller

B. overcrowded

C. network

D. waste

2. A. commercial

B. electricity

C. advanced

D. processing

3. A. inhabitant

B. geography

C. radiation

D. available

4. A. upgrade

B. presentation

C. description

D. consumption

5. A. disposal

B. optimistic

C. population

D. occupy

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position

of primary stress in each of the following questions.

6. A. organiser

B. comfortable

C. technology

D. populated

7. A. presentation

B. pessimistic

C. residential

D. innovative

8. A. renewable

B. sustainable

C. insfrastructure

D. environment

9. A. familiar

B. generate

C. assignment

D. pollutant

10. A. overcrowded

B. inhabitant

C. geography

D. convenient

Part II. VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Mark the letter A, B, G, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

11. Local authorities should find ways to limit the use of private cars and encourage city ____ to use public

transport.

A. commuters

B. planners

C. dwellers

D. people

12. To get ready for the presentation, we can start preparing the slides while Jeremy will do the ____.

A. speaking

B. telling

C. talking

D. speech

13. Located about 60 km southwest of Seoul, this eco city has been planned around a central park and designed

so that every resident can walk to work in the business ____.

A. district

B. area

C. location

D. organisation

14. The waste ____ system here is also innovative. There are no rubbish trucks or waste bins in the street.

A. dump

B. disposal

C. landfill

D. throwaway

15. London is a/an ____ city. It's a melting pot for people from all parts of the world.

A. international

B. national

C. metropolitan

D. cosmopolitan

16. Cities in poorer countries often lack basic ____. Without it, they are unable to function properly as cities.

A. structure

B. construction

C. infrastructure

D. condition

17. The ____ of living in some places can be very high. Prices in London are particularly exorbitant.

A. value

B. price

C. worth

D . cost

18. Urban ____ is prevalent in most cities. Everywhere you go there are building sites, pedestrian precincts,

blocks of flats, and housing estates spreading into the countryside.

A. sprawl

B. expansion

C. widening

D. spread

19. This safe, ____ friendly city is like a paradise for its inhabitants who can enjoy the highest quality of life.