Reclaiming the Streets

C2 Proficiency · Word Formation · Cambridge Ready original exercise

For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

CONVENIENT

THINK

PEDESTRIAN

SCEPTIC

TURN

LEISURE

DIVIDE

PLACE

For much of the twentieth century, cities were designed (0) ___ around the needs of the motor car, with pedestrians treated as little more than an (1) ___ . Today, a growing number of municipalities are (2) ___ that approach, (3) ___ entire districts, widening pavements and reallocating road space to cyclists and public transport. The results have frequently confounded initial (4) ___ . Shopkeepers who predicted ruin have often seen their (5) ___ rise, as people strolling at a (6) ___ pace tend to linger, browse and ultimately spend more than motorists in a hurry. Air quality improves, road casualties fall, and streets once dominated by traffic become places where neighbours meet. Nonetheless, such schemes remain politically (7) ___ . Residents of surrounding areas complain that restricting traffic in one neighbourhood may simply (8) ___ congestion to theirs, while disabled people and tradespeople who rely on vehicles fear being shut out of the very areas being transformed. Successful schemes, it seems, depend as much on careful consultation as on clever design.

Reclaiming the Streets

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