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Academic Reading-Ass 4.
Academic Reading-Ass 4.
Exercise 5
Questions:
1. Her father looked askance at the idea of a civil marriage in the city hall. He wanted hi
s daughter to be marrried in a religious ceremony.
2. Due to the unflagging efforts of the rescue team, the children were found after a few h
ours.
3. The unhappy girl continued to carp at her mother, blaming her mother for all her probl
ems.
4. After the war, Gunther went back to his hometown to look at the pile of rubble where
his house had been.
5. The strange bulge under Timmy’s blanket frightened him for a moment until he realiz
ed it was his teddy bear.
6. “what a slipshod job this is!” Mr. Jenskins shouted. “Go back and do it again more car
efully.”
“The zips always run along the same routes in Istanbul. They usually stop only at
the main bus stops. But if you ask the driver, you can get off anywhere. These zips
are faster and more comfortable than the buses. At the same time, they are also mu
ch
cheaper than normal taxis. The cost of a trip is divided among the passengers, usu
ally four or five people. For these reasons, zips are a very popular way of getting a
round
the city.
It means a visa.
Everyone who visits Russia should first get a zap. If you come by train you must
already have a zap. You will not be allowed to enter at all without one. Travelers
without zaps will be sent back where they came from. Zaps are given on the spot i
f you arrive by plane or by car. However, you may have to wait a long time for on
e. This can be avoided by getting a zap before you leave.
Various kinds of zeps are available in Oslo. Some are for only an hour, some for a
day, some for three days. The three-day zep is useful for the tourist who wants to
visit different parts of the city. It allows you unlimited for three days on the local
trains and buses. Zeps-information about the buses and trains—are available at
all tourist offices.
It means a map.
In Paris, it is wise to get yourself a zop as soon as possible. It is very easy to get lo
st if you leave the main streets. You can buy zops in the train station, but they are
not complete. Better zops can be found in bookstores. These have more details an
d they show all the named streets.
5. What do you think “zup” means?
“Trains connect the larger cities in Tunisia, but there are not many smaller train li
nes. To travel between the smaller cities and towns, most people take buses or zup
s. These zups are often cheaper than the buses or trains, They leave as soon as the
y have five people who want to go to the same place. That might be a distant city,
or a town nearby. The destination of the zup is written on a sign on the roof of the
vehicle.
Exercise 9
Answers
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