This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 35 стр.

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called the Federal Aid Highway Act. Engineers designed a sixty-five thousand
kilometer system of roads. They designed highways to reach every city with a
population over one hundred thousand.
The major work on the Interstate Highway System was completed around
1990. It cost more than one hundred thousand million dollars. It has done more than
simply make a trip to see family in another state easier. It has also led to the rise of
the container trucking industry.
The American transportation system started with horses and boats. It now
includes everything from container trucks to airplanes to motorcycles. Yet, in some
ways, the system has been a victim of its own success.
Many places struggle with traffic problems as more and more cars fill the
roads. And a lot of people do not just drive cars anymore. They drive big sport utility
vehicles and minivans and personal trucks.
For others, hybrid cars are the answer. Hybrids use both gas and electricity.
They save fuel and reduce pollution. But pollution is not the only environmental
concern with transportation. Ease of travel means development can spread farther and
farther. And that means the loss of natural areas.
Yet, every day, Americans depend on their transportation system to keep them,
and the largest economy in the world, on the move.
The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. has a
transportation exhibition that explores the connection to the economic, social and
cultural development of the United States. And you can experience it all on the
Internet at americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition.
3 COMPREHENSION CHECK
Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE
1. President Thomas Jefferson started the national transportation system.
2. At that time not many people believed train technology would work.
3. As the transportation system developed the country changed dramatically.
4. By the early 1900s, public transportation had become common in many
American cities.
5. Underground train systems also became popular in the 1960s.
6. Surprisingly, the Interstate Highway System was completed only 30 years ago.
7. Highly developed transportation system is a major concern of
environmentalists.

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