ТЕКСТ ЗАДАНИЯ Task 1. Read the text.

Getting around Almaty

Metro

If you want to get around a city, fast underground trains are great. In Almaty, this is a new form of transport. The first metro line under the city only opened in 2011 and, so far, is about 11 km long with nine stops. Almaty is only the second city in central Asia to have a metro system. It runs from Raiymbek Batyr, in the north, to Moskva, in the south-west of the city. In future, there will be three lines, covering 45 km. The system is popular and busy – 45,000 people use it every weekday.

Buses

Buses are the most popular form of public transport in Almaty. There are 160 bus routes and if you want to go to a village outside the city, they are very useful. Buses are often a source of pollution, but 800 of Almaty’s buses now use gas for fuel. The city also introduced real-time information on where buses are, so it is now easier to plan journeys. The city is looking at buying electric buses in the future to reduce pollution and CO2 emissions.

Trolley buses

There are eight trolley bus routes in Almaty, with 195 new buses. Recently, the city bought new trolley buses. These are comfortable and an environmentally friendly way to travel in the city, as they use electricity not petrol or diesel.

Bikes

Like many big cities around the world, Almaty has got bikes you can rent. There are around 50 bike stations and over 250 bikes, but this is just the start of a bigger project. The bike stations are near metro stations and on main streets. You can hire the bikes for 30 minutes or up to a year. If you return the bike before 30 minutes, you don’t have to pay anything.

Choose the correct type of transport:

1. There are eight routes for this means of transport.

B. Buses

C: Trolley buses

D: Bikes

A: Metro

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