Read the short passage below and decide what the missing words are.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 458.

Choose one of the groups and answer these questions.

Divide the following means of transport into 3 groups: transport by air, water, on land.

Complete the following table ticking off the appropriate box.

Give English equivalents.

Fill in each gap in the phrase below with as many words as you can.

1. a traffic …

2. a reasonable …

3. a magnificent …

4. a picturesque …

5. to … one's destination

submarine, moped, canoe, rowing boat, barge, van, rocket, raft, liner, jeep, tram, helicopter, jet, bus, yacht, glider, balloon, ferry, hovercraft

Which of the means of transport is

§ the fastest?

§ the most dangerous?

§ romantic?

§ the cheapest?

§ the greenest?

§ the most comfortable?

§ the most enjoyable?

§ the most reliable?

§ the most convenient for long-distance travel?

Those who wish to travel, either on ________ or for ________, can use different means of ________.

There is, for example, the humble inexpensive ________, but for long journeys it is rather tiring. With a ________, one can travel comfortably for long distances without getting too tired. ________ cross seas and oceans from one continent to another. ________ carry passengers to all parts of the world in almost as many hours as it takes days to do the journey by other means.

But most of us have to use ________. ________ is one of the cheapest ways of traveling and hauling cargoes over long distances and so the ________ still carry the bulk of ________ and ________ traffic.