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U.S. Interstate Highway System
PREVIEW
1. How do you get to school or work?
Sample Answer
✔ I usually drive to school. It takes about 20 minutes by car. Sometimes I take the bus when my car is being repaired.
2. Have you taken a road trip? Did you take big highways or small roads? Why?
Sample Answer
✔ Yes, I took a road trip to California last summer. We mostly drove on big highways because they are faster and have more services like gas stations and restaurants.
VOCABULARY TO KNOW BEFORE YOU READ
billion (noun/adjective) - 1,000,000,000
enhancement (noun) - improvement
fatality rate (noun) - death rate
investment (noun) - the process of spending money in order to improve something or make it more successful
pavement (noun) - hard road surface
urban (adjective) - related to the city, not the country
THINK ABOUT THE WORD "PEAK"
Here are some of the definitions from Cambridge Learner's Dictionary and Macmillan American Dictionary.
- (noun) the highest level of something
- (noun) the top of a mountain, or the mountain itself
- (verb) to reach the highest level or value of something
- (noun) an object or shape that looks like the top of a mountain
- (adjective) at the most popular or expensive time
The graphic on the next page says "47% of urban interstates are congested during peak hours". Which definition above fits this sentence best?
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