Multiple choice

Directions: The first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6, respectively. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the following combinations is correct.

  1. A large number of European towns and cities have made part of their centres car-free since the early 1960s. A. In North America, however, where a more commonly used term is pedestrian mall, such areas are still in their infancy. B. Most of these zones allow delivery trucks to service the businesses located there in the early morning and street-cleaning vehicles will usually go through these streets after most shops are closed for the night. C. These are often accompanied by car parks on the edge of the pedestrianised zone and in the larger cases, park and ride schemes. D. Central Copenhagen is one of the largest and oldest examples: the auto-free zone is centred on Strøget, a pedestrian shopping street, which is in fact not a single street, but a series of interconnected avenues, which create a very large auto-free zone. Although it is crossed in places by streets with vehicular traffic.
  2. Elsewhere, these do not even exist.

  1. ABCD

  2. DCBA

  3. CDBA

  4. ACDB

  5. BADC

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

“These” in C refers to car-free centers' part, so C comes after sentence 1. D comes after C as it is an example of the same. “these” in B refers to the Central Copenhagen area while A provides a contrasting example, which should come in the end.