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waiting to board it. At the door nearest the exit stairs a man in a grey tracksuit and holding a

bicycle tries to get off the train against the crush of people trying to get on. One pedal of the

bicycle snags a shopping basket which is pulled from the grasp of the middle-aged lady who

is carrying it. The basket is dumped on the slatted wooden floor of the tube train. It contains

mostly vegetables, including a plastic two-pound bag of new potatoes. This bag is ejected

from the basket and splits as it hits the floor. The potatoes are all small and they scatter among

the feet of those getting on the train.

One passenger, a businessman carrying a briefcase, steps on a potato. The man slides

sharply to the right, recovers momentarily, and then pitches forward. He lets go of his

briefcase and puts his hands out to stop his fall. One corner of the briefcase strikes the floor

first, the clips at the top spring apart with the shock and the briefcase flies open. The contents

are deposited across the floor of the rapidly filling carriage. A copy of the Financial Times,

three pens, a red and yellow packet containing thirty-six photographs, and two tickets for the

following evening’s performance of ‘Shirley Valentine’ at the Empire Cinema with at least

half a dozen paper clips. Three or four passengers bend down to help retrieve the contents of

both the briefcase and the shopping basket while someone else helps the businessman who

has fallen to get to his feet. He inspects his hands which are scuffed and bruised but not

bleeding.

The cyclist, meanwhile, has managed to free himself from the crowd and is standing at the

back of the platform waiting for the crowd to disperse. He has seen nothing of the incident

with the shopping basket and the briefcase. He leans his bicycle against the wall and inspects

it for signs of damage. The man in the train has now recovered his briefcase and all its

contents except the paper clips. From his position in the centre of the space between the doors

of the carriage he looks out over the heads of those latecomers still struggling to get on and

sees the cyclist over by the wall as he leans over to check the chain and gearing.

adapted from Cybernetics by D. Mackenzie

6.1. When leaving the train, the cyclist

A. strikes a passenger with his basket.

B. pushes his way through the boarding crowd.

C. lets the lady with a shopping basket go first.

D. crushes other passengers against the exit door.

6.2. After falling down, the businessman

A. immediately tries to get to his feet on his own.

B. notices his hands are covered in blood.

C. is given a hand with collecting his things.

D. cannot move because the carriage is packed with people.

6.3. After getting off, the cyclist waits on the platform because

A. he wants to see the latecomers trying to get on the train.

B. there are a lot of people rushing around.

C. he intends to apologize for the incident he has caused.

D. one part of the bike turns out to be broken.

Tekst 2.

HIRE A BIKE TO WORK

By 7.30 a.m., the suited hordes are already swarming out of Waterloo, Britain’s busiest

station. South West Trains commuters are marching half-awake towards tubes, buses and one

of the 117 bikes in the station’s “super-dock”, the biggest in the capital. At this time there are

plenty of bikes to take, and the suits unlock them with their membership keys, pedal off and

flow over Waterloo Bridge. Wait half an hour, though, and there is a problem. A recent report

showed that that by 8 a.m. there are only a few bikes left and 10 minutes later the super-dock

is completely empty.

As commuters ride from the peripheries of the Cycle Hire Scheme zone into the City and

central London, they leave empty docking stations behind them in the morning and fill up the

ones where they park their bikes, so those arriving later either cannot find a bike to ride, or

cannot dock it when they arrive at work. The problem happens in reverse in the evenings.

Serco, the service company that runs the scheme, is supposed to redistribute bikes so that

empty and full periods don’t happen. Its fleet of vans and cars is supposed to ensure that if a

docking station does not have a bike or docking point available, there will be another nearby

which does, but the stories from users suggest that isn’t the case. “The system must be reliable

for people to be able to trust the transport for regular commutes. We’re really fed up. It might

be the time for the city council to reconsider whether it is the best service provider we can

get,” complained one user.

However, despite these inconveniences, the Cycle Hire Scheme is definitely a welcome

improvement to the city’s public transport network. Although many residents were skeptical

about cycling in London rainy weather, the Cycle Hire Scheme has recorded nearly 19 million

journeys. At this time of the year the 7,000 bikes in service are used about 10,000 times a day,

a figure that doubles when spring arrives. The early doubters have also been proved wrong

with regard to another issue. According to the latest data, compared to foreign schemes,

London scheme has recorded much lower rates of theft. There are also fewer cycling

accidents than feared earlier.

adapted from London Evening Standard

6.4. Which of the following is stated in the text as an OPINION, not a fact?

A. Hiring bicycles is most difficult after 8 a.m.

B. Commuters use the scheme most frequently in spring.

C. The theft of bicycles for hire is lower in London than abroad.

D. The service company is unable to carry out its task adequately.

6.5. In the last paragraph, the author

A. questions the purpose of introducing the scheme.

B. comments on the unexpected popularity and safety of the scheme.

C. suggests making some improvements to the scheme.

D. warns against negative consequences of using the scheme in the long run.

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