WORDS are noisy : they make a lot of noise- snail:look at the picture- petrol or gasolene:In Britain people say petrol, in the USA they say gasolene. It is the same.- capture :catch, absorb- traffic jams:when there are so many cars that they all stop.. St

WORDS are noisy : they make a lot of noise- snail:look at the picture- petrol or gasolene:In Britain people say petrol, in the USA they say gasolene. It is the same.- capture :catch, absorb- traffic jams:when there are so many cars that they all stop.

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The Car of the Future?

Put back the missing words in this extract from the article. Some test your vocabulary, others will test your grammar !

This car is the opposite of __________ cars; ___________ cars are noisy and _______, this one is _________ and clean. Today's cars have ________, this one does not. It moves like a snail, but much faster _______ a snail !
This car will use electric energy, not petrol or gasolene; it will have batteries that ______ be recharged instantly from chargers in the road. It will also be very ________ _____ drive.
In fact, you won't need to drive it; it will drive _________. You will just need to _______ the computer: "Go to X" and the car will go _______. Also, it will reach X very quickly, much ________ than today's cars. It will also be very safe and comfortable.
A lot of the technology already exists, but it is very ___________. Already today scientists are developing new materials for the surface of roads: In fifty years _ ____ ______, perhaps sooner, some new roads will capture solar energy : they will store _______ energy under the road, and some cars will be able to use it.
However you probably won't ______ drive a "snail car", _______ if you're under 20 today. This, perhaps, is the car of the year 2100, the car that your grandchildren will ________ drive.

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