Unit 1 Week 5 - Smart Cars for Clean Air

Read this sentence from the article. It is clearly time to rethink how we use cars in our daily lives. The prefix re- can mean "again" or "back." Which answer choice uses re- in the same way as rethink?

reheat

Which is one effect of using a hybrid car?

saving fossil fuels for other uses.

Read this sentence from the article. Environmentalists have talked about the dangerous effects of air pollution for decades. The word decades includes the Greek root dekas, meaning "group of ten." What does decades mean?

ten-year periods

Which statement best states the author's point of view about gas-powered cars?

They should be replaced with better cars for the environment.

With which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?

We need to make cars that do not pollute the air.

What reason from the text best supports the author's point of view that cars make life better for people?

We rely on cars to take us anywhere we want to go.

Read this sentence from the article. Transcontinental car manufacturers should be required to stop selling the gas-guzzling cars of yesterday. The prefix trans- means "beyond" or "through." What does the word transcontinental mean?

across the continent

Read this sentence from the article. Hybrid vehicles currentlyy coexist with gas-powered cars. What does coexist mean?

are used at the same time.

Read this sentence from the article. The government could make it a precondition that all new car owners buy hybrids. Based on this sentence, you can tell the pre- means

before

Which statement supports the author's point of view on transportation?

cars are a convenient way to travel