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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who is Garry Golden?
A Scientist
A Teacher
A Futurist
A Contractor
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is Gary Golden's one passion?
Houston, Texas
the environment
human society
transportations
- 3. Multiple Choice
One problem with electric cars is that they require very strong batteries. Part of the reason the batteries have to be so strong is that cars are so heavy. What solution does Golden propose for this problem?
build cars out of strong plastic composites so that they are lighter
find an easier and faster way to produce strong batteries for cars
build cars out of lighter weight metals so they don't need as many batteries
create a way for cars to communicate with each other and adjust their speeds
- 4. Multiple Choice
Cars require a lot of space in cities. What evidence from the passage best supports this conclusion?
Cities have to build parking spaces and repair roads for cars.
Cities may limit the number of cars people can have within the city
In Houston, there are 30 parking spaces for every resident.
Parking lots at shopping centers are not full all of the time.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Based on Garry Golden's predictions, how can transportation systems of the future best be described?
expensive and complicated
high-tech and efficient
high-tech yet impractical
inexpensive yet outdated
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is this passage mostly about?
how one futurist thinks transportation will change in the coming years
reasons why cars cost the city money and are an inefficient use of resources
how to improve electric cars so that they are more widely used and available
a comparison of public transportation systems across the United States
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the word inefficient mean?
productive without wasting time and materials
successful and effective
imaginative and creative
wasteful of space and materials
- 8. Multiple Choice
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Historians study the past in order to better understand the present. ___________, futurists analyze the present in order to make scientific predictions about the future.
in particular
such as
in contrast
ultimately
- 9. Multiple Choice
Is an advocate someone who helps a situation?
yes
no
- 10. Multiple Choice
Does a futurist look for trends?
yes
no
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