6. Match the terms with their definitions.

a) accommodate, b) cargo, c) rear, d) vehicle, e) luxury, f) resemble, g) supplant, h) consumption

1. The goods carried in a car;

2. A thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another;

3. To provide sb. with a room or place to sleep, live or sit;

4. At or near the back of sth.;

5. To take the place of sb./sth., especially sb./sth. older or less modern;

6. To look like or be similar to another person or thing;

7. The enjoyment of special and expensive things, particularly food and drink, clothes and surroundings;

8. The using up of goods and services.

7. Match the words with the synonyms.

1) chauffeur	5) cargo	a) petrol	e) obey
2) rapid	6) haul	b) invariable	f) driver
3) gasoline	7) supplant	c) quick	g) replace
4) permanent	8) comply	d) pull	h) load

8. Match the words with the antonyms.

1) heavy	5) front	a) fall	e) old
2) soft	6) modern	b) back	f) hard
3) rise	7) low	c) differ	g) light
4) resemble	8) elaborately	d) ordinary	h) high

9. Fill in the correct prepositions.

1. The van is equipped ___ beds and a kitchen.

2. They refused to comply ___ the UN resolution.

3. A sports car is used ___ pleasure driving.

4. The shrinking automobile was most evident ___ the United States.

5. The long, heavy, full-size cars were largely supplanted ___ the 1980s ___ smaller, lighter, compact cars.

6. Some manufacturers produced models a foot less ___ length ___ one year ___ the next.

7. A closed automobile that seats ___ four ___ six people is called a sedan.

8. Such a luxury car ___ a limousine is usually driven ___ a chauffeur.

Part II

10. Read text b carefully. Pay attention to the words in bold type.

B. Body, Interior, Bumpers, Lights & Accessories

The body of an automobile encloses or partly encloses the vehicle’s mechanical parts and the driver and passengers. The term body does not include the car's motor, transmission, chassis, or frame. Sometimes, however, the body is integrated with the frame as a solid unit. The body of a truck includes the structure that carries the cargo. Passenger car bodies usually are stamped out of sheets of metal. They are shaped and punched to accommodate the elements that make up the car. The first automobiles were called horseless carriages because they resembled horse-drawn vehicles. Gradually cars were styled for greater comfort and convenience. In order to provide a more pleasing appearance and to reduce wind resistance, streamlining was introduced.

The passenger car interior is designed to keep the driver safely in control. Gauges and switches, grouped and recessed into the dashboard, are surrounded with stiff padding. Contemporary electronic instrumentation is reliable and informative. Much of the instrumentation has been computerized. Lights and alarms may indicate low fuel, outside light malfunction, improperly closed doors, or unfastened seat belts.

Some automobiles have microcomputer instrumentation, including a fuel gauge, digital speedometer, and message centre. The centre can provide information about numerous mechanical conditions and can tell how many miles remain to a particular destination. Some vehicles use a computer chip to determine fuel consumption.

Many cars have bucket seats in front. These are individual rounded seats, set close to the floor. Other automobile interior features include heaters and air conditioners, power-operated windows and seats, radios and audio tapes, CDs.

Bumpers that absorb impact from minor collisions at low speeds, therefore protecting a car's body from damage, are standard on many automobiles. These bumpers are of two types: the mechanical telescoping model and the one made of material that yields on impact and springs back into shape.

An automobile's lighting system includes dim and bright headlights, parking lights, turn signals, tail lights, backup lights, stoplights, ceiling lights, and dashboard lights. Some cars have map lights, floor lights, and cornering lights, or side-lights, which switch on automatically when the car is turned.

Other accessories, which can be both standard and optional, include safety glass, defrosters, rear view and side view mirrors, windshield wipers and washers, clocks, and cigarette lighters. Safety belts are now standard equipment. All car passengers must use safety belts.

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