Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Eco-cities: Building sustainable urban communities 105

Noun Adjective Verb Deinition

15. funding, X


16. phase X


17. shift X


18. principle X


19. infrastructure X X


20. X X consist of

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EXERCISE

Using vocabulary, part 1 Complete each of the following sentences with the

appropriate academic word from the chart in Exercise 8-2. Be sure to use the correct

form of each verb and to pluralize nouns, if necessary.

1. The new business, shopping, and residential complex is going to be built in ive
   .


2. This neighborhood mostly single-family dwellings and smaller apartment
   buildings.


3. The federal government will provide the city with to build a new bridge.


4. There is a higher of people living in the city core than in the suburbs.


5. We would rather live in a small, quiet than a big bustling city.


6. Over the next several years, the city will need to upgrade its , and this
   work will require a large inancial.


7. The city’s transit system buses with a light rail service so that people
   can travel from downtown to the airport.


8. An earthquake occurs when tectonic plates and move against each
   other.


9. A city built on ecological ofers its citizens a higher quality of life.