Themorepeoplethatthereareintheworld,themorecarsthereareontheroad.People
arerichertooand oftenfamilies havemorethan onecar.Ithasbeen provedthat
buildingmoreroadsdoesnotwork;itjustencourafesmoretraffic.
So,whatcanwedo?Peopleliketheircarsandthefreedomandindependencethat
carsgivethem.Onepossibilitywould betoraisecartaxesandfueltaxessothat
peopledo notwanttospendtheextramoney.Taxeson newcarsalesaswellcould be
increasedin orderto discourage peoplefrombuying.Perhapsausedcar
salestaxcould beintroducedtoo.Inthesamewaymotorwayscould havetolls
chargedforusingthemalthoughthismayjustincreasecongestion onsmallerroadsas
peopletryandavoidthemotorways.
Thegovernmentthatintroducessuchideaswillnotbepopularthoughandwould
probablylosepower.Governmentswouldthereforebeunlikelytosetupsuch new
measures.
Ithinkitwould bebettertotryandchange people‛sattitudesand offerthem
alternatives.Educatethemmoreaboutthe pollutionandwastethattheyarecausing.
Persuadethemtocarshare, usepublictransportorevencycleifthedistancesare not
toolong.CountriessuchasHolland
andDenmarkarewellknownforhowtheircitizensarepassionateaboutgreenissues
and howthey usebicycleswhentheycan.
Reducingtrafficisadifficulttask.Idon‛tthinkitispossiblerealisticallytoreducecar
numbersbutIdothinkthatwecanchangepeople‛sattitudesand getthemto use
differentwaysoftravelling.
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Sample 108
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Alotofpeoplebelievethattheamount ofviolenceshownonTVandinthe
cinema affectstheactionsofouryoungpeopleandthereforeincreasesthe
amountofviolenceinoursocietytoday.
Do youagreeordisagreewiththis
statement? Whatcanbedonetoreduce violenceinoursocietytoday?
Youshouldwriteatleast 250 words.
modelanswer:
Thequestion ofwhethertheamountof violenceonTVandcinemahasaffected young
peoplein oursocietyissomethingwhichcannotbequantified orproved.My opinionis
thoughthattheansweris“yes,ithas”.