19 Should governments spend more money onimproving roads and highways, or should governmentsspends more money on improving public transportation ( buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons anddetails to develop your essay.

Governments should definitely spend more money on improvingall forms of public transportation. These include buses, subwaysand trains. This is the best way to preserve natural resources and reduce pollution.

As a planet, we’re dealing with a finite amount of natural resources. Once they're gone, they can'tbe replaced. They can't fill our need for oil and gasoline forever. But we seem to forget that andconsume them at an incredible rate. In wealthier counties, some families have two or three cars. Assoon as teenagers get their driver's licenses, they’re given cars so their parents won't have to drivethem places.

Public transportation hasn't been sufficiently developed. Because of this, suburban areassurrounding cities have been allowed to sprawl more and more widely. This means that peoplecan't even go to the store without having to hop into the car. Everything is too far away fromwhere they live. If there were better and more frequent public transportation, people would be ableto give up their cars for local driving.

As a result of all the cars being driven, we’re dealing with terrible pollution problems. In big cities, there are days during the summer when the elderly and people with respiratory problems areadvised not to leave the house. Ten years ago this was unheard of! Now it's the norm. Publictransportation would cut down considerably on air pollution.

Public transportation also encourages a sense of community. People who travel to work togetherall the time get to know each other. Car isolate us from neighbors. However, people feel they needto drive because they can't depend on public transportation to fit their schedules. If more moneywere available, buses, subways and trains could run 24 hours a day. Then they would be availableall the time to the people who need them.

I always try to take public transportation whenever possible, and I encourage friends andneighbors to try it too. I think we must support public transportation in order to create a betterworld.

20 It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do youagree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

There are advantages and disadvantages to a childhood in either the country or a city. It's hard tosay which is better. Growing up in the country means a certain amount of isolation. You're in asmall town or on a armband not with a lot of people. Even more important, the people you meeteveryday tend to be just like you. Most will be the same race as you, have the same backgroundas you, and will have gone to the same school as you. In the city, the people you meet aredifferent. There are different races and different cultures. You get a more interesting mix.

City people tend to come from a lot of different places and move around a lot. So, there isn't thesense of community in the city that you have in the country. People in the city can live in thesame apartment building for twenty years and never get to know their neighbors. In the country, everybody knows everybody. For a child, this means the country is more secure. A child can getlost or hurt in the city and have no one to turn to. In the country, everyone’s a neighbor. Peoplein the country feel connected to each other.

A child growing up in the city has the advantages of a lot of interesting and exciting place to visit. He or she can go to the zoo, museum, art galleries and concerts. There are a lot of restaurantswith different kinds of food. It’s easy to see every new movie that comes out. Child in the countrydon't have a lot of these activities nearby.

All in all, I think a childhood in the city is better because it prepares you more for what real life is like.