.Unit 3 Out of StepKey to the ExercisesText comprehensionI. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing.AII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T III. Answer the following questions. 1. Refer to Paragraphs 3 to 6. They find it odd to see the author walking around for his business and they even feel slightly guilty for leaving the author on the sidewalk without driving him to the place he is going to.2. Refer to Paragraphs 2, 3 and 7. Ordinary Americans, even in this agreeable and easy place to go about on foot, have virtually never done so. In fact, in the U.S., people have got accustomed to using the car for everything.3. Refer to Paragraphs 7 to 9. The American people have come to depend on cars for almost everything to the extent that they have forgotten about what they can do with their legs. Sometimes, they would take great and ridiculous trouble with driving rather than take an easy walk. 4. Refer to Paragraph 14. According to an editorial in The Boston Globe, the U.S. has spent less than one percent of its transportation budget on facilities for pedestrians. The government, in this sense, has basically ignored the need for pedestrians, which has caused some trouble for the author and discouraged people from going about on their business on foot. 5. Refer to Paragraphs 16 and 17. He is sad because he has come to realize, from the case of Laconia, N.H., that people dont walk anywhere anymore in the country. IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1.People in the United States tend to drive for every purpose, so much so that they have forgotten that they still have legs and about what their legs can do. 2.I admit that I had never realized how poorly equipped our bodies are in this respect.3.Maybe I was the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersection on foot.Structural analysis of the text The author develops his ideas by means of examples. He cites factual and verifiable examples: the man he observed outside the post office, his conversation with an acquaintance of his who would drive to the gym to do exercises, his own effort to walk across the street and the commercial failure of the pedestrian mall in Laconia. These examples have made his idea more effective and convincing. Rhetorical features of the text1.I confess it had not occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in the regard. 2.An acquaintance of ours was complaining the other day about the difficulty of finding a place to park outside the local gymnasium. She goes there several times a week to walk on a treadmill. The gymnasium is, at most, a six-minute walk from her front door. Vocabulary exercisesI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1.pleasant/comfortable, practically2.very long, physical exercises3.was made to realize this 4.decided not to have coffee and instead to go 5.held in mindII. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.1.negotia