"Part of the reason to shoot there is that it's new and nice."Į) The city was supposed to be a hub for global companies, with employees from all over the world. That was actually Songdo," says Jung Won Son, a professor of urban development at London's Bartlett School of Planning. But some of the video was filmed in Songdo."I don't know if you remember, there was a scene in a subway station. Songdo appears in the most famous music video ever to come out of South Korea."Gangnam Style" refers to the fashionable Gangnam district in Seoul. There's a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park, golf course and university.ĭ) Chances are you've actually seen this place. It's about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Yellow Sea. "I am a visionary," he says.Thirty years after he imagined the city, Park's baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36,000 people living in the business district and 90,000 residents in greater Songdo. Park Yeon Soo conceived this city of the future back in 1986. Just building a place as an "international business district" doesn't mean it will become one. But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the future. And the surface infrastructure was built in tandem with the new airport."Ĭ) Songdo is a stone's throw from South Korea's Incheon Airport, its main international hub.
"The government built the bridge directly from the airport to the Songdo International Business District. It has existed for just a few years."From the get-go, it was designed on the basis of connectivity and competitiveness," says Kasada. The idea, as he has put it, is to offer businesses "rapid, long-distance connectivity on a massive scale."ī) "The 18th century really was a waterborne century, the 19th century a rail century, the 20th century a highway, car, truck century - and the 21st century will increasingly be an aviation century, as the globe becomes increasingly connected by air," Kasarda says.Songdo, a city built from scratch in South Korea, is one of Kasarda's prime examples. Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around or near airports. One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.In 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Ī south Korean city designed for the future takes on a life of its ownĪ) Getting around a city is one thing - and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.
You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. However, bacteria have been shown to live on cabin surfaces, so wash your hands _35_.ĭirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Unless you 're stting next to someone who is coughing or sneezing, you shouldn't worry too much about getting sick. A dry mouth may _32_ taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking fluids.Īlthough in-flight infections _33_ in dry environments like airplanes, your risk of getting sick from an airplane is actually low because of the air _34_ used. However, you can make your taste buds active again by drinking water. Perception of sweet and salty foods dropped by almost 30 percent in a simulation of air travel. The air you breathe in a plane dries out your mouth and nose, which can affect your sense of taste. A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain _30_ To help prevent headaches, drink plenty of water, and avoid alcohol and coffee.Īiplane food might not really be as tateless as you _31_ thought. The lower oxygen pressure found in an aircraft cabin is _29_ to that at 6,000-8,000 feet of altitude. Although the pressure of the cabin is _27_ to prevent altitude sickness, you could still _28_ sleepiness or a headache. Besides the airport crowds and stress, travelling at a high altitude has real efects on the body. If you're planning on being one of them soon, you might not be looking forward to the _26_ feeling air travel often leaves you with. Millions of people travel by plane every single day. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Please mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)ĭirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.