Multiple-choice cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
When the city council unveiled its glossy “smart streets” plan, the press release made it sound as if congestion and pollution would vanish overnight; yet, once the initial fanfare died down, residents began to in the fine print. Sensors were meant to , but the pilot scheme kept , and the contractor was quick to to “teething problems”. Meanwhile, small businesses complained that delivery bays had been quietly , leaving drivers to circle the block and clog up side roads. The council insisted the data would be anonymised, though critics warned that, in practice, it could be and used to people’s movements. Still, it would be unfair to entirely: on the few mornings when the system actually kicked in, buses ran on time and cyclists reported fewer near misses. The real question is whether officials will level with the public, or simply double down and hope skepticism blows over.
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