PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- Armed with this evidence, officials could finally justify targeted measures such as quieter road surfaces and stricter truck curfews in the most affected neighborhoods.
- The resulting noise maps revealed clusters of chronically loud blocks that had never been flagged in previous complaint records.
- These readings were then fed into mapping software that color-coded each street according to its average and peak noise levels throughout the day.
- To fix this, city agencies began installing networks of sound-level sensors at intersections, near schools, and along major roads to record decibel readings around the clock.
- Urban planners have long known that traffic and construction noise can harm residents' health, yet until recently they had no precise way to show where the worst offenses occurred.