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Read the Text 2 and answer the question.

 

TEXT 2

Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

 

[1] Sergei Supinsky: This storage facility near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

currently houses nuclear waste.

What's nuclear power's biggest advantage? It doesn't depend on fossil fuels and isn't

affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon

[5] dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants,

CO₂ emissions are minimal.

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the power produced by the world's nuclear plants

would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO₂ per year if they depended on fossil fuels.

In fact, a properly functioning nuclear power plant actually releases less radioactivity into the

[10] atmosphere than a coal-fired power plant. Plus, all this comes with a far lighter fuel

requirement. Nuclear fission produces roughly a million times more energy per unit weight

than fossil fuel alternatives.

And then there are the negatives. Historically, mining and purifying uranium hasn't been a

very clean process. Even transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses a contamination

[15] risk. And once the fuel is spent, you can't just throw it in the city dump. It's still radioactive

and potentially deadly.

On average, a nuclear power plant annually generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel,

classified as high-level radioactive waste. When you take into account every nuclear plant on

Earth, the combined total climbs to roughly 2,000 metric tons a year. All of this waste emits

[20] radiation and heat, meaning that it will eventually corrode any container that holds it. It can

also prove lethal to nearby life forms. As if this weren't bad enough, nuclear power plants

produce a great deal of low-level radioactive waste in the form of radiated parts and

equipment.

Over time, spent nuclear fuel decays to safe radioactive levels, but this process takes tens of

[25] thousands of years. Even low-level radioactive waste requires centuries to reach acceptable

levels. Currently, the nuclear industry lets waste cool for years before mixing it with glass

and storing it in massive cooled, concrete structures. This waste has to be maintained,

monitored and guarded to prevent the materials from falling into the wrong hands. All of

these services and added materials cost money -- on top of the high costs required to build a

[30] plant.

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Mark the correct alternative.

Read the Text 2 and answer the question.

 

TEXT 2

Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

 

[1] Sergei Supinsky: This storage facility near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

currently houses nuclear waste.

What's nuclear power's biggest advantage? It doesn't depend on fossil fuels and isn't

affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon

[5] dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants,

CO₂ emissions are minimal.

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the power produced by the world's nuclear plants

would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO₂ per year if they depended on fossil fuels.

In fact, a properly functioning nuclear power plant actually releases less radioactivity into the

[10] atmosphere than a coal-fired power plant. Plus, all this comes with a far lighter fuel

requirement. Nuclear fission produces roughly a million times more energy per unit weight

than fossil fuel alternatives.

And then there are the negatives. Historically, mining and purifying uranium hasn't been a

very clean process. Even transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses a contamination

[15] risk. And once the fuel is spent, you can't just throw it in the city dump. It's still radioactive

and potentially deadly.

On average, a nuclear power plant annually generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel,

classified as high-level radioactive waste. When you take into account every nuclear plant on

Earth, the combined total climbs to roughly 2,000 metric tons a year. All of this waste emits

[20] radiation and heat, meaning that it will eventually corrode any container that holds it. It can

also prove lethal to nearby life forms. As if this weren't bad enough, nuclear power plants

produce a great deal of low-level radioactive waste in the form of radiated parts and

equipment.

Over time, spent nuclear fuel decays to safe radioactive levels, but this process takes tens of

[25] thousands of years. Even low-level radioactive waste requires centuries to reach acceptable

levels. Currently, the nuclear industry lets waste cool for years before mixing it with glass

and storing it in massive cooled, concrete structures. This waste has to be maintained,

monitored and guarded to prevent the materials from falling into the wrong hands. All of

these services and added materials cost money -- on top of the high costs required to build a

[30] plant.

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The words “roughly” (line 11), “lighter” (line 10), “nearby” (line 21) and “Plus” (line 10) are used in the text as:

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TEXT 2

Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power

 

[1] Sergei Supinsky: This storage facility near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

currently houses nuclear waste.

What's nuclear power's biggest advantage? It doesn't depend on fossil fuels and isn't

affected by fluctuating oil and gas prices. Coal and natural gas power plants emit carbon

[5] dioxide into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. With nuclear power plants,

CO₂ emissions are minimal.

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the power produced by the world's nuclear plants

would normally produce 2 billion metric tons of CO₂ per year if they depended on fossil fuels.

In fact, a properly functioning nuclear power plant actually releases less radioactivity into the

[10] atmosphere than a coal-fired power plant. Plus, all this comes with a far lighter fuel

requirement. Nuclear fission produces roughly a million times more energy per unit weight

than fossil fuel alternatives.

And then there are the negatives. Historically, mining and purifying uranium hasn't been a

very clean process. Even transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses a contamination

[15] risk. And once the fuel is spent, you can't just throw it in the city dump. It's still radioactive

and potentially deadly.

On average, a nuclear power plant annually generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel,

classified as high-level radioactive waste. When you take into account every nuclear plant on

Earth, the combined total climbs to roughly 2,000 metric tons a year. All of this waste emits

[20] radiation and heat, meaning that it will eventually corrode any container that holds it. It can

also prove lethal to nearby life forms. As if this weren't bad enough, nuclear power plants

produce a great deal of low-level radioactive waste in the form of radiated parts and

equipment.

Over time, spent nuclear fuel decays to safe radioactive levels, but this process takes tens of

[25] thousands of years. Even low-level radioactive waste requires centuries to reach acceptable

levels. Currently, the nuclear industry lets waste cool for years before mixing it with glass

and storing it in massive cooled, concrete structures. This waste has to be maintained,

monitored and guarded to prevent the materials from falling into the wrong hands. All of

these services and added materials cost money -- on top of the high costs required to build a

[30] plant.

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It´s correct to say that:

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TEXT 1

Recycle – Reduce – Reuse

 

[1] Easier – Recycle means to process old, used items in order that the material can be used to

make new products. Examples of things that are often recycled are glass, plastic,

newspapers, aluminum cans, used motor oil, and batteries. Here, reduce refers to lessening

the amount of items or resources that are consumed, using only the amount that is needed,

[5] and looking for alternatives that will lessen our use. And reuse means extending the 'life' or

repurposing an item rather than discarding or throwing it away.

Harder – Recycling is the processes of collecting, processing, remanufacturing, and reusing

materials instead of discarding them. This helps conserve raw materials and energy that

manufacturers would otherwise use in producing new products. Recycling also reduces the

[10] amount of material going into landfills. Recycling helps lessen the pollution that may result

from waste disposal. Reducing our consumption of materials and reducing the waste of

materials also adds to the conservation of our resources.

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The words “collecting” (line 7), “processing” (line 7) and “remanufacturing” (line 7) are being used in the text as:

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TEXT 2

The merry adventures of Robin Hood

By Howard Pyle

 

[1] I tell you plainly that if you go farther you will be scandalized by seeing good, sober folks of

real history so frisk and caper in gay colors and motley that you would not know them but for

the names tagged to them. Here is a stout, lusty fellow with a quick temper, yet none so ill

for all that, who goes by the name of Henry II. Here is a fair, gentle lady before whom all the

[5] others bow and call her Queen Eleanor. Here is a fat rogue of a fellow, dressed up in rich

robes of a clerical kind, that all the good folk call my Lord Bishop of Hereford. Here is a

certain fellow with a sour temper and a grim look-- the worshipful, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

And here, above all, is a great, tall, merry fellow that roams the greenwood and joins in

homely sports, and sits beside the Sheriff at merry feast, which same beareth the name of

[10] the proudest of the Plantagenets--Richard of the Lion's Heart. Beside these are a whole host

of knights, priests, nobles, burghers, yeomen, pages, ladies, lasses, landlords, beggars,

peddlers, and what not, all living the merriest of merry lives, and all bound by nothing but a

few odd strands of certain old ballads (snipped and clipped and tied together again in a score

of knots) which draw these jocund fellows here and there, singing as they go.

 

The words: “plainly” (line 1), “motley” (line 2) and “jocund” (line 14) are used in the text as:

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TEXT 1

English Around the World

(by 5 minute English)

 

[1]   Have you ever had the desire to wander the world and see what was out there? While

some people prefer to stay in the comfort of their own home, others have been bitten by the

travel bug and can't wait to explore the world. Exotic places call to them. "Come visit me and I

will show you my mysteries," they say.

[5]     Every year millions of people pack their suitcases or put on backpacks and flock to visit

the seven continents of the world. They wander through the castles and museums of Europe,

and the cities and natural wonders of North and South America. Some visit the vast exotic

cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The great outback of Australia is a wonderland for

those who go there. And a few lucky people even make to the most mysterious continent on

[10] the earth- Antarctica.

     Why do people want to explore the world? It gives them a better perspective about the

earth and the people living on it. It opens their minds, it gives them a feeling of

accomplishment, and it makes them feel alive. So save some money, get your passport ready,

and see the world. It will change your life forever.

 

The correct verb tense used in the sentence “… others have been bitten by the travel bug…” (lines 2 and 3) is: