Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

122 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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EXERCISE

Reading for details For each of the following sentences, choose the correct answer

to ill in the blank.

1. Sunlight consists of components.
   a. one
   b. two
   c. three


2. Eighty percent of commercial energy comes from.
   a. solar energy
   b. fossil fuels
   c. hydroelectricity


3. The world’s irst commercial solar building was built in.
   a. Germany
   b. Spain
   c. the United States


4. Waldpolenz Solar Park, near Leipzig, Germany, generates electricity using
   .
   a. passive solar energy
   b. photovoltaic cells
   c. concentrating solar power


5. Global sales of solar technology are predicted to reach in the near
   future.
   a. $51 billion
   b. $51 trillion
   c. $51 million


6. Photovoltaic technology was irst used in.
   a. water heaters
   b. power plants
   c. the space industry
   Indicate which of the following statements are true (T ) and which are false (F).


7. Ultraviolet light is the largest constituent of sunlight.


8. Solar energy can minimize CO 2 emissions.


9. Photovoltaic solar technology is used to produce electricity on a large scale.


10. PV cells are made from silicon derived from sand or quartz.


11. The United States leads the world in the development and installation of solar
    technology.


12. Solar technology is not practical in remote areas or developing countries.