Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

126 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Organizing information

Read about the ive principal issues in the debate on solar energy, then summarize their

advantages and disadvantages by entering the most important details in the following chart.

Issue Advantages Disadvantages

Fuel supply

Environmental impact

Costs

Energy payback

Long-term energy savings

Critical thinking

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EXERCISE

Making evaluationsIndicate which of the following are suitable uses of solar

energy (✓) and which are not (X). Give reasons for your answers.

1. Cars and buses


2. Water heaters


3. Supplying electricity to a city with a population exceeding one million


4. Solar cookers for poor people


5. Supplying electricity to a large hospital


6. Powering robots on space missions


7. Outerwear, such as parkas, jackets, and ski clothing, and outdoor equipment,
   such as tents


8. Emergency radios and telephones