Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

Electric cars: Greener, cleaner driving 79

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EXERCISE

Restating facts and iguresParaphrase each of the following statements from

the reading text, restating the facts and igures.

1. “Between 1950 and 2010, the number of U.S. households nearly tripled, but the number
   of registered vehicles per household increased by 551 percent and the total miles driven
   by nearly 650 percent.”


2. “In 1960, 2.5 percent of American households owned three or more cars; in 2010, that
   number had mushroomed to 19.5 percent.”


3. “Data from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers reports that
   Japan, the United States, China, and Germany produced a total of 35,654,551 vehicles
   in 2008, with Japan in the lead at over 11.5 million units. In China, where an estimated
   1.6 million cars were sold in 2000, car sales are projected to reach 100 million by 2015.”


4. “... in 2010, CO 2 emissions from the U.S. transportation sector was 15 percent higher than
   1990 levels.”


5. “... within a few months the price of gasoline skyrocketed from 25 cents a gallon to
   a dollar... .”


6. “In 1990, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) stipulated that two percent of all cars
   sold in California must be zero-emission in 1998, and ten percent in 2003.”


7. “Powered by nickel–metal hydride batteries, EV1s had a driving range of 100 to 120 miles.”