A. Read the following passage. For each question, circle the correct option A, B, C, or
suits each blank.
Dear Mayor Glenn,
This email is about the advantages of new renewable energy sources. As you may know, 80%
in the city.
electricity for the town comes from the coal plant, which is the cause of (33)
After researching new technologies, I suggest the city develop more renewable sources like
(34) wind, and nuclear power. Progress in the last couple of years has made renewables
better energy sources than non-renewables like coal and gas. For example, solar panels have
become less (35)
than coal, cheap to build, and cleaner for the environment. (36)
have gotten larger, make less noise, and produce more energy with less wind. Nuclear power can
sometimes be (37)
, but it's cheap to run
33. A. expense
34. A. solar
35. A. advantage
36. A. Nuclear
37. A. safe
B. pollution
B. oil
B. noise
B. Solar panels
B. dangerous
C. weather
C. gas
C. expensive
C. Hydropower
C. advantage
D. noise
D. coal
D. dangerous
D. Wind turbines
D. expensive