Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to lớn indicate the correct answer to lớn each of the questions ⇱
Right now, the biggest source of energy in the world is fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are oil, gas, and coal. More than thở 80 percent of the world's energy comes from fossil fuel. There are many problems with fossil fuel. One problem is that when fossil fuel is burned, it pollutes the air. Also, when we take fossil fuel from the Earth, we often cause a lot of damage. Another problem is that we are running out of it. That is why we need new sources of energy. A big source of energy for many countries is nuclear power. Thirty-one countries use nuclear power. Many ships also use it.
Nuclear power has some advantages. First of all, we can't run rẩy out of nuclear power. Nuclear power does not make the air dirty. Also, if a country has nuclear power, it doesn't need to lớn buy as much as oil from other countries.
However, there are also a lot of problems that come with nuclear power. For example, nuclear accidents are very serious. In 1986, there was a nuclear accident in Ukraine. In the next đôi mươi years, about 4,000 people got sick and died. In 2011, there was another very serious nuclear accident in nhật bản. nhật bản is still trying to lớn clean up the nuclear waste from the accident.
Many people don't want nuclear power in their countries. They say that it is not safe. A lot of people want their countries to lớn use safer and cleaner ways to lớn get electricity. There have been protests against nuclear energy in the United States, Russia, France, Taiwan, nhật bản, India, and many other countries.
Although many people hate nuclear energy, more and more countries are using it. One reason for this is that the world is using more and more energy. We just don't have enough fossil fuel. However, if we use nuclear power, then we may have more serious problems in the future.
Question 1. Which of the following is NOT true about fossil fuel?
Question 2. All of the following are true about nuclear accidents EXCEPT that ______
Question 3. The phrase "clean up" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to lớn ______
Question 4. What does the word "They" in paragraph 4 refer to?
Question 5. Which of the following statements would the author of the passage tư vấn most?