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Vocabulary Practice
A. Completion. Complete the information using the words
from the box. Three words are extra.

capacity dispose equivalent finite

guarantee steep substitute utilize

The Singapore government, realizing that fossil fuels

are a(n) 1. resource, has decided to
2. traditional energy production
with "renewable energies." As part of this initiative, in 2010, it
began to turn Pulau Ubin, a small, undeveloped but inhabited
island off the coast of Singapore, into a "green island." The
island is now powered entirely by clean and renewable energy,
providing the 3. amount of electricity
as it did before, but without using fossil fuels. Residents on the
island, who used to 4. old,
inefficient diesel-run generators to supply their power,
were pleased to 5. of them.

B. Words in Context. Complete each sentence with the

correct answer.
1. Advocates of an idea are it. Pulau Ubin is part of the
a. for b. against Singapore government's
plan to move towards
2. If a country's energy capacity increases, it means
renewable energy sources.
a. it needs more energy b. it can produce more energy
3. A country that utilizes nuclear power probably
nuclear power plants.
a. has b. doesn't have any
4. Over the last 100 years, has been declining.
a. environmental quality b. the world's population
5. A steep rise in prices takes place over a period
of time.
a. short b. long
Word Partnership
6. If you guarantee that something will happen, you
Use steep with: (n.)
that it will occur.
steep hill, steep
a. promise b. doubt
driveway, steep
increase, steep
climb, steep drop,
steep fall.

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