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Hello everyone! Todays test is the London Tests of English Level 5. The theme of this
test is Energy. This test lasts two hours and fifty-five minutes. There are five tasks. Tasks
One and Two are listening. You must listen to the tape and write your answers in this
booklet. Good luck!
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In terms of travelling he
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(c) fears there may be one particular problem.
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The 2.5 tonne personal carbon target proposed by the Climate Information Network
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FIRST SENTENCES
1. I aim to turn my
standard flat into a
miniature power station.
2. First, theres
the thorny issue of
transport.
3. Since I became
more environmentally
aware, my quality
of life has improved
enormously.
4. This is largely good
news.
5. It is easy for
ordinary people to
feel powerless in the
face of environmental
destruction.
6. Its a good time to
be green.
7. This is trailblazing
stuff, but the more
people do it the simpler
and cheaper it will
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the matter of carbon
emissions.
9. I must confess that
I am still on a low rung
of the eco ladder.
10. None of us is
perfect.
11. But being green is
as much about not doing
as about doing.
12. Attempts to
cycle have not been
successful.
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This will provide all my energy needs from the sun and the wind. It can typically cost 1,000
to install solar panels, but within a short time I will own a flat that will manufacture much of
its electricity for free. We have also just applied for planning permission for a wind turbine
on the roof. I live in a conservation area so we expected to be turned down flat but we were
pleasantly surprised to meet tacit approval when we raised the project with local planners.
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Most people just want convenient and inexpensive ideas of what they can do right now, and
that approach is important, too. So, while waiting for my wind turbine, I have incorporated
a raft of simple green measures which, though minor, save me money and time and increase
my quality of life.
H
Plane and car travel are hugely environmentally damaging. Im trying to cut down on air
travel by using the train whenever possible. I recently replaced my car with a bike. Not
only has this reduced my carbon emissions but I am lighter and brighter now the hideous
responsibilities of car ownership are in the past. Running a car was such a strain that I would
have sold it even if it wasnt the green thing to do.
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My first journey left me a nervous wreck, and I was secretly relieved when the gears broke.
The thing is currently languishing outside my flat, waiting to get fixed (Im in no great
rush), which means Im reliant on walking, public transport or cabs. But this is still more
eco-friendly than running a car.
J
I will gloss quickly over my sound system that cant be turned off at the mains and the huge
fridge. If Id known then what I know now, I wouldnt have installed them in the first place.
Ripping them out wouldnt be environmentally friendly, and green living unfortunately
involves a degree of compromise. The real question to answer is: are you going to think
about such questions, or are you going to continue to live in a state of denial?
K
But our own environments - our home, school, street, garden - are the few places over which
we as individuals do have some control. What we buy (or dont buy); what we wear, eat,
drink; how we travel - all these choices have a huge impact not just on our health but on the
planets, too. So I will continue to do my imperfect bit and encourage my friends and those
who read my columns to do the same.
(Source: Your Planet, The Independent, 20 September 2005)
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A Waste of Energy
Where does it all go?
We read nearly every day about the need to conserve energy and the imminent crisis of the
planet. For many of us the issue seems remote, something that we as individuals can do little
about. Yet every hour of every day, millions of people waste energy on what is, collectively,
a massive scale. In fact, energy use by the average home contributes more to climate change
than the average car. So, what are the main causes of this energy loss?
In the Home and at Work
Many people dont bother to switch off lights when theyre not in the room. Old-style light
bulbs could be replaced by energy-saving types. Putting reflector foil behind all radiators
will reflect the heat back into the room instead of wasting it outside. An overfilled kettle may
take five times longer to boil, and often the water is used for a single cup of tea or coffee.
Most of us have TVs and VCR or DVD machines with a standby function and we tend not
to switch them off, which wastes up to 15% of total household electricity.
Out and About
Most of the car journeys we make are short ones, like popping out to the local shop for a
newspaper, and these short hops use much more fuel than longer trips. Walking or biking is
cheaper, healthier and better for the environment. Also, large numbers of cars are occupied
by one person travelling to work, when they could be shared by colleagues who are going
to the same place. We also tend to drive too fast, which uses far more fuel. The big problem
though is air travel, which people in the developed world have come to expect as a right. It
may be that in the future we will have to re-think our whole approach to overseas holidays.
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A way forward
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9. anomalous
8. clinging on
to
7. must-read
6. finite
5. abundant
4. unwittingly
3. advent
2. incremental
1. ruptured
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each item 19 below, as used in the text. Items 19 are highlighted in the text.
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As if this was not enough, there is a second crisis, also set in train by Edwin L Drakes black
discovery. At first, oil seemed to be infinitely abundant, so we built our lives on the assumption
that the petrol party would never stop. We moved to suburbs that can only be reached by
car, we became dependent on supply chains that fly T-shirts from Beijing to Boston, and we
expanded our population so we need petrol-fuelled megafarms to keep our stomachs full. We
became petroholics. But in the real world, the oil turned out to be finite. It is going to run out,
in the next 30 to 40 years, no matter how much we may weep at the petrol pumps. Many oil
experts believe the world hit its oil production peak in 2004. And that was the stuff that was
easy to find: the half that remains is in much harder-to-reach places, and a lot of it cant be
mined at all because it takes more barrels of oil to drill and battle towards it than you could
pump out.
E
In the long-term, this depletion of oil is obviously a good thing for humanity. Climatologists
tell us we need to cut our use of fossil fuels by 70 per cent by 2050 if we want to stabilise the
earths climate (assuming its not already too late). So a bit of help from the oil fields themselves
is welcome. But in the short term, unless we develop alternative fuel sources very fast, this
means we will be dealing with two crises at once. We are going to have to confront global
warming without the oil that powers our transport system and food networks. New York Times
writer James Kunstler explains in his must-read book The Long Emergency how stressful the
transition could be: Before fossil fuels came into general use, fewer than one billion human
beings inhabited the earth. Today the planet supports six-and-a-half billion people. Subtract
the fossil fuels, and the human race has an obvious problem. Fossil fuels provided for each
person in an industrialised country the equivalent of hundreds of slaves constantly at his or
her disposal. We are now unable to imagine a life without them, so are unprepared for what is
coming.
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So what should we all do - give up in despair? No, there is one thing we can campaign for. It
is not guaranteed to solve either problem, but it is the best chance we have of clinging on to
the lives we developed in the fossil fuel age. During the Second World War, the United States
(helped by Britain and Canada) launched the Manhattan Project, a programme of intensive
scientific research to develop nuclear weapons. The climate crisis is, for once, a genuine threat
to our way of life. Thats why environmentalist Ross Gelbspan has argued for a Manhattanstyle project to develop, urgently, renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydrogen
fuels to an industrial level. The market will not do it alone. It requires concerted and massive
government funding. We need to make sure we have these replacements for oil fast, to prevent
even more disastrous global warming and to ensure we have the softest landing possible when
the petrol runs out. Of course, it is possible that there simply isnt a replacement that will allow
us to maintain the same energy-intensive lifestyles. Kunstler argues: The fossil fuel bonanza
was a one-time deal, and the interval we have enjoyed it in has been an anomalous period
in human history. If we cant find an alternative, then we will simply have to downscale
drastically, and condemn future generations to look back on our current lives with eternal envy.
Its also possible we will develop an alternative to oil too late, and the runaway climate change
we have already triggered will soar ahead of us regardless. But the sooner we start, the greater
our chances of success. Dont we owe it to ourselves to try?
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following topic.
Global warming is not worth worrying about because individuals cant do much
about it. Its the responsibility of governments and big business, and Im sure theyll
find a solution. Discuss this opinion.
Write your essay, using your own words as much as possible.
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