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HOW TO FUEL THE FUTURE – B1 ENGLISH LISTENING TEST

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Watch a video about the future of fuel and for questions 1 to 6, choose the correct answer.

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1 Saudi Arabia...

a. is the biggest producer of oil and gas.

b. is the richest country.

c. was a very poor country.

Transcription

In the 1930s Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world, but the discovery of oil transformed it,
and Saudi Arabia has amassed 515 point six billion dollars in sovereign wealth funds.

2 The United States...

a. doesn't have to import oil from OPEC countries.

b. only imports oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Iraq.

c. is less dependent on imported oil now.

Transcription

The United States is now the biggest producer of oil and gas owing to its shale revolution. It has tapped abundant
reserves through fracking, a technology that uses high-pressure water and sand to fracture rock deep below the
ground to extract hydrocarbons. This shale revolution has helped the United States become less dependent on
oil imported from Saudi Arabia Venezuela Iraq and other OPEC countries.

3 Oil...

a. is the source of most of the world's energy.

b. is the world's most used fuel.

c. will cost less and less every year.

Transcription

Oil still remains the primary fuel, supplying almost 1/3 of the world's energy.

4 According to the video, by 2040...

a. we will need more energy.

b. we will produce less traditional energy.

c. the energy will be much cleaner.

Transcription

By 2040, the world's global energy use is set to increase by 30 percent. That energy must be much cleaner if the
world wants to prevent catastrophic global warming.

5 China is...

a. the world leader in electric car sales.

b. the country that consumes most oil.

c. the biggest manufacturer of solar panels.

Transcription

China is the world's largest consumer of coal and the second largest of oil, but it also now leads the world in
clean energy. One third of the world's new wind power and solar panels is installed in China and it sells more
electric cars than any other country.

6 The transition to clean energy...

a. will produce wars in the Middle East.

b. will require the collaboration of the di erent countries.

c. will be almost impossible.

Transcription

The long term transition to clean energy will throw up new global challenges. It will create tensions in unstable
parts of the Middle East as oil revenue starts to dry up. Another challenge is that wind and sun are
intermittent. Renewables may require vast shared electricity grids spanning borders to make them more e cient.
To stop global warming, the world needs a huge collaboration over our shared energy future. If we fail, wars over
scarce resources could be even worse in the 21st century than in the 20th.

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