D. True or False? (Use the facts and the keywords from the text to prove and specify your viewpoint)

1. Bob Freling is known just by very few people in the world.

2. Bob Freling has an award.

3. A solar power unit for home use costs more than $1000.

4. Bob and his fund has large financial agreement with countries' governments.

5. It doesn't take much time for a family to pay for a solar panel.

6. Bob decided not to step away from his initial goal – to electrify homes.

7. Northern Nigeria's oil is quite enough to provide electricity and good quality life to the people of that country.

8. There are other countries in Africa electrified by Bo Freling and his fund besides northern Nigeria.

9. Africans are very smart and creative people.

10. People whose basic needs are not satisfied lose all interest in democracy and can even become politically dangerous.

11. In Benin severe and long drought is the reason of chronic food shortage that is extremely dangerous for people.

12. Even badly-educated Africans can be good at operating solar power systems.

13. There are eight UN's Millennium Goals mentioned in the text.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Choose the word closest in meaning to a boldfaced one

1) install	A set up	B run	C stop
2) endure	A open	B close	C sustain
3) power	A engine	B failure	C capacity
4) light	A flash	B sun	C solar
5) renewable	A sustainable	B rewritable	C sufficient
6) solar	A heliacal	B pillar	C light
7) supply	A delivery	B figure	C amount
8) provide	A take	B transfer	C promote
9) access	A exit	B entry	C process
10) charge	A battery	B load	C gadget
11) irrigation	A soaking	B rain	C water
12) innovative	A meditative	B sudden	C new
13) environ-mentally-friendly	A atmosphere	B ecologically clean	C fat-free
14) engine	A generator	B car	C gadget
15) operate	A go	B start	C work
16) maintenance	A get	B support	C work
17) photovoltaic	A producing electric current	B producing light current	C producing magnetic current
18) energy	A strength	B failure	C power
19) failure	A loss	B power	C charge
20) resource	A spring	B finish	C source

Choose the word opposite in meaning to a boldfaced one

Complete each sentence with a word from the box

1. We've had a second phone line ______________________.

2. Russia is demonstrating considerable interest in exploring new energy ______________________.

3. ______________________ refers to energy obtained from oil, coal, the sun etc, used for operating equipment and machines

4. ______________________ to information is important to our success.

5. The crash seems to have been caused by an engine ______________________.

6. _____________________ means to bring water to land through a system of pipes.

7. ______________________ energy systems are designed not to harm the nature.

8. A limited oil ______________________ has made gas prices rise.

9. The ventilation equipment was not ______________________ properly.

10. Many countries across Africa are ___________________ power generation crises.

11. Modernization of energy operating systems is the most important ______________________ of economic growth.

12. These measures are ______________________ an opportunity for different countries to deal with the problems coal-fired power plants cause.

13. The wood in our furniture all comes from ______________________ sources.

14. The importance of natural sources of energy to the ______________________ of safety living conditions is obvious.

15. The protons in an atom have a positive ______________________, and the electrons have a negative ______________________.

16. Insulating your home is a good way to save ______________________.

17. ______________________ power is getting more popular.

18. An ______________________ approach to energy supply helps the government deal with environmental challenges.

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