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Comprehensive
Examination in English
for Interdisciplinary Teaching
Michelle
Stappler, Regents High School Examination
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Directions: select
the best suggested answer to each question and write its number in the
space provided. The questions may help you think about ideas and information
you might want to use in your writing. You may return to these questions
anytime you Wish.
- According to the
article, Chinese leaders consider one positive effect of the dam to
be
a. the reduction of pollution in the Yangtze River
b. the reduction
of Coal Usage
c. its cost effectiveness
d. an increase in energy
- the dam will definitely
a. destroy the Yangtze River
b. cause over one million people to lose their homes
c. be financed by overseas investors
d. stop coal usage
- More than half
of China's electricity comes from
a. nuclear power
b. the Three Gorges Dam
c. overseas
d. coal
- The only country
that produces and uses as much coal as China is
a. Japan
b. India
c. The United States
d. The Ukraine
- According to the
information presented, environmentalists lists
a. support the dam project
b. are ambivalent about the project
c. are against the project
d. are more concerned with China's usage of sulfur
- Hydropower from
the dam will provide which percentage to China's electricity generation?
a. 75%
b. 20%
c.29.95%
d. 50%
- Coal is dangerous
because
a. the sulfur combines with the oxygen in the air
b. of how it is treated once its mined
c. it builds tip silt in the Yangtze causing mass flooding
d. the carbon dioxide causes greenhouse gas
- Global warming
is also known as
a. acid rain
b. carbon detoxification
c. the greenhouse effect
d. sulfurization
- The articles suggest
China's environmental problems
a. are going to affect the entire world
b. have to do with politics and government
c. could have been avoided
d. have just started
- The word "emissions"
is often used in the articles. It means
a. allowed
b. giving off
c. absorbing
d. spilled
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