Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the
passage for each answer.
Hydroelectric plants harness energy by passing flowing
water through a turbine. The water turbine rotation is
delivered to a generator, which generates electricity. The
quantity of electricity that can be produced at a
hydroelectric plant relies upon two variables. These
variables are (1) the vertical distance that the water falls,
called the “head”, and (2) the flow rate, calculated as
volume over time. The amount of electricity that is
produced is thus proportional to the head product and the
flow rate. Until only recently people believed almost
universally that hydroelectric power was an
environmentally safe and clean means of generating
electricity. Hydroelectric stations do not release any of the
usual atmospheric pollutants emitted by power plants
fuelled by fossil fuels so they do not add to global warming
or acid rain. Nevertheless, recent studies of the larger
reservoirs formed behind dams have implied that
decomposing, flooded vegetation could give off
greenhouse gases equal to those from other electricity
sources.
Questions:
Hydroelectric plants produce energy by passing 1.
……………………….. through a turbine. Electricity is produced
by delivering water 2..…………………. to a generator. The
amount of electricity that can be produced at a hydroelectric plant
relies upon 3………………. and 4……………… Hydroelectric
power plants do not release any pollutants into the atmosphere,
so they do not cause 5………………….
Hydroelectric plants produce energy by passing flowing water through a turbine. Electricity is
produced by delivering water turbine rotation to a generator. The amount of electricity that can
be produced at a hydroelectric plant relies upon head product and flow rate. Hydro electric
power plants do not release any pollutants into the atmosphere, so they do not cause global
warming
The question asks to choose answers from the passage. So answers are definitely in
the passage. Also the instruction says “ NOT MORE THAN TWO WORDS”. Please
bear it in mind while answering.
For the first question, “produce” also means “harness”. If you read through the
passage you find that the first line contains the information “Hydroelectric plants
harness energy by passing flowing water through a turbine.” So the answer is “flowing
water”.
For the second question, you find in the passage that the second line contains the
information “The water turbine rotation is delivered to a generator, which generates
electricity.” So the answer is “turbine rotation”.
For the third and fourth questions, the fifth line of the passage contains the
information “The amount of electricity that is produced is thus proportional to the head
product and the flow rate.” So the answers are “head product” and “flow rate”
For the fifth question, the seventh line of the passage has the information “they do not
add to global warming”. So the answer is “global warming”
Some people believe that traditional usages of language are
always more superior and refined than modern variations even
when the reasons behind the rule were dubious in the first place.
For example, it was once seriously frowned upon to split an
infinitive in a sentence, and even today it is considered
grammatically incorrect to do so. To demonstrate, let’s consider
the following sentence: ‘The examiner asked me to quietly leave
the room’; this was considered incorrect as the word ‘quietly’
splits the infinitive of the verb ‘to leave.’ The origins of this rule
hail back to the 17th century when scholars believed that the
English language should be adapted to follow Latin rules; then
considered the perfect language. Since splitting infinitives in Latin
is impossible, it was decided that splitting infinitives in English,
even though possible, was not acceptable, Given those initial
motivations behind the rule were questionable. The clarity of the
meaning of the sentence is not compromised in the ‘incorrect’
form, it could be argued that this grammar rule is a prime example
of an unnecessary sanction that is likely to be abandoned in the
future.
Choose No More Than Two Words from the passage
to complete the sentences.
1.Traditional use of languages are said to be more
________ and _________.
2. Scholars affirmed that the English language should be
adapted to follow the rules of ___________.
3. Even though splitting infinitives in English was possible,
it was not ____________.
4. Rules like splitting infinitives are considered as
_____________.
5. Split infinitives are likely to be ____________ in future.
1.Traditional use of languages is said to be more superior and refined.
2. Scholars affirmed that the English language should be adapted to follow the rules
of Latin.
3. Even though splitting infinitives in English was possible, it was not acceptable.
4. Rules like splitting infinitives are considered grammatically incorrect.
5. Split infinitives are likely to be abandoned in the future.
