20:57 29/7/24 Midterm ESP 2 Reading Exam
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ĐỀ THI THỬ KỸ NĂNG ĐỌC HIỂU - TANG II
K49 - HỆ TRUNG CẤP
Học kỳ II - Năm học 2023-2024 Thời gian: 60 phút
(Sinh viên được sử dụng từ điển đơn ngữ)
Read the following article and do the tasks below:
UN REPORT URGES GLOBAL END TO FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION BY 2030
Climate crisis funding for poor nations should reach $200bn to $400bn a year by same date, says pr e-Cop28 report. By Fiona Harvey
1. Fossil fuel exploration should cease globally
in Dubai, which begins at the end of Novemb
by 2030 and funding to rescue poor countries
er. The global stocktake is a process mandate
from the impacts of the climate crisis should r
d under the Paris agreement, intended to chec
each $200bn (£165bn) to $400bn a year by th
k every five years on countries’ progress on m
e same date, according to proposals in a UN r
eeting their emissions-cutting goals.
eport before the next climate summit.
4. Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, said the
2. Countries were still “way off track” to meet
report offered a range of actions for governme
the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement,
nts to consider. “[These are] clear targets whi
the report found, and much more action woul
ch provide a north star for the action that is
d be needed to make it possible to limit global
required by countries,” he said.
heating to 1.5C above preindustrial levels.
5. Greenhouse gas emissions are still rising but t
3. The UN’s synthesis report on the global stock
here is broad agreement they must peak by 20
take, published on Wednesday, will form the
25 at the latest if there is to be a chance of lim
basis for discussions at the Cop28 conference
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6. “This is a major opportunity being presented f
sh for the phase-out of fossil fuels that more t
or the course correction that is so urgently call han 80 countries want.
ed for,” Stiell said. “[The report] lays out ele
11. Catherine Pettengell, the executive director of
ments that can be incorporated into a respons
Climate Action Network UK, called for the re
e.” But while most countries agreed on the ne
commendations in the global stocktake report
ed to change direction, he said, there was “sig
s to be taken forward. “Cop28 must be a decis
nificant divergence” on how to achieve the ch
ive moment to end the era of fossil fuels and b anges needed.
ring about a just and equitable transition,” she
7. Other proposals in the report include a triplin
said. “Today’s synthesis report for the global
g of renewable energy capacity and a doublin
stocktake makes clear that an agreement on en
g of energy efficiency globally by 2030. It wa
ding fossil fuels must be at the heart of the out
s the second of two documents that will under
comes for Cop28 to be a success.”
pin discussions at Cop28. The first also contai
12. Harjeet Singh, the head of global political stra
ned proposals to phase out fossil fuels – a hig
tegy at Climate Action Network International,
hly contentious issue that was sidelined at the
said a consensus was forming around the need
last two UN climate summits, Cop27 in Egypt
to phase out fossil fuels. “In the face of unden
last year and Cop26 in Glasgrow in 2021.
iable evidence linking fossil fuels to the clima
8. However, there is no guarantee any such prop
te crisis, the industry has long evaded account
osals will make it into any final outcome from
ability under the UN,” he said. “The era of m
the two weeks of negotiations at Cop28 or eve
ere rhetoric is over, and it’s time to hold cul
n that they will be on the official agenda for t
pable fossil fuel corporations accountable. Co he summit.
p28 must deliver more than words – it should
initiate a process to craft a new global fossil f
9. The global stocktake papers will be discussed
uel treaty, filling the void left by the Paris agr
next week at technical meetings of UN nation eement.”
s, and again at a “pre-Cop” meeting in Abu D
habi at the end of this month. Stiell said it was
13. He also called for the needs of developing cou
for governments to determine what they woul
ntries and poorer people to be a key considera
d put on the agenda at Cop 28, and for the hos
tion. “This new global framework needs to en
t country, the United Arab Emirates, to “shap
sure that all workers and communities reliant e what form this takes”.
on fossil fuels for jobs or energy, especially in
developing nations, receive support through i
10. Many campaigners are concerned that the UA
nternational cooperation. Their right to a just t
E, as a major oil and gas producer, will not pu
ransition to a greener, safer world must be ho noured.”
Source: The Guardian, 05 October 2023
(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/un-report-urges-global-end-to-fossil-fuel-expl oration-by-2030) 2 about:blank 2/4 20:57 29/7/24 Midterm ESP 2 Reading Exam I.
Find the phrases in the article which have the following meaning. (1.5 points)
1. substantial disagreement -> considerable opposition
2. to impose responsibility on oil and gas companies for their role in the climate crisis
-> make oil and gas companies have responsibility for what they contribute in the climate change
3. addressing the shortcomings
-> deal with the deficiencies
II. Explain the meaning of the underlined expressions, as used in the article. (03 points)
1. “way off track” to meet the goals (Paragraph 2) -> fail to achieve the targets
2. provide a north star for the action (Paragraph 3) -> offer clear guidance or a point of reference for all future actions
3. The era of mere rhetoric is over. (Paragraph 12) -> the time for just talking about issues
without taking substantial action has ended.
III. Answer the following questions based on the article. (4.5 points)
1. What proposals are outlined in the United Nations pre-Cop28 report?
2. What are some of the potential challenges that might affect discussions at the Cop28 conferenc
e in Dubai regarding the proposed phase-out of fossil fuels?
3. What measures have climate activists like Catherine Pettengell and Harjeet Singh called for to be taken at Cop28?
IV. Summarise the article in ONE sentence. (01 point) THE END
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