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a) Mark Nowicki installed solar panels on his roof to have backup power, reduce electricity bills, and contribute to environmental sustainability.-----P1b) The connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his vehicles was that the panels came from SunPower.------P2

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a) Mark Nowicki installed solar panels on his roof to have backup power,
reduce electricity bills, and contribute to environmental sustainability.-----P1
b) The connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his
vehicles was that the panels came from SunPower.------P2
c) Total bought SunPower's 66% stake for $1.4bn, the largest investment by
any major oil and gas company, in response to the rising risk of renewable
energy transition.-----P3
d) Large international oil companies, including Total, are facing a crucial
decision on whether to diversify into renewable energy or continue relying on
fossil fuels.-----P4
1) What motivated more than one million American homeowners and
businesses to install solar panels?
Answer: - Tax deductions and falling costs motivated more than one million
American homeowners and businesses to install solar panels.
2) Besides backup power and cost savings, what additional benefit did Mark
gain from installing solar panels?
Answer: - Mark gained the additional benefit of helping the environment by
compensating for the emissions from his big cars through green energy.
3) Paragraph 1 is mentioned in the passage that Mark Nowicki installed solar
panels because he wanted backup power in case of electricity failure.
Answer: True
EXPLAIN: (P1_L1,2,3)
4) What is an additional benefit of using green energy for Mark Nowicki?
A. Backup power during electricity failures
B. Cutting electricity bills in half
C. Helping the environment
D. Compensating for emissions from big cars
Answer: D. Compensating for emissions from big cars
EXPLAIN: Helping the environment was an extra benefit. 'Green energy
compensates for the emissions from my big cars,' he says.
5) What does the word "it" in paragraph 2 line 1 refer to?
Answer: it = another connection between the new panels on his roof and the
fuel in his vehicles.
6) Who owns SunPower, a U.S. solar energy company?
Answer: -Total of France.
7) What is the connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his
vehicles?
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Answer: -The connection is that SunPower, the U.S. solar company that
provided the panels, is controlled by Total of France, which is one of the
world's largest oil groups.
8) Mark’s new roof's solar panels are from SunPower, a U.S. solar business that
is under Total's French ownership.
Answer: True
EXPLAIN: The panels came from SunPower, a U.S. solar company controlled
by one of the world's largest oil groups, Total of France.
9) Five years ago, who had made the largest investment in renewable energy?
A. Total B. SunPower C. Oil and gas companies
Answer: A. Total
EXPLAIN: Total bought 66 percent of SunPower five years ago for about
$1.4bn, making the biggest investment in renewable energy by any of the large
oil and gas companies.
10) Who sees the long-term transition away from fossil fuels as a growing threat
to the oil and gas industry?
Answer: Many analysts, investors, and executives see the long-term transition
away from fossil fuels as a growing threat to the oil and gas industry.
11) What is the growing threat that many analysts, investors, and executives
now see facing the oil and gas industry?
A. Shortage of fossil fuels
B. Increased demand for renewable energy
C. Decreased investment opportunities
D. Lack of government support
Answer: D. Increased demand for renewable energy
EXPLAIN: The investment was one answer to the growing threat that many
analysts, investors and executives now see facing* the oil and gas industry: the
prospect of a long-term transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable
energy.
12) The world will no longer need fossil fuels in the future.
Answer: Not given
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16:34 9/8/24 More questions MORE QUESTIONS *MATCHING
a) Mark Nowicki installed solar panels on his roof to have backup power,
reduce electricity bills, and contribute to environmental sustainability.-----P1
b)
The connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his
vehicles was that the panels came from SunPower.------P2
c)
Total bought SunPower's 66% stake for $1.4bn, the largest investment by
any major oil and gas company, in response to the rising risk of renewable energy transition.-----P3
d)
Large international oil companies, including Total, are facing a crucial
decision on whether to diversify into renewable energy or continue relying on fossil fuels.-----P4
1) What motivated more than one million American homeowners and
businesses to install solar panels?
Answer: - Tax deductions and falling costs motivated more than one million
American homeowners and businesses to install solar panels.
2) Besides backup power and cost savings, what additional benefit did Mark
gain from installing solar panels?
Answer: - Mark gained the additional benefit of helping the environment by
compensating for the emissions from his big cars through green energy.
3) Paragraph 1 is mentioned in the passage that Mark Nowicki installed solar
panels because he wanted backup power in case of electricity failure. Answer: True
EXPLAIN: (P1_L1,2,3)
4)
What is an additional benefit of using green energy for Mark Nowicki?
A. Backup power during electricity failures
B. Cutting electricity bills in half C. Helping the environment
D. Compensating for emissions from big cars
Answer: D. Compensating for emissions from big cars
EXPLAIN: Helping the environment was an extra benefit. 'Green energy
compensates for the emissions from my big cars,' he says.
5) What does the word "it" in paragraph 2 line 1 refer to?
Answer: it = another connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his vehicles.
6) Who owns SunPower, a U.S. solar energy company?
Answer: -Total of France.
7) What is the connection between the new panels on his roof and the fuel in his vehicles? about:blank 1/2 16:34 9/8/24 More questions
Answer: -The connection is that SunPower, the U.S. solar company that
provided the panels, is controlled by Total of France, which is one of the world's largest oil groups.
8) Mark’s new roof's solar panels are from SunPower, a U.S. solar business that
is under Total's French ownership. Answer: True
EXPLAIN: The panels came from SunPower, a U.S. solar company controlled
by one of the world's largest oil groups, Total of France.
9) Five years ago, who had made the largest investment in renewable energy? A. Total B. SunPower C. Oil and gas companies Answer: A. Total
EXPLAIN: Total bought 66 percent of SunPower five years ago for about
$1.4bn, making the biggest investment in renewable energy by any of the large oil and gas companies.
10) Who sees the long-term transition away from fossil fuels as a growing threat to the oil and gas industry?
Answer: Many analysts, investors, and executives see the long-term transition
away from fossil fuels as a growing threat to the oil and gas industry.
11) What is the growing threat that many analysts, investors, and executives
now see facing the oil and gas industry? A. Shortage of fossil fuels
B. Increased demand for renewable energy
C. Decreased investment opportunities D. Lack of government support
Answer: D. Increased demand for renewable energy
EXPLAIN: The investment was one answer to the growing threat that many
analysts, investors and executives now see facing* the oil and gas industry: the
prospect of a long-term transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.
12)
The world will no longer need fossil fuels in the future.
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