2.What was the beach shown by the Vice President of the Maldives used to be?

A. paved road.
B. A toll road.
C. A paid road.
D. A payroll.

3.Which of the following statement about the island visited by the reporter is not True?

A. The island is diminishing.
B. Half of the houses on the island have been washed away.
C. This island will be abandoned in no more than 20 years.
D. This island will become inhabitable in no more than 20 years.

4. Which of the following is not one of the measures taken by the Maldives to solve the problem?

A. Relocating its population to other places.
Buying a whole new country.
C. Building temporary defence forces.
D. Building man-made islands.

5.Which of the following about the coral in the Maldives is not true?

A. Maldivians are planting new reefs to protect its Natural defense.
B. Coral research conducted by small private labs is mainly funded by holiday resorts.
C. Preserving the Maldives demands further research on local solutions.
D. No university in the Maldives conducts coral research.

Exercise 2InterviewDirections: Watch the following interview and choose the best answer to each question.Comments on US withdrawal from Paris Accord6. Which of the following about the Paris Accord is true?

A. It’s a big achievement of about twenty five years of negotiations
B. It’s a big progress.
C. Both rich and poor countries participated in the negotiations.
D. Every country agrees to do its bit.

7 What’s the man’s attitude towards US withdrawal from Paris Agreement?

A. He firmly believes it will be damaging.
B. He is not sure whether it will be damaging.
C. He predicts that it will not be sufficient to limit global-mean temperature increase to two degrees.
D. He predicts the world's largest historical emitter and the current second largest emitter will pullout of the Paris Accord.

8.Which of the following is not the man’s opinion about clean energy?

A. It’s a dynamic market.
B. It loses business opportunities.
C. Technological shift is inevitable.
D. China and India are committed to the development of clean energy.

9.Why does Trump want to move back to the nineteenth century?

A. He prefers coal use to oil use.
B. He prefers oil use to coal use.
C. He prefers oil and coal use to the use of clean energy.
D. It will create millions of jobs and raise income.

10. According to the woman, what’s the correct way to make America great again?

A. Opting out of the Clean Energy Revolution.
B. Opening up coal plants again.
Creating clean jobs when developing clean energy .
D. Copying China’s emission model.

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