Solar Power for Indian Villages - Test 6

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 2, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

furthermore

besides

nevertheless

alternatively

decided

inspired

proposed

designed

eases

frees

lightens

lifts

appearance

liability

exposure

situation

demands

implies

concerns

involves

set down

set in

set up

set aside

pursuit

aim

determination

tendency

signals

hints

suggestions

indications

Gulab Devi looks like a (0) ___ rural woman from Rajasthan in north-west India. She can neither read nor write, but is (1) ___ a successful pioneer in the Barefoot Solar Engineering Project, a scheme (2) ___ to bring solar power to hundreds of villages across India. The availability of solar power (3) ___ women from the arduous task of searching for wood for fuel and also reduces their (4) ___ to unhealthy wood smoke. Gulab is her family's sole breadwinner. Her job as a solar engineer (5) ___ making electronic circuits and chargers for solar lighting panels, and she and her family are able to live comfortably on her salary. Most of the engineers in the scheme are women, and are trained at the Barefoot College (6) ___ by social worker Bunker Roy. His (7) ___ is to address problems by building on skills that people already have, and then place the solutions to their problems in their own hands. Early (8) ___ are that the project is having a powerful impact on the lives of women like Gulab.

Solar Power for Indian Villages

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