Sugar: the fuel of the future? - Module 2

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency Resource Book, Pearson Education

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

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Brazil has a good (0) ___ in research in many areas of science and technology. It is in the field of bio-energy, however, that the country (1) ___ to make its biggest contribution. Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugar and since 1975 has been fermenting sugar-cane juice into a substance called ethanol, which can be used as motor fuel. For many years, the programme (2) ___ in virtual isolation from the rest of the world, using fairly low-tech methods. Recently, however, the government has been investing (3) ___ in research aimed at improving all stages in the process from sugar-cane biology to engine efficiency. Whilst the motivation for the investment is largely (4) ___ by energy needs rather than environmental concerns, the fuel's green (5) ___ are now also being emphasised. Net emissions of carbon dioxide from a car (6) ___ on sugar ethanol are just 20 percent of those from a petrol-fuelled vehicle. (7) ___ , the bio-energy programme aims to achieve a significant increase in supply without a corresponding rise in the amount of farmland (8) ___ to sugar cane.

Sugar: the fuel of the future?

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