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The main purpose of the text is to

a) explain the reasons for the sudden increase in the price of oil in 2018.

b) speculate on matters that may affect the global energy market in 2018.

c) provide precise answers to the most relevant questions on global energy.

d) forecast changes in trade and energy production in Asia and the Middle East.

e) measure the devastating impact of renewable industry on coal and natural gas.

The main purpose of Text II is to

criticize the excessive dependence of the U.S. and Europe on fossil fuels.

announce an increase in the use of solar energy in Latin America and India.

expose the higher costs related to rising LNG imports in several Asian nations.

provide estimates concerning the increasing demand for renewable energy sources.

warn investors about the risks associated with solar, wind and green energy projects.

In paragraph 9, there is the information that in RoboCup competitions the game referee and the team coaches are

a) humanoids

b) computers

c) real people

d) robotic engineers

e) virtual mechanisms

In paragraph 7, the word However in the fragment “In the humanoid league, the players are human-like robots with human-like senses. However, they are rather slow” can be replaced, without change in meaning, by

a) unless

b) indeed

c) furthermore

d) nevertheless

e) consequently

In the fragment of the text “It all comes down to the relationship between oil and gas production and the price of electricity, which directly affects the bottom line of technologies like wind and solar” (lines 14-17), the pronoun which refers to

a) oil production

b) gas production

c) electricity

d) the price of electricity

e) the relationship between oil and gas production

In the fragment of the text “Due in part to the turn away from oil in the 70s, today the United States produces just 0.7 percent of its electricity using petroleum. Therefore, the price of oil has no direct impact on the price of electricity” (lines 25-28), the linking word therefore introduces the idea of

a) conclusion

b) addition

c) cause

d) condition

e) opposition

In the sentence fragment of the fifth paragraph “Designing robots for sports requires much more than experts in state-of-the-art technology”, the words in bold can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by the following words:

a) drawing / scholars

b) creating / amateurs

c) planning / specialists

d) finishing / professionals

e) manufacturing / engineers

In the fragments “some recent data suggests that as economic growth has picked up" (lines 47-48) and “Beijing has high ambitions for a much cleaner energy economy, driven not least by the levels of air pollution in many of the major cities" (lines 49-51), picked up and driven by mean, respectively,

a) declined – guided by

b) increased – delayed by

c) deteriorated – caused by

d) improved – motivated by

e) stabilized – hindered by

In the 2^nd paragraph of the text, in the fragment “That determination would appear to eliminate the possibility that Navy pilots who reported seeing unexplained aircraft”, the word who refers to

a) alien

b) military

c) officials

d) scientists

e) Navy pilots

In the text fragment of the sixth paragraph “RoboCup Soccer Federation, the “FIFA” of robots, which supports five leagues, imposes restrictions on players’ design and rules of the game”, the word which refers to

a) game

b) FIFA

c) players

d) leagues

e) RoboCup Soccer Federation