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It is common knowledge that the world is facing an energy crisis. If new energy sources are not developed, human civilization would be in serious trouble. One potential energy source, that has been underused until now, is the one created by ocean waves. The World Energy Council estimates that wave power could generate as much as a trillion watts per year – twice the amount of electricity currently produced by two thousand oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power plants.


Wave power has many advantages: wave energy is abundant and renewable; the potential output of wave power generation would meet all the electricity needs of the world; although the initial investment in equipment would be great, the “fuel” is free and non-political; wave power would have a minimal effect on the environment. In the last two hundred years, inventors worldwide have filed patents for a vast number of devices that make use of wave power, such as rocking “ducks”, rafts and floating bags. Many of these ideas are technically feasible, and indeed, some have been patented and implemented in several places around the world, including the Faroe Islands in Denmark and a commercial "wave farm" in England.


Yet, this renewable energy resource has not been used to capacity. Probably the biggest reason is that getting people interested and invested in renewable energy is difficult when nuclear and fossil fuel energy production systems already exist, receive subsidies, and have the necessary equipment in place. But despite all those difficulties, as renewable green fuel, wave power just might be the wave of the future.

שאלה מספר 1

The main purpose of the first paragraph is to discuss –

  1. why wave power hasn't been used by now
  2. how the world misused its energy
  3. the opinion of the World Energy Council about renewable energies
  4. how a new energy source can help with the world's energy crisis

שאלה מספר 2

Which of the following is not mentioned as a reason for using wave power?

  1. Inventors are constantly creating patents which harness wave power.
  2. It is possible to derive a vast amount of energy from waves.
  3. The use of wave power is not affected by politics like fuel is.
  4. Wave power would not pollute the environment.

שאלה מספר 3

In the second paragraph, "implemented" is closest in meaning to –

  1. Selected
  2. Utilized
  3. Adjusted
  4. Implied

שאלה מספר 4

In the second paragraph the author mentioned England –

  1. in order to show that even a relatively small country could build a wave power plant
  2. because it is a country that would benefit greatly from wave power
  3. as one of the potential sites for building a wave power system
  4. as an example of a country that is already producing wave generated power

שאלה מספר 5

According to the last paragraph, the main reason that wave generation technology is underutilized is that –

  1. devices which can harness wave power have yet to be successfully implemented
  2. only a few countries in the world have sites suitable for wave power systems /
  3. most people aren't willing to invest in wave power, especially since other energy generation systems already exist
  4. the public is generally prejudiced against renewable energy

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  2. תשובה 1
  3. תשובה 2
  4. תשובה 4
  5. תשובה 3
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