Read the following passage and Answer the questions that follow.
1. Without oil the modern world could not exist. Oil is needed for travel, because it powers our motor cars, buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships. Oil helps machines of all kinds, to run easily. Oil also gives us other substances, such as artificial rubber, artificial materials for clothing, and new materials for making things. Yet till a hundred years ago no one used oil for any of these purposes. In fact, no one knew that much oil existed.
2. Men do not make oil; they find it. They look for oil in many ways. They begin by making a map of the land where they are searching. Then they use the map to help them in choosing a site to explore with more care. They start their work by examining the rock from under the surface and come to know whether oil is likely to be underneath the rock.
3. To find out how deeply the oil is buried they need to know how far under the surface the rock is. If everything seems hopeful the men decide to drill down through the rock. In this way they find out whether oil really does lie underneath it. Often this test – well, as it is called, is far away from any town and there is much work to do before any drilling starts. Houses and roads must be built for the people coming to drill the test – well. Then the big derrick that carries the drill must be put up. This derrick is a strong framework of steel about 45 meters high. The drill is raised and lowered from inside the derrick.
4. Drilling for oil often means making a well that goes very deep into the earth. Such deep wells have never been made until modern times. The rate of drilling depends upon the kind of rock being drilled: it can be as fast as 60 meters an hour. Drilling is usually done on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or seas by putting the derrick on a special platform above the water.
Read the above passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
1. How is oil useful to machines?
2. How do men go about looking for oil?
3. Drilling for oil often means _________
4. The rate of drilling depends upon _________
5. Drilling is usually done on _________
6. To find out how deeply the oil is buried we need to _________
7. Find the words from the passage which mean:
a. make a hole (para 3)
b. a kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm. (para 3)
Answers
Answer:
1. Ans : Oil is useful to machine as it helps all kinds of machine's to run easily and it is also a fuel to the machine's.
2. Ans: Men go about looking for oil by making a map of the land where they are searching and they use the map to help them in choosing a site to explore the more care .
3. Ans : _____ Making a well that goes very deep into the Earth .
4. Ans : __ the kind of rock being drilled .
5. Ans : __ on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or sea's by putting the derrick on a special platform above the water.
6. Ans : ___ know how far under the surface the rock is / drill down through the rock .
7. Ans : a. - Drilling. , b .- Derrick.
Answer:
- Oil is needed for travel because it powers our motor cars, buses, trains, airplanes, and ships. Oil helps machines of all kinds, to run easily. Oil also gives us other substances, such as artificial rubber, artificial materials for clothing, and new materials for making things.
- They look for oil in many ways. They begin by making a map of the land where they are searching. Then they use the map to help them in choosing a site to explore with more care. They start their work by examining the rock from under the surface and come to know whether oil is likely to be underneath the rock.
- Drilling for oil often means making a well that goes very deep into the earth.
- The rate of drilling depends upon the kind of rock being drilled
- Drilling is usually done on dry land, but we can also drill the rock under lakes or seas by putting the derrick on a special platform above the water.
- To find out how deeply the oil is buried they need to know how far under the surface the rock is.
- a) Making a hole means drilling
b) A kind of crane with a movable pivoted arm means Derrick
Explanation:
Oil is the lifeblood of the industrialized world; since the mid-1950s, it has been the world's most important source of energy. Its products are essential to modern society, supplying energy to the power industry, heating homes, and providing fuel for vehicles and airplanes that transport goods and people around the world.
Oil meets 97% of the transport sector's demand in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, it benefits our lives by being necessary for the production of many everyday necessities. The refined products of oil are used to make almost all chemical products, including plastics, fertilizers, detergents, paints, and even medicines, as well as a variety of other products you might not expect.
The majority of oil is used for cars, trucks, and planes, but about a quarter is used for heating, chemical plants, and other industrial purposes.
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