Read the following unseen passage and answer the questions that follow -
At a time when the use of fossil fuels to power vehicles is making environmentalist angry, an alternative source of fuel - the biodiesel has emerged as a useful solution. Additionally, its use solves a disposal problem. The fuel is nothing but used vegetable oil which has been tested satisfactorily. It has made a vehicle called the veggie van (a motor home) run more than 16,000 km across the United States. Also it has visited 20 major cities causing absolutely no harm to the environment. Vegetable oil from various restaurants in America was all that was used along the entire journey. The novel experiment was started as a college project by two students Joshna and Kaia. It eventually ended in a massive public awareness programme.The idea of using vegetable oil as fuel for a diesel engine first occurred to them when they visited a traditional form in the picturesque Southern Germany where vehicle fuelled by vegetable oil were in use. While studying agricultural and living on these farms, they noticed that farmers were always filling tanks of a yellow liquid. "This fuel comes from the canola plants which grow on our farms and nearby areas. We put in the diesel and it smells good, "farmers said." The process of converting vegetable oil into bio-diesel fuel is cheap and easy to find. Any vegetable oil, such as used cooking oil, methanol or clear alcohol can be used as fuel.The diesel engine which is being used, however, can run on altered vegetable oil or bio-diesel without any modification. Not only does bio-diesel require zero modifications to the engine, this fuel works either by itself or blended with petroleum diesel. Bio-diesel has since been recognised as an official alternative fuel in the US. Its use by the bus and truck fleet has soared by more than 1000 per cent.
Unseen Passage Questions -
1. What makes the environmentalist angry?
2. What is the alternative fuel suggested in the unseen passage?
3. What is the Veggie Van?
4.In which country, the idea of the alternative fuel originated?
5.How the alternative fuel is made?
6. What advantages does the alternative fuel has over the petroleum diesel?
7.Explain the meaning of the following words/phrases:
(a) absolutely
(b) massive
(c) eventually
(d) alcohol
Answers
Answer:
Answer 1
At a time when the use of fossil fuels to power vehicles is making environment angry
Answer 2
an alternative source of fuel is suggested as the biodiesel has emerged as a useful solution.
Answer 3
Veggie Van is a mobile grocer and food education program on wheels.
Answer 4
The idea of alternative fuel originated from southern Germany
Answer 5
Alternative fuels include gaseous fuels such as hydrogen, natural gas, and propane; alcohols such as ethanol, methanol, and butanol; vegetable and waste-derived oils; and electricity
Answer 6
Biodiesel is a domestically produced, clean-burning, renewable substitute for petroleum diesel. Using biodiesel as a vehicle fuel increases energy security, improves air quality and the environment, and provides safety benefits.
Answer 7
absolutely