Reading Test - Greensburg Goes Green

The emissions from motor vehicles are a problem.

• fluids

• discharges

• vibrations

• gasoline

Weather forecasters often use computers.

• predictors

• transmitters

• radars

• broadcasters

The turbines were placed on the hilltop.

• devices containing engines and vanes

• portable laboratory equipment

• sails manufactured out of stiff cloth

• simple machines consisting of gears, wheels, and pedals.

The scientist spoke about the consequences of global warming.

• characteristics

• predictions

• causes

• results

A ferocious storm was bearing down on the village.

• fast-moving

• vast

• fierce

• frightening

Do you know how to use an incubator?

• pump

• heated container

• oxygen tank

• greenhouse

Shona joined an organization focused on sustainable energy.

• plentiful

• sufficient

• satisfactory

• supportable

It is undoubtedly going to rain today.

• possibly

• repeatedly

• certainly

• rarely

My grandfather is one of the most admirable people I know.

• puzzling

• worthy of respect

• skilled with his hands

• speaking with exaggeration

We hiked through an uninhabited part of the valley.

• not lived in

• barren

• overgrown

• lightly populated