Quizizz-unit6

We don’t realize how much we depend on electricity. How often do we think how wonderful it is that we can have lights when the sun goes down? Or, that we can keep our food cold in the refrigerator? We take all these things for granted—we don’t even think about them.

1. What is this paragraph mainly about?

• The importance of electricity in life

• A power of electricity

• The benefits of electricity

• The electricity failure

On July 30, 2012, a power outage in northern India left 670 million people without electricity. The extremely hot summer caused the demand for electricity to reach record levels. Also, 27 percent of India’s power is lost because of bad transmission or because it is stolen.

2. According to the paragraph 2, where was the power outage?

• In eastern

• In northern

• In central

• In southern

On July 30, 2012, a power outage in northern India left 670 million people without electricity. The extremely hot summer caused the demand for electricity to reach record levels. Also, 27 percent of India’s power is lost because of bad transmission or because it is stolen.

3. According to the passage, why is a lot of India’s electricity lost?

• Corruption

• Bad cables

• Bad transmission

• The weather

4. The word ‘went out’ mean_______________.

• electricity off

• go out

• bad transmit

• chaos

5. What happened when India had the power outage?

• The phone cannot use during the outage.

• They can use air condition in their house.

• There were a lot of traffic jams.

• The cities no lights so it was very cold.

Asha (21) I was working in my family’s restaurant when the electricity went out. Power failures are common, so my family has a generator. It provides power for our refrigerator. So, we were selling food throughout the blackout by the light of candles. It was very romantic.

6. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

• Asha went outside when the outage.

• Asha’s restaurant closed when the light went out.

• Asha’s family continued to sell food during the outage.

• Asha’s family didn’t prepare the power before the outage.