DET (95-115) - Read & Complete 06

Okinawa in Japan has some of the ​ (a)   people in the world. It’s famous for its high number of centenarians—men and women who live beyond one hundred years of age. Some of the ​ (b)   for their good health are that they:

• go fishing and eat what they catch.

• do a lot of gardening and grow their own fruit and ​ (c)   .

• go cycling, and rarely drive when they can ​ (d)   .

• often spend time with friends. They meet at people’s houses and play games.

• exercise ​ (e)   , go swimming, and lead active lives.

• oldest
• reasons
• vegetables
• walk
• regularly
• meat
• drive
• benefits

How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you often feel ​ (a)   going outside for a walk? Or if you work for hours at your desk, do you feel better when you take a ​ (b)   and visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for us; it’s good for our bodies and good for our brains.

 

However, humans are ​ (c)   more time inside and less time outside. For example, the ​ (d)   of visitors to Canada’s national parks is going down every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors

feel that this is a problem in the twenty-first century, and that it is making our ​ (e)   health worse.

• like
• want
• break
• spending
• number
• physical
• study
• outdoor

BMW, Volvo, General Motors, and Google are all currently working on ​ (a)   cars. Some driverless cars use solar ​ (b)   , which reduces fuel costs and lowers ​ (c)   emissions. They are also safer because the computer controls the speed, so they can’t go faster ​ (d)   the speed limit.

 

This monorail in New Zealand is a new solution for commuters in a traffic jam during rush hour. The passenger sits in a pod and can cycle over people’s heads. Google has already ​ (e)   over $1 million in this idea.

• driverless
• energy
• carbon
• than
• invested
• software
• adapt
• more

Marjan Sadequi was born in Afghanistan and grew ​ (a)   in the capital city of Kabul. Her father was the national cycling coach for the men’s team, and from very early on in life, Marjan’s ​ (b)   was to become a cyclist. Her father gave Marjan her first bicycle when she was a teenager, and he soon saw how much Marjan loved cycling. As a result, he formed a new women’s cycling team with his daughter and ten other women. It wasn’t ​ (c)   to practice on the roads of Kabul, but in 2013, the team went to New Delhi and they had their first international ​ (d)   against other women’s cycling teams. They didn’t win, but they

entered more races in Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and South Korea. Because of Marjan and her team’s ​ (e)   , more women are now cycling in Afghanistan.

• up
• about
• ambition
• competition
• achievements
• easy
• effort
• Competitive

Essick found a lot of e-waste in Ghana, with thousands of old ​ (a)   in the local markets. Here, the sellers resell a few computers, but they can’t sell many because a lot of them don’t ​ (b)   . Instead, the sellers melt some parts of the computers to recycle the metal. These parts don’t have much metal, but sometimes there is a little gold inside.

 

Unfortunately, ​ (c)   the metal can be dangerous because it produces a lot of chemicals that are bad for workers’ health. As a result, Essick thinks we shouldn’t send any e-waste to other countries. It’s bad for the ​ (d)   , and it’s bad for people’s health. He believes we need to produce more environmentally-friendly electronics in the future; in other words, electronic products that you can recycle safely and in the country where they were ​ (e)   or sold.​

• computers
• work
• recycling
• environment
• made
• harmful
• virtual
• browse

LED lighting is a very ​ (a)   form of modern lighting technology. Firstly, LED lighting lasts longer than regular lighting. For example, a regular light bulb lasts for around 5,000 hours. LED light bulbs last 100,000 hours. In ​ (b)   , LED light bulbs change 80% of electricity into light. Regular bulbs only change 20% ​ (c)   light—the rest is heat. In other words, LED lights need less electricity to produce more light. On the other hand, LED lights are ​ (d)   expensive than regular lights. However, you don’t have to change them every year, and they use ​ (e)   energy. As a result, LED lights are cheaper over a long period of time.

• efficient
• addition
• into
• more
• less
• inefficient
• away
• moreover