Unit 2 Reading Worksheet 1

Name Rodrigo Obando Condori

Latest Most Expensive Best for the Environment Worst on Gas

Eco-Friendly Cars
Most cars today use gasoline. Gasoline isn’t eco-friendly.
It is a non-renewable resource, and it is expensive. When
cars burn gasoline, they create air pollution.
But cars are some of the most convenient means
of transportation! What can we do? Consider
these suggestions:
• Get an electric car! Many cars today use batteries or
electricity. There are also hybrid cars. They use a mix of
gas and a battery or electricity. Hybrids are more eco-
friendly than gasoline-powered cars.
• Buy a car that uses an alternative fuel! Some of the
newest eco-friendly cars run on hydrogen, biodiesel fuel
or ethanol. They don’t create much pollution.
• Use a solar-powered car! There aren’t many solar-
powered vehicles, but they exist. They don’t create any
pollution. Look for them in the future!

1 Read and match.

G lossary
0. Gasoline powers most cars today.
non-renewable
1. Gasoline is a more eco-friendly than gas-powered cars. resource: a
substance or
2. Burning gasoline don’t create pollution.
material that nature
3. Electric cars are and biodiesel fuel are alternative fuels. cannot replace
4. Hybrid cars can powered vehicles exist. pollution: harmful
or dangerous
5. Hydrogen, ethanol non-renewable resource. contamination
6. Solar-powered cars contaminates the air. suggestions: ideas
to consider
7. Today, not many solar- use a mix of electricity and gas.
batteries: (sing.
battery) containers
for electricity
Stop and Think! Which of these types of
powered: with
eco-friendly cars is your favorite? Why?
energy from
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