One day Nasreddin borrowed a pot from his neighbor Ali. The next day he ______ (bring) it back with another little pot inside. "That's not mine," said Ali. "Yes, it is," said Nasreddin. "While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby."
**borrow/ยืม neighbor/เพื่อนบ้าน
Some time later Nasreddin asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali agreed, hoping that he would once again _______(receive) two pots in return. However, days passed and Nasreddin had still not returned the pot.
**receive/ได้รับ passed/ผ่านไป
Finally Ali lost patience and went to demand his property. "I _____ (be) sorry," said Nasreddin. "I can't give you back your pot, since it has died." "Died!" screamed Ali, "how can a pot die?" "Well," said Nasreddin, "you believed me when I told you that your pot had had a baby."
**lost patience/หมดความอดทน demand/ทวงคืน screamed/กรีดร้อง property/ทรัพย์
Who was the owner of the Pot? (Nasreddin, Ali or the baby)
How many times did Nasreddin borrow the pot? (one, two or three)
How many pots did he give back the first time? (one, two or none)
Why was the neighbor happy to lend the pot a second time? Because he was ________ . (good, greedy or careless)
"How many pots did Nasreddin ________ (return) the second time?"
"None."
What probably ________ (happen) to the pot?
What probably (happen) to the pot? Nasreddin might ________ it. (kill, keep or burn)Adapted from http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/driwater/storyweek.html (August 28, 2004)
Sonoma County , California
In Sonoma County, California, growers _______ (planted / are planting) grapevines a new way. As they plant the vines, they add a package of water called DRiWATER. This method of planting grapevines along with the water supply saves time and work. It gives the plant enough water to keep growing. The workers can go on to other chores.
**method/วิธี grapevine/ต้นองุ่น water supply/ที่เก็บสำรองน้ำ keep growing/เจริญเติบโต other chores/งานอื่นๆAdapted from http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/driwater/storyweek.html (August 28, 2004)
Sonoma County , California
In Sonoma County, California, growers (planted / are planting) grapevines a new way. As they plant the vines, they add a package of water called DRiWATER. This method of planting grapevines along with the water supply saves time and work. It gives the plant enough water to keep growing. The workers can go on to other chores.
**method/วิธี grapevine/ต้นองุ่น water supply/ที่เก็บสำรองน้ำ keep growing/เจริญเติบโต other chores/งานอื่นๆ
What is the topic of the story? (plants / farmers or driwater)
DRiWATER is a package of jelled water. It _______ (melt / melts / is melting) slowly, watering the plant for two or three months.
**jelled water/น้ำในรูปของเยลลี่ watering / รดน้ำต้นไม้
DRiWATER is a package of jelled water. It (melt / melts / is melting) slowly, watering the plant for two or three months.
**melt/ละลาย
What is driwater? (a package of jelled water / plant system / or watering time)
driwater.com
The inventor, Harold Jensen, tried for a long time to get the right recipe. He and his family ______(work) nights and weekends testing different formulas. Jensen finally found the right formula and patented it.
**inventor/ผู้ผลิต recipe, formula/สูตร patented/จดทะเบียนลิขสิทธิ์- driwater.com
The inventor, Harold Jensen, tried for a long time to get the right recipe. He and his family (work) nights and weekends testing different formulas. Jensen finally found the right formula and patented it.
**inventor/ผู้ผลิต recipe, formula/สูตร patented/จดทะเบียนลิขสิทธิ์
Who invented driwater? 
What are the ingredients in DRiWATER? It is made up of 97.85% water, 2% vegetable gum, and .15% aluminum sulfate. When the DRiWATER is planted in the soil, the water is released as bacteria ______(eat) the jell.
**ingredients/ส่วนผสม released/ปล่อย
What are the ingredients in DRiWATER? It is made up of 97.85% water, 2% vegetable gum, and .15% aluminum sulfate. When the DRiWATER is planted in the soil, the water is released as bacteria (eat) the jell.
**ingredients/ส่วนผสม released/ปล่อย
Who helps release the water? (the plants or the bacteria)
Buchanan Vineyard Services ______(bought / has bought / is buying) ten thousand packages of DRiWATER. They will plant the jelled water with their new grapevines.
**Buchanan Vineyard Services/ชื่อบริษัทแห่งหนึ่ง
What about countries like Egypt that ____(has / have / had) large deserts? Maybe DRiWATER will help grow trees in the desert. Two million trees have been planted near a town in the Sahara Desert. Two quarts were planted with each tree. The tree must live on the water for months until its roots touch ground water.
**desert/ทะเลทราย roots/รากของต้นไม้ ground water/น้ำที่อยู่ใต้ดิน
What about countries like Egypt that (has / have / had) large deserts? Maybe DRiWATER will help grow trees in the desert. Two million trees have been planted near a town in the Sahara Desert. Two quarts were planted with each tree. The tree must live on the water for months until its roots touch ground water.
**desert/ทะเลทราย roots/รากของต้นไม้ ground water/น้ำที่อยู่ใต้ดิน
How much driwater was needed when they planted a tree in the Sahara desert?
Harold Jensen ________ (hope) to see forests spring up in the deserts. This is the reason that he invented DRiWATER. Seedlings, DRiWATER, and desert may be the perfect fit.
**spring up/เติบโต seedling/ต้นอ่อนของต้นไม้ perfect fit / เหมาะสมที่สุดFrom a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp (September 2002 http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/fuelcell/abridged/home.html)
Note: Fill 'er up with hydrogen? That's what some California motorists may be _____(say) soon.
Carmakers are trying to hurry up production of zero emission cars. They need to meet California state requirements by the year 2003.
**Fill 'er up with hydrogen/ไฮโดรเจนเต็มถัง zero emission cars/รถไม่มีไอเสีย state requirements/ข้อบังคับของรัฐFrom a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp (September 2002 http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/fuelcell/abridged/home.html)
Note: Fill 'er up with hydrogen? That's what some California motorists may be (say) soon.
Carmakers are trying to hurry up production of zero emission cars. They need to meet California state requirements by the year 2003.
**Fill 'er up with hydrogen/ไฮโดรเจนเต็มถัง zero emission cars/รถไม่มีไอเสีย state requirements/ข้อบังคับของรัฐ
What is the most important result of using cars with zero emission?
The air will be ______. ( c______ )
Beneath the skin of this ordinary looking prototype sits an electro-chemical reactor. It is a hand built and very expensive power plant known as a fuel cell. It's expected to be running ordinary family cars on California's roads within three years.
**prototype/รถต้นแบบ electro-chemical reactor/เครื่อผลิตไฟฟ้าชนิดหนึ่ง power plant/โรงผลิตไฟฟ้า ordinary/ธรรมดา
What is the power plant in the new kind of car called?
It's called ________.- Beneath the skin of this ordinary looking prototype sits an electro-chemical reactor. It is a hand built and very expensive power plant known as a fuel cell. It's expected to be running ordinary family cars on California's roads within three years.
**prototype/รถต้นแบบ electro-chemical reactor/เครื่อผลิตไฟฟ้าชนิดหนึ่ง power plant/โรงผลิตไฟฟ้า ordinary/ธรรมดา
Where will the new cars be used within 3 years?
In _______. 
Rocket scientists ________(use) fuel cells ever since the United States went to the moon more than 30 years ago. But they're generally too complicated and expensive for much other than a government-sponsored space program.
The California Fuel Cell Partnership says it's about to change that.
**Rocket scientists/นักวิทยาศาสตร์ด้านจรวด complicated/ซับซ้อน government-sponsored/รัฐสนับสนุนงบประมาณ- Rocket scientists (use) fuel cells ever since the United States went to the moon more than 30 years ago. But they're generally too complicated and expensive for much other than a government-sponsored space program.
The California Fuel Cell Partnership says it's about to change that.
**Rocket scientists/นักวิทยาศาสตร์ด้านจรวด complicated/ซับซ้อน government-sponsored/รัฐสนับสนุนงบประมาณ
What does "it's about to change that" mean?
They are going to use fuel cell technologies in __________. (rockets, space or cars) 
Firoz Rasul of Ballard Power Systems says, "A fuel cell, very simply described, is a power generator. It makes electricity. It makes electricity on demand, and it ______ (make) it through the combination of hydrogen and oxygen."
**simply described/อธิบายง่าย ๆ on demand/ตามความต้องการ combination/การรวมตัวกัน- Firoz Rasul of Ballard Power Systems says, "A fuel cell, very simply described, is a power generator. It makes electricity. It makes electricity on demand, and it (make) it through the combination of hydrogen and oxygen."
**simply described/อธิบายง่าย ๆ on demand/ตามความต้องการ combination/การรวมตัวกัน
What does a fuel cell do? It ___________. (2 words) 
Eight of the world's biggest automobile makers _________(learn) how to build fuel cell cars in Sacramento, California. These cars work as well as cars with gasoline engines. Other people working on this are from energy companies and fuel cell builders.- Now eight of the world's biggest automobile makers (learn) how to build fuel cell cars in Sacramento, California. These cars work as well as cars with gasoline engines. Other people working on this are from energy companies and fuel cell builders.
Which from the followings is NOT involved in the studying of how to make fuel cells?
(Car makers / Aircraft makers / Fuel cell makers / Electricity makers) - And before fuel cell vehicles hit the road, there will have to be a network of hydrogen stations that _______(allow) drivers to fill up with the flammable gas, under 36-hundred pounds of pressure.
- And before fuel cell vehicles hit the road, there will have to be a network of hydrogen stations that (allow) drivers to fill up with the flammable gas, under 36-hundred pounds of pressure.
**flammable/ติดไฟ-ไวไฟ pressure/ความดัน
What does "the flammable gas" refer to? It refers to ________. 
Manufacturers are confident they can build fuel cell powered vehicles. They _______ (hope) to answer many questions. How reliable can they make the cars? Can they make them cheap enough for people to buy them?
**Manufacturers/ผู้ผลิต confident/มั่นใจ reliable/เชื่อถือได้-มั่นใจได้- Manufacturers are confident they can build fuel cell powered vehicles. They (hope) to answer many questions. How reliable can they make the cars? Can they make them cheap enough for people to buy them?
**Manufacturers/ผู้ผลิต confident/มั่นใจ reliable/เชื่อถือได้-มั่นใจได้
What are the two most important considerations of making fuel cell cars?
The cars must be reliable and ________. 
Cars would need larger fuel cell systems, approximately the size of two gallons of milk. The fuel would also _____ (need) to be in liquid form for use in cars.
At present researchers _________ (work) toward making this dream a reality.
In the fuel cell, a chemical reaction ________ (take) place between hydrogen and oxygen, in which electrical energy and heat are released and chemically pure water is produced.
DaimlerChrysler now has more than 100 fuel-cell vehicles in its test fleet, while Ford ________ (have) about 60 by the end of next year.