The document is a reading comprehension assessment about the Alaska oil pipeline. It has paragraphs about where Alaska's oil comes from, the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay, and the challenges of building the pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the southern port of Valdez. The reading concludes with paragraphs on maintenance of the pipeline and accidents that have occurred.

1. First Name: _______________ Last Name: _______________ Student #: _______________
Group: _______________ Week: _______________
Unit 5
The Alaska Pipeline
PARAGRAPH 1 : Oil is very important in our daily lives...
Where do we get oil from?
According to the reading, what are two examples of things we use oil to make?
What are two ways that oil is transported to refineries?
PARAGRAPH 2 : The state of Alaska has several oil deposits...
Where is Alaska located?
Does Alaska have a lot of oil underground?
PARAGRAPH 3: In 1968, surveyors found a huge oil deposit at Prudhoe Bay...
Why is it difficult for tanker ships to come to Prudhoe Bay?
Because the ships can’t go to Prudhoe Bay, a pipeline was built. Where does the pipeline stop?
What happens after the oil gets to the end of the pipeline?

2. PARAGRAPH 4 : Several oil companies worked on the TAPS project...
What were the three big challenges in building the Alaskan pipeline?
When was the building of the Alaskan pipeline completed?
PARAGRAPH 5 : Every day, TAPS engineers fly along the pipeline...
Why do engineers fly along the pipeline every day?
The engineers use a kind of robot. What are the robots called?
What two jobs do “pigs” do?
PARAGRAPH 6: There are often accidents on the pipeline. The worst...
In what year was there a big explosion on the pipeline?
How much oil leaked out after the explosion?
In what year did a drunk man use a gun to shoot a hole in the pipeline?
How much oil leaked out after the pipe was shot?

3. 1. oil__________
2. underground deposit__________
3. construct__________
a)地下鉱床 k)建てる
4. oil rigs__________
5. tanker ships__________ b)運ぶ l)港
6. transport__________
c)南の m)事故
7. refineries__________
8. northwestern__________ d)凍った n)爆発
9. ports__________ e)酔った o)石油
10. southern__________
11. surveyors__________ f)タンカー船 p)穴
12. northern__________ g)北西部の q)製油所
13. frozen__________
h)測量者 r)漏れ
14. damage__________
15. leaks__________ i)北の s)修理した
16. accidents__________ j)石油掘削装置 t)ダメージ
17. explosion__________
18. drunken__________
19. hole__________
20. repaired__________
We need oil to make gasoline, plastics, and other products.
1) We need_______________ to make __________________________________________.
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2) We can use _______________ to make ________________________________________.
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3) Plants use sunlight to make ________________________________________.
名詞

4. 15,000 = fifteen thousand
12,000 = _____________
2,015,000 = two million fifteen thousand
3,012,000 = _______________________
An explosion damaged the pipeline, and more than
2,500,000 liters of oil leaked out.
2,500,000 = __________________________________
Then, no October 4, 2001, a drunken man shot a hole in the
pipe. About 950,000 liters of oil leaked out.
950,000 = __________________________________