Every day you can see the wind blowing and watch all of that wasted energy just floating away. A lot of energy is thought to be (1) ... and all you need to use it are a few wind turbines! Currently less than 1% of the Earth's energy needs are (2) ... by wind, with Denmark being the most wind-friendly producing 23% of its own energy needs from wind. The energy produced is totally clean and also one of the (3) ... around and it is able to produce (4) ... 18 times more energy than is consumed in its construction, (5) ... nuclear which is estimated at around five. People are often worried about the look of wind farms but what they often forget is that the land can still (6) ... for farming, with only 1% of the space being taken up by the wind turbines. One of the biggest (7) ... about wind turbines, is their effect on bats and birds. In Norway, nine out of ten sea eagles were killed by turbines. Bats too are a serious problem. Even the manufacturers of wind turbines are (8). concerned by the numbers of bats being. killed, prompting ongoing research. Read the text and choose the best options to fill in the gap (5).

Решение:

Нужно выбрать слово, которое логически связывает предложение о производстве энергии ветряными турбинами с производством ядерной энергии. Фраза «18 times more energy than is consumed in its construction» относится к ветряным турбинам. Далее идет сравнение с ядерной энергией. Вариант «compared to» (по сравнению с) подходит для такого сравнения.

1. Определяем контекст: предложение описывает энергию, производимую ветряными турбинами, и сравнивает ее с чем-то еще.
2. Ищем связующее слово для сравнения.
3. Анализируем варианты: «contrasted to» (в отличие от), «matched to» (соответствует), «compared to» (по сравнению с), «added to» (добавлено к).
4. «Compared to» лучше всего подходит для логического сопоставления производства энергии ветряными турбинами с производством энергии ядерными установками.

Ответ: compared to