Task reminder: Read all options before the audio starts. Select the paragraph that best summarises the recording. The correct answer matches the main idea and tone, not just one detail.

1. Sample Text 1 — Renewable Energy Storage

A. A. Renewable energy is fundamentally unreliable and cannot replace fossil fuels without significant investment in storage technology.
B. B. Because solar and wind power is intermittent, energy storage is a critical challenge, with batteries and hydrogen among the technologies being developed.
C. C. Battery prices have fallen so dramatically that the storage problem for renewable energy has already been solved.
D. D. The intermittency of renewable energy means that nuclear power is the only viable low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.

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2. Sample Text 2 — Antibiotic Resistance

A. A. Antibiotics should be banned from use in agriculture as this is entirely responsible for the rise of resistant bacteria.
B. B. Antibiotic resistance arises from overuse in both medicine and farming, posing a serious global health threat that requires coordinated stewardship across sectors.
C. C. The development of new antibiotics is progressing well and will soon overcome the problem of resistance.
D. D. Resistant bacteria only emerge when patients fail to complete their prescribed antibiotic courses.

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