Ejercicio Text 1 - 1. Reading Comprehension · Inglés PAU Castilla-La Mancha Ordinaria (Humanidades, CC.SS. y Artes) 2021

TEXT 1

HOW TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY IN EVERYDAY LIFE

We've been hearing so much about climate change recently, and the facts don't look good. The evidence shows that, thanks to human activity, global temperatures are rising at a level which isn't sustainable for the environment to be able to survive.

It might be the middle of a pandemic, but almost two thirds of people around the world see climate change as a global emergency, according to the largest opinion survey ever done on the issue. The UN research - which included over half a million 14- to 18-year-olds- suggested people were in favour of policy decisions around renewable power and sustainable jobs. But on an everyday level, what can we actually do? How can we make a difference when it seems like everything has a bad impact on the climate?

The first tip is that we should try to reduce waste related to packaging. "There are zero-waste shops where you buy unpackaged food. But you can also go to the supermarket, and make better choices by buying unpackaged fruit and vegetables, or opting for cans and cardboard that are widely recycled instead of plastic. So there are better choices that you can make in regular shops.", says Shia Su, an environmentalist blogger.

Her second tip - shared by most of the bloggers we spoke to - is about turning your good intentions into good habits. “Do whatever you can, and after a while it will become a habit,” Shia says. Eating locally is one of these habits: "If you eat bananas that have been shipped from Colombia, that's not as sustainable as if you eat apples grown in Kent. If you support your local farmers' market, you're also supporting a type of agriculture which tends to be kind to the Earth and if you support your local agriculture market, you're avoiding the use of a massive amount of energy to bring the bananas to UK and the harms that this use produces in environment."

And the third tip that all our bloggers share is probably the one which involves the biggest change. It's about living a minimal lifestyle - cutting out needless buys. "Living a sustainable lifestyle is about consuming less in general," Shia says. "I only buy a new piece of clothing if another one needs replacing."

Adapted from https://www.bbc.com

TEXT 1. QUESTIONS

1. READING COMPREHENSION. (2 POINTS) (0.5 points for each correct answer). Add TRUE or FALSE and copy the evidence from the text to support your answer. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. No marks are given for T or F.

1.

According to a recent poll, most people consider climate change a worldwide problem.

TRUE

FALSE

2.

If you buy in a supermarket, there isn’t anything you can do to help the environment.

TRUE

FALSE

3.

By consuming local products, you are avoiding the damage on environment.

TRUE

FALSE

4.

Shia buys new clothes when the old ones become old-fashioned.

TRUE

FALSE