Reading Quiz - Dirty Britain

The writer says that it is a good time to see Britain before the trees have leaves because

• Britain looks perfect.

• you can see Britain at its dirtiest.

• you can see how dirty Britain is now.

• the grass has thickened on the verges.

According to the writer, things used to be

• worse abroad.

• the same abroad.

• better abroad.

• worse, but now things are better abroad.

For the writer, the problem is that

• rubbish is not cleared up.

• rubbish last longer than it used to.

• our society is increasingly mobile.

• Britain is a tatty country.

Michael Meacher

• followed the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags.

• tried to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags.

• made no attempt to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags.

• had problems with the plastics industry who weren't bothered about the tax.

The writer thinks

• it is too late to do anything.

• we are at the tipping point.

• there is no alternative.

• we need to work together to solve the problem.

The writer thinks that

• people are squalid.

• people behave according to what they see around them.

• people are clean and tidy.

• people are like a vast municipal rubbish tip.