Trinity Reading Preparation

Which title best summarises these sentences:

"Millions of shopping bags end up as litter every year. This has

resulted in land pollution, blocking of waterways and areas of sea being clogged up with

plastic."

• Other forms of plastic bags may not be the solution

• How plastic bags have led to problems

• Benefits of forbidding the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags

• Consumers must be encouraged to change their way of thinking

Which title best summarises these sentences:

"What’s the alternative to the traditional plastic bag? I thought the answer was the bio-degradable

plastic bag, but it seems not to be the case."

• Benefits of forbidding the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags

• An effective measure is accepted by consumers

• The high energy use of producing alternative types of bags

• Other forms of plastic bags may not be the solution

Which quotation best supports this statement:

"One of the reasons behind a ban on plastic bags was to protect wildlife."

• The

  United Arab Emirates also banned all single-use bags in 2013, based on pollution caused — and

  danger to camels, who were eating them.

• A total ban was placed on non-biodegradable plastic

  bags in China, to save oil,

• Other countries have introduced a ‘bag tax’, with supermarkets charging customers a small

  amount for each plastic bag they use.

• and in some African countries like Rwanda, to reduce litter.

Which sentence best describes that someone was surprised.

• What’s the alternative?

• It seems I’m wrong.

• I was really taken aback by this!

• Again, my

  ideas have been challenged.

Which pair of words is the best rephrasing of:

"low weight

and resistance to degrading biologically"

• lightness and durability

• durability and lightness

• brightness and duration

• heaviness and durability

Which word best describes this statement:

"Going back to small-scale farming is incredibly unrealistic."

• a criticism

• a suggestion

• an explanation

• a comparison

Which word best describes this statement:

"In America, for

example, in the 1900s over 40 per cent of the population lived on farms, whereas in 2000 the

figure was 1 per cent."

• a criticism

• a suggestion

• a comparison

• a disagreement

Which word best replaces the phrase 'a shift back towards' in the sentence below:

"the local food movement wants a shift back

towards small-scale farming and locally-supplied food."

• a change to

• a reversal from

• a return to

• a transformation into

Which phrase best replaces the phrase: 'resulting in', found in the following sentence:

"Producers are separated from consumers by ‘food miles’, resulting in long journey times.

• which answers for

• which brings back

• which suggests

• which leads to