Lesson 1-Reading Comprehension

1.      What is this article mainly about?

•      The benefits of Recycling

•    How Agriculture of cashews, avocados and coffee harms the environment.

•      How Climate Change and Pollution affect Agriculture.

   In the first paragraph of the article’s section: Modelling the Future, which word is closest in meaning to lucrative?

• Positive

• Cheap

• Profitable

    In the article’s first paragraph, third line, what does they refer to?

•     The Warming Temperatures

• People who need to be fed

• Tropical Foods

    Based on information from the article, what can be concluded about the future of communities and their wellbeing?

•     People need to switch to animal-based foods, as crops will become extinct.

•   Food growers need to adjust their practices, such as planting varieties that are heat-resistant.

•      People need to recycle in order to stop global warming.

   

   What is the author’s stance on climate change?

 

  

   

 

• They are optimistic about the future, as crops will grow because of increased heat.

• They are worried and call for a change.

• They are indifferent.

    What is the disadvantage of food growers breeding heat-resistant plant varieties?

   

  

     

• People do not like these plant varieties as much.

• These plant varieties may be hard to grow on different places and soils.

• Even heat-resistant plant varieties may not be able to bear the extremely heat weather.

    Land for growing coffee will increase by 2050.

• True

• False

    In the article’s fourth paragraph, what point does the author make?

  

 

     

• By 2050, some crops will be affected significantly while others may flourish in other places.

• By 2050, coffee and cashew crops will be extinct.

• By 2050, the number of cashew and avocado crops will remain the same because of the hot climate.