Part B
Read the following text about food sharing.
Fill in the gaps with the suitable word(s) from the box.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
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a lot of • always • are ending • at • became • become • didn't • don't • end • ever • has become • in • is ending • little • much • |
People have (0) never liked the idea of throwing food away.
Over recent years, wasting food (1) _______________________________ a “hot topic” again. Every day many tons of food (2) _______________________________ up in rubbish containers. Fortunately, a group of people started to organise the collection of food which otherwise would be thrown away. Private people who (3) ___________________ feel comfortable about wasting good food offer their “leftovers” – still unopened.
All this food is taken (4) _______________________________ a central collection point, where some volunteers sort it out. They then give it to people who have (5) _____________ money.
Today a growing number of people in need use this system on a regular basis.
Read the following text about repair cafés.
In each gap write one word starting with the letter at the beginning of the gap.
Use the correct form of the word. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Do you know what to do (0) when your coffee machine stops working?
Do you throw it away and buy a new (1) o___________________________?
You don’t have to!
About twenty years ago some young students (2) h___________________________ the idea of offering to repair other people’s broken (3) e____________________________ . A local café was a good (4) p___________________________ to meet. When other people saw what (5) w___________________________ going on, they joined in.
Now a large number of so-called “repair cafés” exist worldwide. They offer help to (6) a_____________________________________ who asks for it. Sometimes their broken gadgets just (7) n___________________________ a bit of cleaning, oiling or servicing. By repairing things instead of throwing (8) t____________________________ away, we could save 350,000 kilos of rubbish year. This is equal to the (9) w__________________________ of about 58 fully grown African elephants. It is just a small contribution to protect our (10) e____________________________ but a step toward changing the world a little bit at a time.
Read the following text about vegetarian shoes.
Fill each gap with one word only.
Change the words given in the brackets to make them fit the sentences.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
What we usually know about vegetarians is that they avoid meat or other products from (0 animal) animals. But a vegetarian lifestyle means a lot (1 much) ________________________________ than that. For example, have you ever (2 hear) _______________________________ of vegetarian shoes?
Instead of leather, wool, silk etc., synthetic materials have to be used for the (3 produce) _________________________________ of vegetarian shoes. Synthetic materials are better because a lot of the processes for producing “animal leather” are bad for the environment and (4 danger) ________________________________ for the workers’ health. Synthetics last longer and you can wash most of them in the washing machine. You cannot do that with your leather shoes, you need to wax and polish them (5 regular) ____________________________________.
Unfortunately, these animal-friendly shoes are still quite expensive.
People have (0) never liked the idea of throwing food away.
Over recent years, wasting food (1) has become a “hot topic” again. Every day many tons of food (2) end up in rubbish containers. Fortunately, a group of people started to organise the collection of food
which otherwise would be thrown away. Private people who (3) don’t feel comfortable about wasting good food offer their “leftovers” – still unopened.
All this food is taken (4) to a central collection point, where some volunteers sort it out. They then give it to people who have (5) little money.
Today a growing number of people in need use this system on a regular basis.
Do you know what to do (0) when your coffee machine stops working?
Do you throw it away and buy a new (1) one?
You don’t have to!
About twenty years ago some young students (2) had the idea of offering to repair other people’s broken (3) equipment. A local café was a good (4) place/point to meet. When other people
saw what (5) was going on, they joined in.
Now a large number of so-called “repair cafés” exist worldwide. They offer help to (6) anybody/anyone who asks for it. Sometimes their broken gadgets just (7) need a bit of cleaning, oiling or servicing. By
repairing things instead of throwing (8) them/things away, we could save 350,000 kilos of rubbish year. This is equal to the (9) weight of about 58 fully grown African elephants. It is just a small contribution to
protect our (10) environment but a step toward changing the world a little bit at a time.
What we usually know about vegetarians is that they avoid meat or other products from (0 animal) animals. But a vegetarian lifestyle means a lot (1 much) more than that. For example, have you ever (2 hear) heard of vegetarian shoes?
Instead of leather, wool, silk etc., synthetic materials have to be used for the (3 produce) production of vegetarian shoes. Synthetic materials are better because a lot of the processes for producing “animal leather” are bad for the environment and (4 danger) dangerous for the workers’ health. Synthetics last longer and you can wash most of them in the washing machine. You cannot do that with your leather shoes, you need to wax and polish them (5 regular) regularly.
Unfortunately, these animal-friendly shoes are still quite expensive.