Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – School/Community Green Projects

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Reading 1

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Leo’s Recycling Robot

Fourteen-year-old Leo lives in the quiet town of Greenford. Recently, the town had a big problem. People were putting their plastic in the wrong bins. The town council wanted to start a new recycling campaign, but they needed a fun mascot to make it interesting. So, they asked local school students to draw some ideas for the town.

Leo really enjoys art, so he decided to try. At first, it was difficult to think of anything good. His friends drew strong superheroes and cute animals, but Leo wanted to do something completely different. One evening, he looked at his family’s rubbish bin in the kitchen and finally got a brilliant idea.

He drew a funny robot and called it ‘Bottle Pete’. The robot’s body was made of empty water bottles, and it had a huge smile on its face. Leo painted his mascot bright green because he thinks it is the perfect colour for nature and the environment.

A few weeks later, the council chose the winner. Leo couldn’t believe it when he heard his name! Now, you can see ‘Bottle Pete’ on large posters all over Greenford. Leo feels extremely proud when he walks to school. He loves watching young children point at his robot and then put their rubbish in the correct bins.

1   Why did the town council ask students for help?

     (A) They wanted someone to put plastic in the wrong bins.

     (B) They needed a good picture to support a local project.

     (C) They wanted school students to collect plastic in the town.

2   How did Leo get the idea for his design?

     (A) He studied the strong superheroes his friends drew.

     (B) He looked at cute animals to get a brilliant idea.

     (C) He got his inspiration from an object in his house.

3   What do we learn about ‘Bottle Pete’?

     (A) He is a robot that drinks from empty water bottles.

     (B) His face has a very cheerful expression.

     (C) He paints nature and the environment bright green.

4   How does Leo feel now?

     (A) extremely proud of the long walk to school

     (B) happy that little kids are putting waste in the right places

     (C) pleased to watch young children on the large posters

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to build a real robot from empty bottles

     (B) The town council’s new superhero campaign

     (C) A boy’s fun design makes the town greener

Reading 2

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Maya’s Eco Workshops

Seventeen-year-old Maya has always loved nature. Last year, she watched a documentary about the environment. She realised that many younger students at her school didn’t know how to protect the planet. Because of this, she decided to start special after-school workshops to teach them about living sustainably.

Before the first class, Maya felt quite nervous. She thought the children might get bored. However, she planned lots of fun activities. In the first workshop, she didn’t just talk. She brought in different kinds of clean rubbish, like plastic bottles and old newspapers. The students played a game to put them in the correct bins. They thought it was brilliant!

Of course, the classes weren’t always easy. Sometimes the children were very noisy, and Maya had to ask them to be quiet. But they learned very quickly. A few weeks later, an eleven-year-old boy named Toby told Maya that his family started growing their own vegetables because of her lessons. This made Maya feel incredibly happy.

Maya is finishing school soon. She is going to go to university in another city next year to study biology. She won’t be able to run the workshops anymore, but the classes won’t stop. Her younger sister, who is fifteen, has agreed to become the new teacher. Maya is sure she will do a fantastic job.

1   Why did Maya begin her workshops?

     (A) She wanted to help younger pupils understand how to look after the Earth.

     (B) She watched a documentary about younger students.

     (C) She had to stay after school.

2   What happened in Maya’s first class?

     (A) The children got very bored.

     (B) She asked the students to talk.

     (C) The group did a fun activity with rubbish.

3   How did Maya feel when she spoke to Toby?

     (A) angry because the children were noisy

     (B) pleased that he was using her ideas at home

     (C) surprised that he learned very quickly

4   What will happen to the workshops next year?

     (A) Maya will run them at her new university.

     (B) A member of Maya’s family will lead them.

     (C) The classes will stop because Maya is leaving.

5   What is the writer’s main purpose in this text?

     (A) to explain how to grow vegetables at home

     (B) to describe a teenager’s successful environmental project

     (C) to show students how to play recycling games

Reading 3

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Sarah’s Green City

Fifteen-year-old Sarah has always loved nature. Last year, she watched a TV programme about the environment and decided she wanted to help the planet. She started looking for eco-friendly shops in her city. However, she quickly realised that it was very difficult to find them. There was no information online about where to buy green products.

Sarah decided to solve this problem by making a website. She wanted to list all the businesses in the city that cared about the environment. She didn’t know much about computers, so her older brother, Tom, showed her how to build a simple web page. It took her three weeks to finish the design.

Next, Sarah had to find the shops. During the summer holidays, she rode her bike around the city. She spoke to cafe owners who used paper cups and clothes shops that sold organic cotton. She wrote down their details and took lots of beautiful photographs of their products to put on her new website.

When the website was ready, Sarah shared it with her friends at school. Soon, hundreds of people were using it every week. Shop owners even started sending her emails to say thank you. Sarah is really happy that she can help her city become greener, and she hopes to add other cities to her website next year.

1   Why did Sarah decide to look for green shops?

     (A) She wanted to do something good for the Earth.

     (B) She wanted to make a TV programme about the environment.

     (C) She needed to find information online about green products.

2   What do we learn about Sarah’s website in the second paragraph?

     (A) Her older brother listed all the businesses.

     (B) Tom took three weeks to finish the design.

     (C) A family member taught her how to make it.

3   How did Sarah get the information for her project?

     (A) She bought paper cups and organic cotton during the holidays.

     (B) She travelled around her town to meet shop workers.

     (C) She looked for beautiful photographs of their products.

4   What happened after the website was ready?

     (A) The shop owners were very pleased with her work.

     (B) Sarah shared it with hundreds of people every week.

     (C) Shop owners asked her to add other cities to her website.

5   What is the best title for the article?

     (A) How to build a simple web page

     (B) Shopping for organic clothes

     (C) A teenager’s guide to a greener city

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