I'll solve this reading comprehension task step by step.
Let me read through the passage carefully and answer each question:
Question 1: In 2013, ...
- A) Welsh shops stopped giving away free plastic bags
- B) plastic bags were made illegal in Wales
- C) Welsh shops stopped selling plastic bags
- D) Welsh shoppers stopped using plastic bags
From the text: "In 2013 a new law was introduced... The results were amazing - within a year, the demand for supermarket bags fell by about ninety-eight percent." This means shops stopped GIVING AWAY free plastic bags (they started charging), not that they became illegal or that shops stopped selling them entirely.
Answer: A
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Question 2: Every year in the UK eighteen billion plastic bags...
- A) are used
- B) are eaten by birds
- C) bought by shoppers
- D) go to landfill sites
From the text: "Every year in the UK about eighteen billion plastic bags are given out by supermarkets" - which means they ARE USED.
Answer: A
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Question 3: Most plastic bags in the UK...
- A) are imported from the rest of Europe
- B) come from outside Britain
- C) are made locally
- D) go to landfill sites
From the text: "Most of them end up in landfill sites"
Answer: D
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Question 4: The tax is popular in Wales because the money...
- A) goes to India and China
- B) goes to good causes
- C) changes people's habits
- D) helps the government
From the text: "The reason why the tax is so popular is that the money goes to charity" - charity = good causes
Answer: B
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Question 5: In this article, the author shows...
- A) support for supermarkets
- B) no opinion
- C) approval of the tax
- D) sympathy to shoppers
The author describes positive results: "The results were amazing," mentions the tax is "so popular," and notes it has been "introduced successfully." This shows approval.
Answer: C
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Final Answer:
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of 10th grade language arts worksheet.
