04/04/2015
TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN questions. Try it out and we will post the correct answers in one week time!
1) Read the following text about "green taxes" in Britain.
According to a survey, most Britons believe “green” taxes on 4×4s, plastic bags and other consumer goods have been imposed to raise cash rather than change our behaviour, while two-thirds of Britons think the entire green agenda has been hijacked as a ploy to increase taxes.
The UK is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, a target that most experts believe will be difficult to reach. The results of the poll by Opinium, a leading research company, indicate that maintaining popular support for green policies may be a difficult act to pull off and attempts in the future to curb car use and publicly fund investment in renewable resources will prove deeply unpopular.
The findings were released as the Prince of Wales yesterday called on Britain’s business leaders to take “essential action” to make their firms more sustainable. Speaking in central London to some of the country’s leading chief executives, Prince Charles said: “What more can I do but urge you, this country’s business leaders, to take the essential action now to make your businesses more sustainable. I’m exhausted with repeating that there really is no time to lose.”
Are the following statements true, false, or not given in the text?
1) Most Britons think that the Government wants to change people’s behaviour.
2) By the year 2050 the Government will have imposed higher green taxes.
3) The survey predicts that it will be difficult to change people’s dependence on cars.
4) The Prince of Wales believes that most businesses are not sustainable.
