I. Reading. Read the article and choose the correct item (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–5).

Read the article and choose the correct item (A–D) to complete the sentences (1–5).

How green are you? Being green used to mean that you were young and inexperienced. Now people who call themselves ‘green’ seem to think that they know better than the rest of us. But just how wise are these new ‘greens’? How well do their ideas work in practice?

Take the example of what happened this week to Donna Challice, mother of three, from Exeter. She was actually taken to court by her local council for not recycling her rubbish. She was charged with putting food in the green recycling bin which is intended for cans, paper, plastic and glass. She faced a fine of up to 1,000 pounds and the court case cost much more than that. What a waste of the court’s time and money. The reality­ is that recycling household rubbish is a waste of all our time. It takes hours and makes very little difference to the planet. Only 5 % of our waste is made up of household rubbish, while a massive 60 % is agricultural and industrial. Why doesn’t the council do something about that first!

And it isn’t only local government that is anxious to be green. We are surrounded by green thinkers. Have those people who refuse to accept nuclear energy thought about what renewable energy means? They say that 20 % of our energy has to come from renewable sources such as wind and solar power. Can you imagine what our countryside­ will look like? There will be forests of giant wind turbines and nothing in the fields except rape seed oil to make bio­-fuel. There is no real alternative to using more nuclear energy, so why don’t we focus on building new safer nuclear plants? You have to be green, in the old sense of the word, to think that these ideas are a step for-ward. What a load of rubbish!

Taken from “Going Green” by David Woodward, Premium Learning

2. Which word can replace “intended” in the text?

3. What per cent of our waste is not household rubbish?