Read the following passage about conservation efforts and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the following questions from 31 to 40.
Making a difference
Human actions are taking a heavy toll on the environment, and if we don’t do some-thing about it, we risk losing more of the natural world. Change isn’t easy, but it is not out of reach.
In Madagascar, a fisherman named Samson is rolling up his sleeves to help his community take better care of its local waters. He and other fishermen realized that they were overfishing. [I] With the help of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Samson learned the importance of not catching too many young fish because if there are too few of them in the ocean, there won’t be enough adult fish to reproduce. [II] Samson now works to help fishermen change their techniques so that fishing can be sustainable. [III] He believes that protecting the ocean is everybody’s job. [IV] “Take your responsibilities with courage and never think that you are alone. We are all in this together.”
Across the ocean in Florida, USA, the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) couldn’t turn a blind eye to the piles of single-use plastic items, like coffee stirrers, bottles, and drinking straws, littering the beaches and wreaking havoc on the ocean wildlife. Straws, in particular, spell trouble for turtles: they can get stuck in turtles’ noses and hurt them terribly. So, the STC kicked off the project “Where are the straws?” asking local restaurants to stop giving customers straws with their drinks. Now, many restaurants will only give straws if customers ask for them, and the straws they do give out are paper, not plastic.
Those are just a couple of the many conservation efforts found all over the world today. These projects all show us that change is within our grasp and it can start with small actions in our own community. We are part of the problem. It’s high time we stepped up to be part of the solution.
(Adapted from Explore New Worlds)