9 form, Reading. Nature and environment. II term.

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Grace Rees has recently taken part in Clean Up Australia Day. She spent the day picking up rubbish from a beach near her home. Grace has been involved in this event for about five years now. ‘I’ve always done it with my school but this year my friends and I decided to register as our own group. We think it’s good not only to pick up the rubbish but to bring to people’s attention the fact that there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you do it with friends and family, then it means you can have fun and do something useful at the same time. It’s an important thing to do. We have such a beautiful environment here and rubbish spoils it.’

The Clean Up Day event began in 1989. It was started by Australian Ian Kiernan, who had just sailed round the world and was shocked at the number of plastic bags and other forms of pollution in the world’s oceans. So he decided to take action for something he felt strongly about.

The first Clean Up Day took place in Sydney and the following year it became Clean Up Australia Day with people all around the continent picking up rubbish. Every year more and more people take part. Today it is one of the most successful community events in Australia. In 2000 it became Clean Up The World and over 40 million volunteers from more than 120 countries took part. Every year a report of the day is produced containing a lot of figures, including the top ten rubbish items. Last year they included drink containers, sweet wrappers and small pieces of paper.

1. What is the writer doing in this text?

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Grace Rees has recently taken part in Clean Up Australia Day. She spent the day picking up rubbish from a beach near her home. Grace has been involved in this event for about five years now. ‘I’ve always done it with my school but this year my friends and I decided to register as our own group. We think it’s good not only to pick up the rubbish but to bring to people’s attention the fact that there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you do it with friends and family, then it means you can have fun and do something useful at the same time. It’s an important thing to do. We have such a beautiful environment here and rubbish spoils it.’

The Clean Up Day event began in 1989. It was started by Australian Ian Kiernan, who had just sailed round the world and was shocked at the number of plastic bags and other forms of pollution in the world’s oceans. So he decided to take action for something he felt strongly about.

The first Clean Up Day took place in Sydney and the following year it became Clean Up Australia Day with people all around the continent picking up rubbish. Every year more and more people take part. Today it is one of the most successful community events in Australia. In 2000 it became Clean Up The World and over 40 million volunteers from more than 120 countries took part. Every year a report of the day is produced containing a lot of figures, including the top ten rubbish items. Last year they included drink containers, sweet wrappers and small pieces of paper.

2. What is Grace’s attitude towards Clean Up Australia Day?

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Grace Rees has recently taken part in Clean Up Australia Day. She spent the day picking up rubbish from a beach near her home. Grace has been involved in this event for about five years now. ‘I’ve always done it with my school but this year my friends and I decided to register as our own group. We think it’s good not only to pick up the rubbish but to bring to people’s attention the fact that there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you do it with friends and family, then it means you can have fun and do something useful at the same time. It’s an important thing to do. We have such a beautiful environment here and rubbish spoils it.’

The Clean Up Day event began in 1989. It was started by Australian Ian Kiernan, who had just sailed round the world and was shocked at the number of plastic bags and other forms of pollution in the world’s oceans. So he decided to take action for something he felt strongly about.

The first Clean Up Day took place in Sydney and the following year it became Clean Up Australia Day with people all around the continent picking up rubbish. Every year more and more people take part. Today it is one of the most successful community events in Australia. In 2000 it became Clean Up The World and over 40 million volunteers from more than 120 countries took part. Every year a report of the day is produced containing a lot of figures, including the top ten rubbish items. Last year they included drink containers, sweet wrappers and small pieces of paper.

3. Ian Kiernan began the event because

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Grace Rees has recently taken part in Clean Up Australia Day. She spent the day picking up rubbish from a beach near her home. Grace has been involved in this event for about five years now. ‘I’ve always done it with my school but this year my friends and I decided to register as our own group. We think it’s good not only to pick up the rubbish but to bring to people’s attention the fact that there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you do it with friends and family, then it means you can have fun and do something useful at the same time. It’s an important thing to do. We have such a beautiful environment here and rubbish spoils it.’

The Clean Up Day event began in 1989. It was started by Australian Ian Kiernan, who had just sailed round the world and was shocked at the number of plastic bags and other forms of pollution in the world’s oceans. So he decided to take action for something he felt strongly about.

The first Clean Up Day took place in Sydney and the following year it became Clean Up Australia Day with people all around the continent picking up rubbish. Every year more and more people take part. Today it is one of the most successful community events in Australia. In 2000 it became Clean Up The World and over 40 million volunteers from more than 120 countries took part. Every year a report of the day is produced containing a lot of figures, including the top ten rubbish items. Last year they included drink containers, sweet wrappers and small pieces of paper.

4. The people who take part in this event

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Grace Rees has recently taken part in Clean Up Australia Day. She spent the day picking up rubbish from a beach near her home. Grace has been involved in this event for about five years now. ‘I’ve always done it with my school but this year my friends and I decided to register as our own group. We think it’s good not only to pick up the rubbish but to bring to people’s attention the fact that there is a lot of rubbish out there. If you do it with friends and family, then it means you can have fun and do something useful at the same time. It’s an important thing to do. We have such a beautiful environment here and rubbish spoils it.’

The Clean Up Day event began in 1989. It was started by Australian Ian Kiernan, who had just sailed round the world and was shocked at the number of plastic bags and other forms of pollution in the world’s oceans. So he decided to take action for something he felt strongly about.

The first Clean Up Day took place in Sydney and the following year it became Clean Up Australia Day with people all around the continent picking up rubbish. Every year more and more people take part. Today it is one of the most successful community events in Australia. In 2000 it became Clean Up The World and over 40 million volunteers from more than 120 countries took part. Every year a report of the day is produced containing a lot of figures, including the top ten rubbish items. Last year they included drink containers, sweet wrappers and small pieces of paper.

5. Which comment about Clean Up Australia Day best describes the event?

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Grace Rees picked up rubbish on a beach.

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This was the first year Grace took part in the event.

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Clean Up Australia Day was started by a man named Ian Kiernan.

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The event began in the city of Melbourne.

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Clean Up The World is an international version of the Australian event.

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Every year, a report lists the top ten types of rubbish found.

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Last year, glass bottles were one of the top three rubbish items.