IELTS JOURNAL 96 financially, while contributing to the local economy and minimising or negating the
damage it might do to its environment or community."
(from The Independent, 9th October 2011)
Which paragraph contains the following information? 1. A difficult task for concerned consumers.
2. Confusion about what it means to be green.
3. Lack of interest despite some worrying predictions.
Exercise 34: True, False, Not Given Read the following article about the effects of television on young children. Watching television makes toddlers fatter and stupider at primary school,
according to new research. Scientists who tracked the progress of pre-school
children found that the more television they watched the worse they were at
mathematics, the more junk food they ate, and the more they were bullied by
other pupils.
The findings, which support earlier evidence indicating television harms
cognitive development, prompted calls for the Government to set limits on how
much children should watch. American paediatricians advise that under-twos
should not watch any television and that older children should view one to two
hours a day at most. France has banned shows aimed at under-threes, and
Australia recommends that three to five year-olds watch no more than an hour a
day. Britain has no official advice.
Researchers said that pre-school is a critical time for brain development and that
TV watching displaced time that could be spent engaging in "developmentally
enriching tasks". Even incremental exposure to TV delayed development, said
the lead author Dr Linda Pagani, of Montreal University. (The Independent) According to the article, are these statements TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN? 1. Scientists believe that there is a link between the amount of television young
children watch and their mental ability.
2. Shows aimed at under-twos are banned in the USA.
3. Children’s television programming is more strictly controlled in France than in
Britain.
