THE BUY NOTHING MOVEMENT

1)

to hit someone with a lot of something, without pausing

• Correctto bombard

designed to be thrown away after use

• Correctdisposable

a place where rubbish is buried under the ground

• Correcta landfill site

to appear

• Correctto spring up

the practice of buying and owning lots of products

• Correctconsumerism

the act of spending more money than you should

• Correctoverspending

using too much of something

• Correctoverconsumption

someone who uses social media to advertise products to their followers

• Correctan influencer

Total score is 8 out of 8 (100%)

2)

1. People buy clothes because they want to throw them away.

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True

CorrectFalse

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2. The writer thinks it is worrying that people spend money on things they do not need.

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CorrectTrue

False

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3. The amount the average Briton owes on credit cards is one third of the amount they spend on clothes each year.

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True

CorrectFalse

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4. Only a very small proportion of unwanted clothes are thrown away.

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True

CorrectFalse

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5. Charities can find ways to use clothes even if they are not very good quality.

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True

CorrectFalse

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6. Buy Nothing Day is a protest against credit cards.

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IncorrectTrue

False

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7. The two friends who did the 'buy nothing' experiment only bought food for 12 months.

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IncorrectTrue

False

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8. If everyone followed the Buy Nothing idea, the environment would benefit.

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CorrectTrue

False

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Total score is 6 out of 8 (75%)

3)

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1. 

Fast 

• Correctfashion

 is made quickly and cheaply.

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2. 

Some clothing is so cheap that people can afford to wear it a couple of times and throw it 

• Correctaway

 .

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3. 

There is a worrying trend for more consumer 

• Correctspending

 on credit cards.

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4. 

Giving clothes to charity 

• Correctshops

 does not completely solve the problem.

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5. 

Make sure you only donate clothes that people will want to buy second- 

• Correcthand

 .

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6. 

A lot of clothes donated to charity cannot be reused and end up in landfill 

• Correctsites

 .

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Total score is 6 out of 6 (100%)