The second part of the Reading Task 2
Read the article and answer questions 1–5. You can download and read the full text here.
DAILY DOSES OF NATURE IN THE CITY
Read the article and answer questions 1–5. You can download and read the full text here.
DAILY DOSES OF NATURE IN THE CITY
4. A recent study may offer some answers. A survey of Brisbane residents revealed that people who experienced nature during childhood or regularly spent time in nature were more likely to report feeling connected to the environment. The study also looked at the relationship between nature experiences in childhood and adulthood. The results suggest that people who lack such childhood experiences can still come to have a strong connection with nature by experiencing it as an adult. While there have been focused efforts on connecting children with nature, equal emphasis should be placed on promoting adult nature experiences and creating a sense of connection, particularly among those lacking such encounters.
5. We are starting to understand the important role that frequent local experiences of nature may play. In addition to boosting people’s sense of nature connection, daily interactions with urban green spaces deliver the benefits of improved physical, mental and social well-being. A growing evidence base is showing that exposure to nature, particularly in cities, can lead to healthier and happier urban dwellers. That said, we still have much to discover about how an individual’s relationship with nature is shaped. We need a better understanding of how people from diverse cultural and social contexts experience and connect to different types of nature.
5. We are starting to understand the important role that frequent local experiences of nature may play. In addition to boosting people’s sense of nature connection, daily interactions with urban green spaces deliver the benefits of improved physical, mental and social well-being. A growing evidence base is showing that exposure to nature, particularly in cities, can lead to healthier and happier urban dwellers. That said, we still have much to discover about how an individual’s relationship with nature is shaped. We need a better understanding of how people from diverse cultural and social contexts experience and connect to different types of nature.
6. Dunn and colleagues have already advocated for the importance of urban nature experiences as a way to strengthen city residents’ support for conservation. They described the “pigeon paradox” whereby experiencing urban nature, which is often of low ecological value – such as interactions with non-native species – may still have wider environmental benefits through people behaving in more environmentally conscious ways. As new evidence emerges, we need to build on this thinking. It would seem that the future of our very connection to nature, our well-being, and conservation depend on city dwellers’ abilities to experience urban nature.
Adapted from theconversation.com
Adapted from theconversation.com
1. Paragraph 4:
2. Paragraph 5:
3. Paragraph 6:
Headings:
A Not enough information yet
B When quality does not matter
C Recognition at the state level
D Connecting with nature throughout life
E The quality of urban nature experiences matters
F From informing about to encountering nature
G Bringing nature into the city
H A clear solution with a limitation
For questions 4–5, decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) based on the text.
4. Even those who were not raised in close proximity to nature can eventually form a close relationship with it. —
5. Daily exposure to nature has been proven to increase productivity at work. —
Atsauce:
https://www.viaa.gov.lv. Centralizētais eksāmens angļu valodā (optimālais mācību satura apguves līmenis), 2025
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