Reading Comprehension Exam (Social Media, Teens And Ecological Disasters)

Part One: Reading Comprehension (Score: 12/20) In the selection below, the writer sheds light on one of the social media platforms which plays a big role in eradicating some of the environmental dilemmas. Read the selection carefully, and then answer the questions that follow. Green Teen Memes: How TikTok Teenagers Could Save the Planet By Yasemin Craggs 1. Green Teen Memes, a TikTok account, embraced 800 million users in 2020; many of them conscious young eco-influencers campaigning on issues from climate change to biodiversity. Philip Aiken has received more than 1.4 million likes on the video-sharing app TikTok, but his videos don’t feature cute animals and there are no celebrities to be seen; Aiken’s posts are about soil restoration. The 17-year-old teen is one of a growing number of TikTok users discussing the benefits of boosting biodiversity in green spaces and gardens. 2. “The app is like a farmer planting seeds, and hopefully it will germinate” says Aiken, known as Phil the Fixer on TikTok. Millennials and Generation Z are increasingly engaging with ecological issues by creating and sharing memes on social media. The most-viewed biodiversity TikTokers post aims at growing more lawns, praising the