A high-level, exam-style multiple-matching task designed to stretch CEFR-C1 learners with authentic topic complexity, academic tone and real exam thinking. This resource exposes students to one of the most challenging themes currently appearing in Cambridge exams: environmental science, global policy, industrial ethics, and sustainability — all through the exact task format used in C1 Advanced Reading & Use of English Part 8.
 
Students must read four short texts presenting contrasting viewpoints on deep-sea mining and identify which perspective matches each statement, just as they would in the real exam.
 
What’s inside
✔ A complex global issue presented from four distinct perspectives
✔ 10 Cambridge-style multiple-matching questions (Q47–56)
✔ A full answer key with supporting quotations for every answer
✔ Clean, printable PDF — ready for classroom, online use and homework task
 
This task goes beyond surface-level reading. It forces students to:
• track argumentation and stance
• identify implicit meaning and author attitude
• distinguish between similar ideas expressed differently
• process high-level academic and environmental vocabulary
• read for nuance, not just keywords
 
These are the exact skills Cambridge assesses in Part 8, and the exact skills many C1 candidates struggle with when topics become technical, scientific or political.