Read the following passage and choose the best option for each of blanks.
If you're an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a (1) _______ of our wasteful, throw-away society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) ______, even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the evil ─ it's the way society chooses to use and (3) _______them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal ─ non-renewable natural (4) _______. We (5) _______well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (6) _______of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this (7) _______about seven percent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled, but every little of it is though the plastic recycling (8) _______is growing fast.
It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the evil ─ it's the way society chooses to use and (3) _______them.
abuseendangerstoredisposeHướng dẫn giải:A. abuse (v) lạm dụng
B. endanger (v) gây nguy hiểm
C. store (v) lưu trữ
D. dispose (v) thải
It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the evil ─ it's the way society chooses to use and (3) abuse them.
Tạm dịch: Bản thân chất dẻo không thực sự là thứ xấu xa ─ đó là cách xã hội chọn sử dụng và lạm dụng chúng.
Đáp án cần chọn là: A
