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.
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.
Trả lời bởi giáo viên
A. savings (n) tiền tiết kiệm
B. pleasures (n) sự thích thú
C. benefits (n) lợi ích
D. profits (n) lợi nhuận (trong kinh doanh)
Cụm từ bring benefits (v) đem lại lợi ích; và ta cũng có “environmental benefits – lợi ích về môi trường” (chữ “ones” trong “environmental ones” chính là thay cho danh từ trong chỗ chấm cần điền)
But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) benefits, even environmental ones.
Tạm dịch: Nhưng dường như ít ai nghi ngờ rằng nó vẫn tồn tại ở đây, và sự thật là tất nhiên, nhựa đã mang lại lợi ích to lớn, thậm chí cả những lợi ích về môi trường.
Hướng dẫn giải:
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