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.
Trả lời bởi giáo viên
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.
Hướng dẫn giải:
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