Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
If you’re an ecologist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a mock or a growl. It has grow into a figure of our lavish, throw – away society. However, there seems like little uncertainly it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought massive (15) ________, even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the criminal – it’s the approach humanity chooses to use and (16)____________them.
Practically all the 60 or so different kinds of up-to-date plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (17)_____________. We (18)______________ well over two million tones of the material in US each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (19)_________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this (20)_________ about eight percent by weight of our domestic waste.
Điền câu 17
A. processes
B. resource
C. products
D. fuels
Đáp án B
- process (n): quá trình, quy trình
- resource (n): tài nguyên
- product (n): sản phẩm
- fuel (n): nhiên liệu
“non – renewable natural resources (NP)”: các nguồn tài nguyên thiên nhiên không tái tạo được