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24 tháng 5 2020

Change the following sentences to Active voice

1. The mail is sorted by the post office workers every day

=> The post office workers sort the mail every day.

2. The report will be written by the secretary

=> The secretary will write the report.

3. The package was delivered to her house yesterday morning

=> He delivered the package to her house yesterday morning.

4. All of us were surprised by his frank attitude

=> His frank attitude suprised all of us.

5. The engineer hasn't been respected very much by the employees

=> The employees haven't respected the engineer very much.

6. The building is being built now by that company

=> That company is building the building now.

7. Can this bridge be repaired next month?

=> Can they repair this bridge next month ?

8. Are many courses in Fermsn given during the summer?

=> Do they give many courses in Fermsn during the summer ?

11 tháng 12 2019

đúng hết rồi thì bạn định hỏi gì vậy

1. She has been worn down by ............ (poor) and illness. 2. This is a .......... (medicine) matter best left to doctors to decide. 3. About 60% of the country's .......... (electrify) is produced from coal. 4. The book is full of lovely pictures but it's .......... (use) as a guide. 5. Tom passed his final examination because he was very ........... (hard) 6. Their investment in this field of production was too .......... (risk). 7. An ........... (agree) with the employers was...
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1. She has been worn down by ............ (poor) and illness.

2. This is a .......... (medicine) matter best left to doctors to decide.

3. About 60% of the country's .......... (electrify) is produced from coal.

4. The book is full of lovely pictures but it's .......... (use) as a guide.

5. Tom passed his final examination because he was very ........... (hard)

6. Their investment in this field of production was too .......... (risk).

7. An ........... (agree) with the employers was finally worked out.

8. Mary wants to .......... (wide) her knowledge of the subject.

9. The river burst its banks and .......... (flood) the valley.

10. Sales figures continue to show signs of .. . (improve).

11. Many modern ........... (farm) methods have been introduced.

12. London is always full of foreign ............. (tour) in the summer.

13. She takes great ........... (plense) in her work.

14 Discussion should be part of the ............. (decide) - making progress.

15. The main street in front of my house is closed for .......... (surface).

16. Clean air provides us with a ............. (health) supply of oxygen.

17. The machine in your office must be checked ............ (week).

18. We can find ............. (plenty) supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables here.

19. There are few household goods at a ............ (suburb) shop.

20. He is completely .............(interest) in anything to do with business.

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24 tháng 1 2020

1. She has been worn down by ...POVERTY......... (poor) and illness.

2. This is a ......MEDICAL.... (medicine) matter best left to doctors to decide.

3. About 60% of the country's ....ELECTRICITY...... (electrify) is produced from coal.

4. The book is full of lovely pictures but it's .......USEFUL... (use) as a guide.

5. Tom passed his final examination because he was very .......HARD-WORKING.... (hard)

6. Their investment in this field of production was too .....RISKY..... (risk).

7. An ......AGREEMENT.... (agree) with the employers was finally worked out.

8. Mary wants to ....WIDEN...... (wide) her knowledge of the subject.

9. The river burst its banks and ....FLOODED...... (flood) the valley.

10. Sales figures continue to show signs of .IMPROVEMENT. . (improve).

11. Many modern ....FARMING....... (farm) methods have been introduced.

12. London is always full of foreign ..........TOURISTS... (tour) in the summer.

13. She takes great .......PLEASURE.... (plense) in her work.

14 Discussion should be part of the ......DECISION....... (decide) - making progress.

15. The main street in front of my house is closed for ......magnetic-surface.... (surface).

16. Clean air provides us with a ........HEALTHY..... (health) supply of oxygen.

17. The machine in your office must be checked ......WEEKLY...... (week).

18. We can find .....PLENTIFUL........ (plenty) supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables here.

19. There are few household goods at a ...SUBURBAN......... (suburb) shop.

20. He is completely ...INTERESTED..........(interest) in anything to do with business.

B. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Man is a land animal, but he​​ closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the needs of man. The sea provided man with food and convenient way to travel to many parts of the world. Today, nearly two thirds of the world's population live within 80 kilometers of the sea coast. In the modern technological world, the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. Resources on land are beginning to be used up....
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B. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer.
Man is a land animal, but he​​ closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the needs of man.
The sea provided man with food and convenient way to travel to many parts of the world. Today, nearly two
thirds of the world's population live within 80 kilometers of the sea coast.
In the modern technological world, the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. Resources on land
are beginning to be used up. The sea, however, still can be hoped to supply many of man's needs.
The list of riches of the sea yet to be​​ developed by man's technology is impressive. Oil and gas exploration
have been carried out for nearly 30 years. Valuable amounts of mineral exist on the ocean floor ready to be
mined.
Fish farming- promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture of fish and shellfish
is an ancient skill practiced in the past mainly by the​​ Oriental people.
Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new source of energy. Experts believe that the warm temperature of the
ocean can be used in a way similar​​ to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves offer possible use
as a source of energy. Technology is enabling man to explore ever more deeply under the sea. The
development of strong, new materials has made this possible.
The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. Experts believe that by the year 2020 the problems
that prevent us from exploiting fully the food, minerals and energy sources of the sea will be largely solved.
​​ 56. The best title for this passage is ……………
a. Sea Harvest b. Sea Food
c. Man and the Sea d. Technolo gy for Exploiting the Sea
57 The major things that the sea offers man are ………………..
a. fish and oil.
b. minerals and oil
c. warm temperature and ocean currents.
d. the food energy sources, and minerals.
58.​​ The sea serves the needs of man because ……………….
a. it provide man with food. b. it supplies man with minerals.
c. it offers oil to man d. all are correct
59. The words​​ 'Oriental people​​ in paragraph 4 probably mean…………………..​​
a. the people in Asia b.​​ African people
c. European people d. American people
60. We can conclude from this passage that ……………..​​
a. the sea resources have largely been used up.
b. the sea has not yet been fully exploited.
c. the problem that prevent us from using the food, minerals and energy sources of the sea have already been
solved.
d. by the year 2020 the technology will be good enough to exploit all the sea resources.

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PASSIVE VOICE I. Choose the best option to complete each sentence. 1. "Are we about to have dinner?". "Yes, it _____ in the dinning room". A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served 2. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom". "Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins". A. will have been moved B. will have moved C. were moved D. moved 3. Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century. A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was...
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PASSIVE VOICE

I. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

1. "Are we about to have dinner?". "Yes, it _____ in the dinning room".

A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served

2. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom".

"Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins".

A. will have been moved B. will have moved C. were moved D. moved

3. Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century.

A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was discover D. they discovered

4. _____ that military spending is extremely high.

A. We are felt B. It feels C. It is felt D. We feel that it is

5. All planes_____ before departure.

A. will checked B. will has checked C. will be checked D. will been checked

6. I wanted_____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.

A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being to see

7. The whole building _____ after the earthquake.

A. the fire is said to completely destroyed. B. is said to have been completely destroyed.

C. was said to have completely destroyed. C. said to have completely destroyed.

8. This house _____ before 1970 by my grandfather.

A. built B. was built C. had built D. had been built

9. The robbers _____by the police.

A. Have arrested B. Have been arrested C. Was arrested D. Had arrested

10. Robert always hates _____by other children.

A. teasing B. being teased C. to be teased D. to tease

11. The student _____ for lying by the teacher this morning.

A. Has been punished B. Punished C. Is punished D. Was punished

12. The inmates of the juvenile home_____well by their caretakers.

A. Were not being treated B. Were not treating C. Have not being treated D. Was not being treated

13. Her homework _____ before her mother asked her to do so.

A. hasdone B. has been done C. had been done D. had done

14. The injured _____ to the hospital in an ambulance.

A. Were taking B. Was taking C. Have taken D. Were taken

15. We can’t go along here because the road _____.

A. is repairing B. is repaired C. is being repaired D. repaires

16. Our rooms _____ by Sam now.

A. was repaired B. are being repaired C. were being repaired D. Have been repaired

17. Why don’t you have the roof _____ your brother?

A repaired B. repair C. repairs D. to repair

18. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____.

A. be have called B. been called C. be called D. have been called

19. My baby _____ a bath when you called.

A. was taking B. was being taken C. had taken D. Had been taken

20. Many US automobiles _____ in Detroit, Michigan.

A. manufacture B. have manufactured C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing

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14 tháng 3 2020

PASSIVE VOICE

I. Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

1. "Are we about to have dinner?". "Yes, it _____ in the dinning room".

A. is serving B. serves C. is being served D. served

2. "The maintenance people didn't remove the chairs from the ballroom".

"Don't worry. They _____ them before the dance begins".

A. will have been moved B. will have moved C. were moved D. moved

3. Gold_____ in California in the nineteenth century.

A. was discovered B. has been discovered C. was discover D. they discovered

4. _____ that military spending is extremely high.

A. We are felt B. It feels C. It is felt D. We feel that it is

5. All planes_____ before departure.

A. will checked B. will has checked C. will be checked D. will been checked

6. I wanted_____ by the head of the company, but it was impossible.

A. to see B. to be seen C. seeing D. being to see

7. The whole building _____ after the earthquake.

A. the fire is said to completely destroyed. B. is said to have been completely destroyed.

C. was said to have completely destroyed. C. said to have completely destroyed.

8. This house _____ before 1970 by my grandfather.

A. built B. was built C. had built D. had been built

9. The robbers _____by the police.

A. Have arrested B. Have been arrested C. Was arrested D. Had arrested

10. Robert always hates _____by other children.

A. teasing B. being teased C. to be teased D. to tease

11. The student _____ for lying by the teacher this morning.

A. Has been punished B. Punished C. Is punished D. Was punished

12. The inmates of the juvenile home_____well by their caretakers.

A. Were not being treated B. Were not treating C. Have not being treated D. Was not being treated

13. Her homework _____ before her mother asked her to do so.

A. hasdone B. has been done C. had been done D. had done

14. The injured _____ to the hospital in an ambulance.

A. Were taking B. Was taking C. Have taken D. Were taken

15. We can’t go along here because the road _____.

A. is repairing B. is repaired C. is being repaired D. repaires

16. Our rooms _____ by Sam now.

A. was repaired B. are being repaired C. were being repaired D. Have been repaired

17. Why don’t you have the roof _____by your brother?

A repaired B. repair C. repairs D. to repair

18. The man died because medical help was not summoned. A doctor should _____.

A. be have called B. been called C. be called D. have been called

19. My baby _____ a bath when you called.

A. was taking B. was being taken C. had taken D. Had been taken

20. Many US automobiles _____ in Detroit, Michigan.

A. manufacture B. have manufactured C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing

EX1: 1. In most major cities of the United States, the mayor....... by a simple majority a. is being elected b. is elected c. had been elected d. were being elected 2. The traditions in our family ........ from generation, and I expect this will continue in the future a. are going to be passed down b. were being passed down c. may have been passed d. have been passed down 3. My passport...... last year while I was on vacation a. is stolen b. was stolen c. will be stolen d. was being...
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EX1:

1. In most major cities of the United States, the mayor....... by a simple majority

a. is being elected b. is elected c. had been elected d. were being elected

2. The traditions in our family ........ from generation, and I expect this will continue in the future

a. are going to be passed down b. were being passed down c. may have been passed d. have been passed down

3. My passport...... last year while I was on vacation

a. is stolen b. was stolen c. will be stolen d. was being stolen

4. Most of the email accounts at our company ..... by a virus last week

a. affected b. was affected c. were affected d. have been affected

5. Over 400 babies ..... in our community last year

a. born b. be born c. are born d. were born

6. It........that supplies of oil and natural gas may be exhausted in under 100 years

7. Where.........that only men can become president of this club?

a it is written b. is it written c. is it being written d. be believed

8. I think students..... to major in the sciences at this university for the past several years.

a.was being encouraged b. are being encouraged c. should be encouraged d. have been encouraged

9. ...... a tour of the facilities? It is important for you to see everything

a. were you given b. you could be given c, you had been given d, are you given

10. Many issues ....... at the meeting by the time you arrived

a. are raised b. raised c. had been raised d, have been raised

11. Many important but rare species of plants ........ in the Amazon

a, finds b. are finding c. are found d. is found

12. The people in the last row were ..... first

a.seating b, seat c. seated d. been seated

13. Where..............?

a. those photos were taken b, were those photos taken

c, have been taking those photos d. those photos have been taken

14. Details of the accident will........ some time tomorrow

a. release b, be released c. are released d, being released

15. In the past, it was...... that the sun revolved around the Earth

a. thinking b, think c, has thought d, thought

16. Congratulations to Dr. Casey. She has ..... a" first- class sufgeon" by a national journal

a. be named b, being named c, been naming d. been named

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25 tháng 8 2020

EX1:

1. In most major cities of the United States, the mayor....... by a simple majority

a. is being elected

b. is elected

c. had been elected

d. were being elected

2. The traditions in our family ........ from generation, and I expect this will continue in the future

a. are going to be passed down

b. were being passed down

c. may have been passed

d. have been passed down

3. My passport...... last year while I was on vacation

a. is stolen

b. was stolen

c. will be stolen

d. was being stolen

4. Most of the email accounts at our company ..... by a virus last week

a. affected

b. was affected

c. were affected

d. have been affected

5. Over 400 babies ..... in our community last year

a. born

b. be born

c. are born

d. were born

6. It...is believed.....that supplies of oil and natural gas may be exhausted in under 100 years

7. Where.........that only men can become president of this club?

a it is written

b. is it written

c. is it being written

d. be believed

8. I think students..... to major in the sciences at this university for the past several years.

a.was being encouraged

b. are being encouraged

c. should be encouraged

d. have been encouraged

9. ...... a tour of the facilities? It is important for you to see everything

a. were you given

b. you could be given

c, you had been given

d, are you given

10. Many issues ....... at the meeting by the time you arrived

a. are raised

b. raised

c. had been raised

d, have been raised

11. Many important but rare species of plants ........ in the Amazon

a, finds

b. are finding

c. are found

d. is found

12. The people in the last row were ..... first

a.seating

b, seat

c. seated

d. been seated

13. Where..............?

a. those photos were taken

b, were those photos taken

c, have been taking those photos

d. those photos have been taken

14. Details of the accident will........ some time tomorrow

a. release

b, be released

c. are released

d, being released

15. In the past, it was...... that the sun revolved around the Earth

a. thinking

b, think

c, has thought

d, thought

16. Congratulations to Dr. Casey. She has ..... a" first- class sufgeon" by a national journal

a. be named

b, being named

c, been naming

d. been named

25 tháng 8 2020

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6 tháng 5 2020

Hãy đổi từ thể bị động sang thể chủ động

1. That car will be bought by his father

=> His father wil buy that car.

2. The traffic has been stopped by a policeman

=> A policeman has stopped the traffic.

3. The book was written by Hemingway

=> Hemingway wrote the book.

4. Bicycles must not be left in the hall

=> You mustn't leave bicycles in the hall.

5. He was given two weeks to do the work

=> They gave him two weeks to do the work.

6. All the door should be closed before you go to bed

=> You should close all the doors before you go to bed.

7. The seals are being fed in the zoo

=> They are feeding the seals in the zoo.

8. A special edition is being written for children

=> He is writing a special edition for children.

9. Their homework was being corrected at 8 a.m yesterday

=> She was correcting their homework at 8 a.m yesterday.

10. Is that lesson being explained again?

=> Is she explaining the lesson again?

Help me PAPER RECYCLING A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world...
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PAPER RECYCLING

A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards, this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.

B Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example, stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.

C There are technical limitations to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for re-use. These include paper in the form of books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.

D Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognise various types of paper. This is necessary because some types of paper can only be made from particular kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted paper then has to be repulped or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machineries are used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in colour because the printing ink has soaked into the individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey colour does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey colour is not acceptable, the fibres must be de-inked. This involves adding chemicals such as caustic soda or other alkalis, soaps and detergents, water-hardening agents such as calcium chloride, frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.

E Most paper products must contain some virgin fibre as well as recycled fibres and unlike glass, paper cannot be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is down-cycled which means that a product made from recycled paper is of an inferior quality to the original paper. Recycling paper is beneficial in that it saves some of the energy, labour and capital that go into producing virgin pulp. However, recycling requires the use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the community and to process it to produce new paper. And the recycling process still creates emissions which require treatment before they can be disposed of safely. Nevertheless, paper recycling is an important economical and environmental practice but one which must be carried out in a rational and viable manner for it to be useful to both industry and the community.

i. Process of paper recycling

ii. Less threat of waste paper to the environment

iii. Collection of paper for recycling

iv. Sources of paper for recycling

v. Bad sides of paper recycling

vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper

Your answer:

1. Paragraph A .......................

2. Paragraph B .......................

3. Paragraph C .......................

4. Paragraph D .......................

5. Paragraph E .......................

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20 tháng 10 2018

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PAPER RECYCLING

A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards, this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.

B Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example, stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.

C There are technical limitations to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for re-use. These include paper in the form of books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.

D Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognise various types of paper. This is necessary because some types of paper can only be made from particular kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted paper then has to be repulped or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machineries are used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in colour because the printing ink has soaked into the individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey colour does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey colour is not acceptable, the fibres must be de-inked. This involves adding chemicals such as caustic soda or other alkalis, soaps and detergents, water-hardening agents such as calcium chloride, frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.

E Most paper products must contain some virgin fibre as well as recycled fibres and unlike glass, paper cannot be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is down-cycled which means that a product made from recycled paper is of an inferior quality to the original paper. Recycling paper is beneficial in that it saves some of the energy, labour and capital that go into producing virgin pulp. However, recycling requires the use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the community and to process it to produce new paper. And the recycling process still creates emissions which require treatment before they can be disposed of safely. Nevertheless, paper recycling is an important economical and environmental practice but one which must be carried out in a rational and viable manner for it to be useful to both industry and the community.

i. Process of paper recycling

ii. Less threat of waste paper to the environment

iii. Collection of paper for recycling

iv. Sources of paper for recycling

v. Bad sides of paper recycling

vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper

Your answer:

1. Paragraph A ...........iii. Collection of paper for recycling............

2. Paragraph B ..........vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper.............

3. Paragraph C ...........iv. Sources of paper for recycling............

4. Paragraph D ............i. Process of paper recycling...........

5. Paragraph E ...........v. Bad sides of paper recycling............

Giúp mình đc ko mng PAPER RECYCLING A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and...
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Giúp mình đc ko mng PAPER RECYCLING

A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards, this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.

B Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example, stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.

C There are technical limitations to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for re-use. These include paper in the form of books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.

D Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognise various types of paper. This is necessary because some types of paper can only be made from particular kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted paper then has to be repulped or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machineries are used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in colour because the printing ink has soaked into the individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey colour does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey colour is not acceptable, the fibres must be de-inked. This involves adding chemicals such as caustic soda or other alkalis, soaps and detergents, water-hardening agents such as calcium chloride, frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.

E Most paper products must contain some virgin fibre as well as recycled fibres and unlike glass, paper cannot be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is down-cycled which means that a product made from recycled paper is of an inferior quality to the original paper. Recycling paper is beneficial in that it saves some of the energy, labour and capital that go into producing virgin pulp. However, recycling requires the use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the community and to process it to produce new paper. And the recycling process still creates emissions which require treatment before they can be disposed of safely. Nevertheless, paper recycling is an important economical and environmental practice but one which must be carried out in a rational and viable manner for it to be useful to both industry and the community.

i. Preocess of paper recycling

ii. Less threat of waste paper to the environment

iii. Collection of paper for recycling

iv. Sources of paper for recycling

v. Bad sides of paper recycling

vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper

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