Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

          If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol 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 (31) __________ even environmental ones. It's not really the plastic themselves that are the environmental evil - it's the way society chooses to use and abuse them.

          Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal-non-renewable natural (32) __________ We import well over three millions tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (33) __________of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this constitutes about 7% by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (34) __________ is growing fast.

          The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich - they have a higher calorific value than coal and one (35) __________ of "recovery" strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.

Điền ô số 34

A. industry

B. manufacture

C. plant

D. factory

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án A

Giải thích: Industry (n) = ngành công nghiệp

Dịch nghĩa: Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast = Hầu như tất cả của nó có thể được tái chế, nhưng rất ít trong số đó được thực hiện, mặc dù ngành công nghiệp tái chế nhựa đang phát triển nhanh.

          B. manufacture (v) = sản xuất

          C. plant (n) = cây cối      

          D. factory (n) = nhà máy