Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources. We (15)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)____ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic(17) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(18) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (19)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.
Điền ô số 18
A. effect
B. degree
C. value
D. demand
Đáp án C
Kiến thức: Từ vựng, đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
effect (n): ảnh hưởng
degree (n): bằng cấp
value (n): giá trị
demand (n): nhu cầu
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (18)_____ than coal and one method of 'recovery' strongly (19)____ by the plastic manufacturers is the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.
Tạm dịch: Bản thân nhựa là nguồn năng lượng cực kì phong phú- chúng có giá trị năng lượng cao hơn cả than và một phương pháp 'khôi phục' rất được ưa thích bởi các nhà sản xuất nhựa là biến đổi chất thải nhựa thành nhiên liệu