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 19
A. amount
B. proportion
C. portion
D. rate
Đáp án C
- amount (n): lượng
- proportion (n): tỷ lệ, tỷ trọng
- portion (n): phần
- rate (n): tỷ lệ
“A high portion of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging”: Một phần lớn trọng lượng tiêu thụ hàng năm của chúng ta có dạng bao bì đóng gói