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\(\boxed{11}\) Прочитай текст и заполни пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 лишняя. Занеси цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.
Strategy
- Read the text through once.
- Look at the parts of sentences 1–7.
- Read the paragraph that contains the first gap and look for clues:
- Are there any reference words to help you?
- Is there a linking word before or after the gap?
- Look for a clause that changes or continues the "flow".
- When you've decided on the appropriate clause, check that it fits grammatically and follows the sense of the text.
- Recommended time is 10 minutes.
- Remember, there is an extra clause there, just to confuse you!
- Pay attention to the words before and after the gap and punctuation.
- It is important to be able to follow the "flow" of a text and to understand how parts of a text are connected.
Recycling Problems
Nowadays, pollution is getting worse and worse. People keep purchasing disposable goods and use extra packaging because they A_____. They buy large amounts of plastic bags at checkouts because they do not want to bother taking a reusable shopper from home.
Conscious consumers must know all the general types of plastic because not all of them are recyclable. The non-recyclable materials of types 3 and 7 are polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and mixed plastics of B_____. PVC is a popular material for producing diverse rubber-like children's toys (especially for bathing) or modern plastic windows. The material is unsafe and non-recyclable. So, after the usage, one has to throw it away into the usual rubbish bin. Plastic goods with marking No. 7 are made of mixed plastics, which are hard to identify.
Another problem is C_____ various composite materials. One of them is TetraPak packaging which consists of four different materials, like paper, plastic and aluminium. This type of packaging is non-degradable, and it is a typical issue how to utilise it. However, few plants take TetraPak for recycling.
Glossy magazines, bright postcards and colourful cardboards for children are impossible to recycle because of a similar problem, their composition. The type of paper the above-mentioned items consist of is D_____. It means the paper used for producing the goods is also mixed with plastic.
There is a tendency of saving energy, so people keep changing their ordinary electric bulbs to LED lamps that consume less electricity. But these energy-efficient lamps are hard to recycle. Other types are usually mercury-containing. Thus, they may E_____ to the environment, and it is strictly prohibited to throw them away. However, there are not many firms ready to take them for utilisation. And people, who live in the country, will not have an opportunity to bring their lamps there.
These issues are not the whole list of the recycling problems in the modern-day world. Anyway, learning this information may help people to understand how much we all consume. It is up to every person on Earth to decide how we can improve the state of the environment. Refusing F_____ is one of the solutions.
disposable goods
unknown composition
composite paper
reusable goods
be harmful
find it convenient
recycling
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