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A Planet Poisoned by Plastic by Simon Reeve
1.From Hawaiian beaches to the coast of Britain, we're paying a lethal price for our throwaway
society says TV adventurer Simon Reeve. The beautiful tropical islands of Hawaii have been
used as a setting for countless TV series and films ranging from Lost to Jurassic Park. Isolated
in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, distance alone should protect Hawaii's spectacular
landscapes and turquoise sea from environmental problems facing the rest of the planet.
2. However, the beaches are covered in plastic rubbish washed up from around the world.
Pristine sand is covered with old plastic toothbrushes, combs, shoes, and belts. Clearing the
beaches becomes almost impossible because as soon as it is cleared, the waves dump another
mountain of rubbish.
3.The larger pieces of waste can be collected by hand but the surface of the beach is covered
with millions of small plastic pellets known as 'nurdles.' These are the raw material that
factories use to form the infinite number of plastic products that fill our lives. These are dumped
out of factories into the sea in their trillions. Because tiny fragments of plastic in our oceans are
so small and look like food, they are being gobbled up by small fish, which in turn are eaten by
larger fish-which in turn are eaten by us.
4. Plastic doesn't biodegrade. Instead it breaks down into even smaller pieces. Among the grains
of sand were billions of tiny plastic flecks, which the pounding of the sea was reducing in size.
From the beaches of Hawait to the seas around Britain, we are soiling our own nest.
s since 1994, plastic litter has increased by an extraordinary 121 percent. The plastic we see on
out beaches is just a fraction of the plastic waste that is clogging our oceans. Incredibly all the
plastic ever created-totaling hundreds of millions of tonnes- is still out there in the environment
in some form
So plastic is ruining our beaches, choking the oceans and poisoning our food chain. We need
to spurn and reject the main culprits plastic bags, packaging and single-use water bottles, a
wasteful obscenity. These make up the bulk of plastic usage. At stake i
our seas and the food chain. It is nothing short of an environmental emergency.twelve that follow. (1x10=10)



i. In paragraph 1 the phrase ‘our throwaway society’ refers to a society that

a) makes things that are sustainable and meant to last a long time.

b) makes things that are meant to last for generations

c) makes things that are produced cheaply and can be used over and over again

d) makes things that are convenient to use and meant to be thrown away after single use.

ii. What should have protected Hawaii from the problems the rest of the world is facing?

a) Distance and its scenic beauty

b) Distance and isolation

c) The fact that it’s a popular TV and film setting.

d) Its spectacular landscape and turquoise seas.

iii. Clearing the beaches of plastic becomes an impossible task because

1. it is hard to collect the larger pieces.

2. the waves keep dumping mountains of rubbish.

3. it is impossible to collect nurdles because of their size and number.

4. plastic doesn’t biodegrade.

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) 2 and 3

d) 2 and 4​

Answer 1

Answer:

ans..C..

2..the waves keep dumping mountains of rubbies

3.. it is impossible to collect nurdles because of their size and number