Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34. Garbage is a big problem all over the world. People buy and use a lot of things nowadays. After a while, they throw them away in the garbage bin. All the garbage is later thrown away or dumped outside the city. These places are called landfill sites. In many cities, landfill sites are now full. We have to manage our waste and garbage...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.
Garbage is a big problem all over the world. People buy and use a lot of things nowadays. After a while, they throw them away in the garbage bin. All the garbage is later thrown away or dumped outside the city. These places are called landfill sites. In many cities, landfill sites are now full.
We have to manage our waste and garbage better. If we throw away so many things, soon we will have no place to dump them. The best thing to do is to reduce the amount of garbage. If we use less, we throw away less. For instance, we can buy food in big boxes and packages. Then we throw away only one box every month or so. Otherwise, we throw away many small boxes or cans every day.
Similarly, we can reuse a lot of packaging. For example, we do not have to buy take-out coffee in Styrofoam cups, which are made of aluminum - a toxic material to the environment. We can bring our own cup from home and fill it with fresh coffee.
We also do not have to take the plastic bags from the supermarket. We can bring our own cloth bag from home instead. When we pack lunch, it is better to use a lunch box than a paper bag. Instead of paper plates, we can use real plates. We can clean up with a dishtowel, not a paper towel. We can use a compost bin for food scraps. In this way, the food gets back into the earth. It does not get mixed up with the regular garbage.
Finally, all paper, glass and metal we do use, we can recycle. In many countries, there are now recycling programs. In Germany, for example, people separate all glass bottles by color. Then they put the bottles into special bins that are on the street. The city collects the glass, cleans it, and reuses it. As well, in most countries, people recycle newspapers and cardboard. It is easy and efficient.
(Source: http://mini-ielts. com/869/reading/the-garbage-problem)
What advice does the author give about reusing waste?
A. We should throw away food in the compost bin.
B. We should clean glasses ourselves and recycle them
C. We should drink take-out coffee.
D. We should collect our own bags from the special bin.
1. Recycle more rubbish (for example, glass, paper and plastic, etc).
(Tái chế nhiều rác hơn (ví dụ: thủy tinh, giấy và nhựa, v.v.).)
2. Pick up rubbish in parks or in the streets.
(Nhặt rác trong công viên hoặc trên đường phố.)
3. Grow your own vegetables.
(Tự trồng rau.)
4. Save energy - turn off lights and TVs when you're not using them.
(Tiết kiệm năng lượng - tắt đèn và TV khi bạn không sử dụng.)
5. Use reusable bags instead of plastic bags.
(Sử dụng túi có thể tái sử dụng thay vì túi nhựa.)
Bài nghe:
In 2004, 120 young people from ten European countries met in Berlin at the first Youth Eco-Parliament. They gave ideas for improving the environment. Here are some of the things they advised us to do:
- Recycle more rubbish (for example, glass, paper and plastic, etc.).
- Pick up rubbish in parks or in the streets.
- Save energy - turn off lights and TVs when you're not using them.
- Use reusable bags instead of plastic bags.