With so many factories that make disposable toothbrushes, pens, cans, bottles and wrappings, garbage is a very big problem in our world today. You may think that garbage is everywhere. Well, you’re right. It is everywhere! A good (and scary) example of this is the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was first discovered by scientists in the 1980s. It is an area of floating garbage in the Pacific
Ocean that is about the same size as Texas. There are many kinds of garbage in the Garbage Patch, but plastic bottles and bags, and other things made of plastic cause the biggest problem. ‘What’s the problem?’ you may ask. First, plastic bottles and bags may take hundreds or maybe even thousands of years to break down. Second, plastic is made from chemicals. As the plastics break down over time, chemicals enter the water - and enter the fish that live in the water. These chemicals can make the fish sick, and they can also make the people who eat the fish sick. So … what can we do? There are many things we can do! We can clean up our oceans, we can stop making so many things from plastic, and we can recycle8 more. The important thing is to do something!
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is near Texas.
- Garbage made from plastic is a serious problem.
- Scientists discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch hundreds of years ago.
- Chemicals can make both fish and people sick.
Read the passage again and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D)
- What is the passage talk about?
A. gabage B. factories C. plastics D. chemicals
- The phrasal verb “break down” in the passgage means _______________.
A. to fall apart into small pieces B. to stay on or near the surface of water
C. to be thrown away after using a short time D. to change something so that can be used again
