Hawaii is often considered to be one place where you can find paradise. But when I arrived in Hawaii, I was shocked to discover beaches were covered in plastic rubbish washed up from around the world. As I dug through the sand, I realised the sandy beach was being transformed into a plastic beach. A chill went down my spine.

   From the beaches of Hawaii to the sea around Britain, we are polluting our own environment. Beaches are now covered in more rubbish than ever before. The plastic we see on our beaches is just a small amount of the plastic waste that exists in our oceans. Scientists believe that sea currents have created five huge garbage areas in our oceans, including the one in the North Atlantic. This is a global problem for which we are all responsible.

   Plastic makes our life easier, but its production and use are completely out of control. Because plastic rubbish in the oceans looks like food, it is being eaten by small fish, which in turn is eaten by large fish, which in turn is eaten by us. Plastic is damaging our beaches, polluting the oceans, and poisoning our food chain. The consequences are still not fully understood, but they are likely to be terrible.

  We need to stop using plastic bags for packaging and single-use water bottles. These make up most of the plastic garbage in the oceans, In Bangladesh and Kenya, they have stopped using plastic bags completely.

  The UK has put a tax on plastic bags. Many supermarkets around the world are not packing goods in plastic. The future of our beaches, our seas, and the food chain is at risk. This is an environmental problem that we need to solve immediately.

                                                                             (Adapted from Headway by Soars, Soars and Hancock)

Question 36: Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Planet poisoned by plastic.                                    B. A green lifestyle

C. Benefits of Plastic Products                                   D. Common Plastic Products

Question 37: The word transformed in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to…..

A. placed                                 B. broken                    C. changed                              D. checked

Question 38: The word they in paragraph 3 refers to…...

A. fish                                     B. oceans                     C. consequences                     D. beaches

Question 39: According to paragraph 4, both Bangladesh and Kenya……

A. have used more and more plastic bags                  B. do not use plastic bags any more.

C. have produced a lot of plastic bags                        D. encourage the use of plastic bags

Question 40: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Hawaii is protected from plastic rubbish.

B. Production and use of plastic are now out of control.

C. One huge garbage area in the ocean is in the North Atlantic.

D. The UK has introduced a tax on plastic bag.

Question 41: The phrase at risk in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to?

A. refused                               B. threatened               C. developed                           D. accepted

Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. People in the past were more concerned about the effects of plastic waste.

B. There is far more plastic waste on the beaches than in the oceans.

C. The environment in Hawaii was not as good as the writer had expected.

D. Plastic helps maintain the natural food chain in the oceans.