Reading L3 IELTS ADV

Research has shown that the increase in the amount of 1._________ in the Pacific Ocean is disturbing.

The plastic rubbish covers an area approximately 2. __________ that of the USA.

Some of the garbage comes from ships and oil rigs but the vast 3. __________ is not from the sea.

The 'North Pacific gyre,' which sailors tend to keep away from, was already 4._________ in the late nineties...

... with predictions of the size of the plastic soup 5.__________ twofold in the following ten years.

An expedition is being arranged to find the sea junk which Professor Karl thinks is a new living 6.___________.

While in the past rubbish in the sea broke up, today's plastic is 7.__________ that some pieces half a century old have been found.

Thousands of sea 8.__________ are killed every year and ...

... the plastic is now a threat to human food 9.___________.

The plastic soup is the biggest collection of waste on the planet.

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