Reading L3 IELTS ADV

Research has shown that the increase in the amount of 1. (a)   in the Pacific Ocean is disturbing.

The plastic rubbish covers an area approximately 2. (a)   that of the USA.

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

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

... with predictions of the size of the plastic soup 5. (a)   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. (a)   .

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

Thousands of sea 8. (a)   are killed every year and ...

... the plastic is now a threat to human food 9. (a)   .

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

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