Recycling and Environmental Awareness

What does the passage mainly discuss?

• What is involved in the recycling movement

• What people often understand about the term “recycle”

• How to live sensitive to the environment

• How to reduce garbage disposal

The word “sensitive” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to .

• responding

• logical

• cautious

• friendly

People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT .

• buy high-quality product

• buy fewer hamburgers

• buy simply-wrapped things

• reuse cups

Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?

• Because they have to be repaired many times

• Because they produce less energy.

• Because customers change their ideas all the time.

• Because people will soon throw them away

What is the best description of the process of reuse?

• The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again.

• The bottles are collected, returned filled again and washed.

• The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.

• The bottles are washed, returned, filled again and collected.

The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because .

• each returned bottle is paid

• people are ordered to return bottles

• not many bottles are made of glass or plastic

• returned bottles are few

The word “them” in paragraph two refers to .

• high quality appliances

• plastic wrappings

• low quality appliances

• wasted resources

The energy used to make a can is the energy used to run a color TV set for 3 hours.

• more than

• less than

• as much as

• not worth being compared to

The word “precious” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .

• natural

• substantial

• first

• invaluable

Which statement is true according to the passage?

• It's impossible to recycle aluminum.

• Aluminum is one resource that needs to be saved.

• Aluminum is a lasting resource.

• It's cheap to make aluminum cans.