WorksheetsUnit 4: Understanding the Reading p.67
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
What is the main idea of the reading?
Charles Moore discovered an island of plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean in 1997.
There is an island of plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean, and nobody knows where it came from.
Plastic garbage formed an island in the Pacific Ocean, and it is now causing environmental problems.
Read Paragraph B. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
A scientist discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The garbage island is a collection of objects spinning in the water.
It takes a year for garbage from the western United States to reach the island.
Read Paragraph C. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
A scientist discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The garbage island is a collection of objects spinning in the water.
A racing-boat captain named Charles Moore found the island in 1997.
Read Paragraph D. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
It takes a year for garbage from the western United States to reach the island.
It takes a six years for garbage from the western United States to reach the island.
A scientist discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Read Paragraph E. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
Most of the garbage in the island is large pieces of plastic.
No one really knows how big the island is.
It takes a year for garbage from the western United States to reach the island.
Read Paragraph G. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
The garbage island is a collection of objects spinning in the water.
Most of the garbage in the island is large pieces of plastic.
Sea animals sometimes eat the garbage and die.
Read Paragraph F. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
Most of the garbage in the island is large pieces of plastic.
However, mostly the garbage is made of tiny pieces of plastic called microplastics.
Thegarbageislandisacollectionofobjectsspinninginthewater.
Read Paragraph I. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
Most of the garbage in the island is large pieces of plastic.
Rothschild is making plastic bottles to send around the world.
David de Rothschild, is sailing around the world in a boat made of plastic bottles.
Read Paragraph I. Choose the best statement below that identifies the key detail.
Harada’s robot collects plastic for recycling.
The garbage island is a collection of objects spinning in the water.
Most of the garbage in the island is large pieces of plastic.
Choose the best supporting detail for this main idea:
Plastic is bad for the environment.
According to the EPA, in 2009, recycling helped to reduce 178 million metric tons of carbon emissions.
Plastic does not breakdown quickly.
Recycling employs over 1.1 million people in the United States, according to the U.S. Recycling Economic Information Project.
Recycling employs over 1.1 million people in the United States, according to the U.S. Recycling Economic Information Project.
Choose the best main idea for the supporting detail above.
Recycling improves the quality of the air.
Plastic is bad for the environment.
Recycling creates jobs.
According to the EPA, in 2009, recycling helped to reduce 178 million metric tons of carbon emissions.
Choose the best main idea for the supporting detail above.
Recycling creates jobs.
Recycling improves the quality of the air.
Plastic is bad for the environment.
Paragraph B: How do garbage islands keep growing? Choose the best supporting detail.
The currents draw in new plastic objects and keep
the existing ones from escaping.
The garbage island is not really an island, but a collection of millions of bits of plastic and other objects.
Paragraph G: Why is the garbage island dangerous for animals? Choose the best supporting detail.
The larger pieces of garbage are a problem for wildlife
Sea turtles think the plastic bags are jellyfish and
eat them. Seabirds eat the plastic rings from six
packs.
Paragraph I: Why did David de Rothschild build a boat made of plastic? Choose the best supporting detail.
He made the boat from plastic bottles to teach
people about the problem of ocean garbage.
Cleaning up a giant island of plastic garbage in the ocean isn’t easy.
