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The Plastiki looks similar to many other boats in Sydney harbour. It's eighteen metres long, six metres wide and it weighs about twelve thousand kilogrammes. It carries a crew of six people and has an average speed of five knots. However, once you get near to the Plastiki you realise there's a big difference. It's made of twelve thousand five hundred re-used plastic bottles.
David de Rothschild is an environmentalist who has crossed Antarctica and explored the Ecuadorian Amazon. One day he was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't believe what he was reading. For example, humans throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use, and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. In addition, scientists think that around one million seabirds die every year from plastic pollution. De Rothschild decided he wanted to help fight pollution in the sea. To help more people understand the problem, he started building a boat made of plastic bottles.
As well as building the boat with recycled plastic, it was important for him to make the boat environmentally friendly and user-friendly. The boat uses renewable energy such as wind power and solar energy. The crew can make meals with vegetables from the small garden at the back of the boat. They can take a break from work and get some exercise by using the special exercise bicycle. The energy from the bike provides power for the boat's computers. And if anyone needs to take a shower, the boat's shower uses saltwater from the sea.
A. travelled between Antarctica and the Ecuadorian Amazon
B. read some information about plastic at seas and oceans
C. participated in an environmental campaign
D. built his first plastic boat
The Plastiki looks similar to many other boats in Sydney harbour. It's eighteen metres long, six metres wide and it weighs about twelve thousand kilogrammes. It carries a crew of six people and has an average speed of five knots. However, once you get near to the Plastiki you realise there's a big difference. It's made of twelve thousand five hundred re-used plastic bottles.
David de Rothschild is an environmentalist who has crossed Antarctica and explored the Ecuadorian Amazon. One day he was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't believe what he was reading. For example, humans throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use, and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. In addition, scientists think that around one million seabirds die every year from plastic pollution. De Rothschild decided he wanted to help fight pollution in the sea. To help more people understand the problem, he started building a boat made of plastic bottles.
As well as building the boat with recycled plastic, it was important for him to make the boat environmentally friendly and user-friendly. The boat uses renewable energy such as wind power and solar energy. The crew can make meals with vegetables from the small garden at the back of the boat. They can take a break from work and get some exercise by using the special exercise bicycle. The energy from the bike provides power for the boat's computers. And if anyone needs to take a shower, the boat's shower uses saltwater from the sea.
(Adapted from Life by John Hughes, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
According to paragraph 2, De Rothschild was shocked when he ______.A. travelled between Antarctica and the Ecuadorian Amazon
B. read some information about plastic at seas and oceans
C. participated in an environmental campaign
D. built his first plastic boat
Giải thích:
Theo đoạn 2, De Rothschild đã bất ngờ khi ông _______
A. đi giữa Nam Cực và Amazon của Ecuador
B. đọc một số thông tin về nhựa ở biển và đại dương
C. tham gia vào một chiến dịch môi trường
D. đóng chiếc thuyền nhựa đầu tiên của mình
Thông tin:
One day he was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't believe what he was reading. For example, humuong throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use, and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. (Một ngày nọ, ông đang đọc một số thông tin về tất cả nhựa trong biển và đại dương. Ông không thể tin vào những gì mình đang đọc. Ví dụ, con người vứt bỏ bốn trong số năm chai nhựa mà họ sử dụng và rác thải nhựa gây ra khoảng 80% ô nhiễm biển.)
Theo đoạn 2, De Rothschild đã bất ngờ khi ông _______
A. đi giữa Nam Cực và Amazon của Ecuador
B. đọc một số thông tin về nhựa ở biển và đại dương
C. tham gia vào một chiến dịch môi trường
D. đóng chiếc thuyền nhựa đầu tiên của mình
Thông tin:
One day he was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't believe what he was reading. For example, humuong throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use, and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. (Một ngày nọ, ông đang đọc một số thông tin về tất cả nhựa trong biển và đại dương. Ông không thể tin vào những gì mình đang đọc. Ví dụ, con người vứt bỏ bốn trong số năm chai nhựa mà họ sử dụng và rác thải nhựa gây ra khoảng 80% ô nhiễm biển.)
Đáp án B.