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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.
A report from the United Nations given at the conference unveils how worrying the pollution caused by plastic utensils, especially plastic bags, is becoming. In a single minute, the world consumes one million plastic bottles; in a year, the world consumes five billion single-use plastic bags, according to Vietnamplus. The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges 300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
The conference also drew attention to another fact: "For a plastic bag that can be used for five minutes, it takes five seconds to produce, one second to discard, but 500 to 1,000 years to become totally decomposed," says Vietnamplus.
In another message given by the UN General Secretary and delivered at the conference, it is reported that since more than eight million tons of plastic bags end up in the oceans each year, "microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy." "If present trends continue, by 2050 our oceans will have more plastic than fish," Dan Tri reports, quoting Caitlin Wiesen, country director of the UN Development Programme in Vietnam.
These above-mentioned fearful facts, however, are not merely global issues, but domestic problems as well, according to local media. Many local news outlets, when relating data from the conference, point out that white pollution – a term used to indicate the overwhelming discharge of plastic bags into the environment – is even getting worse in Vietnam than elsewhere.
(Source: https://english.thesaigontimes.vn)
The word "tenterhooks" in the first paragraph mostly means _______________.
A. The feeling of happiness to know the good results.
B. The possibility of harm or death to someone.
C. Worry or nervousness about something that is going to happen.
D. A statement about what you think will happen in the future.
A report from the United Nations given at the conference unveils how worrying the pollution caused by plastic utensils, especially plastic bags, is becoming. In a single minute, the world consumes one million plastic bottles; in a year, the world consumes five billion single-use plastic bags, according to Vietnamplus. The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges 300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
The conference also drew attention to another fact: "For a plastic bag that can be used for five minutes, it takes five seconds to produce, one second to discard, but 500 to 1,000 years to become totally decomposed," says Vietnamplus.
In another message given by the UN General Secretary and delivered at the conference, it is reported that since more than eight million tons of plastic bags end up in the oceans each year, "microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy." "If present trends continue, by 2050 our oceans will have more plastic than fish," Dan Tri reports, quoting Caitlin Wiesen, country director of the UN Development Programme in Vietnam.
These above-mentioned fearful facts, however, are not merely global issues, but domestic problems as well, according to local media. Many local news outlets, when relating data from the conference, point out that white pollution – a term used to indicate the overwhelming discharge of plastic bags into the environment – is even getting worse in Vietnam than elsewhere.
(Source: https://english.thesaigontimes.vn)
The word "tenterhooks" in the first paragraph mostly means _______________.
A. The feeling of happiness to know the good results.
B. The possibility of harm or death to someone.
C. Worry or nervousness about something that is going to happen.
D. A statement about what you think will happen in the future.
Từ "tenterhooks" trong đoạn 1 có nghĩa là ________.
A. Cảm giác hạnh phúc khi biết kết quả tốt.
B. Sự có thể làm hại hay gây chết người.
C. Sự lo lắng hay căng thẳng về một điều sắp xảy ra.
D. Lời phát biểu về những gì bạn nghĩ sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai.
Định nghĩa của từ:
Tenterhooks (lo sốt vó, ruột gan như lửa đốt) = Worry or nervousness about something that is going to happen.
The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges 300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
(Theo một trang tin tức, sự thật đáng sợ rằng các chai và túi nhựa này không được xử lý đúng cách, bởi vì mỗi năm, thế giới thải ra 300 triệu tấn rác thải nhựa, chiếm khoảng 10% tổng số chất thải rắn, đặt môi trường và sức khỏe con người trong tình trạng lo sốt vó).
A. Cảm giác hạnh phúc khi biết kết quả tốt.
B. Sự có thể làm hại hay gây chết người.
C. Sự lo lắng hay căng thẳng về một điều sắp xảy ra.
D. Lời phát biểu về những gì bạn nghĩ sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai.
Định nghĩa của từ:
Tenterhooks (lo sốt vó, ruột gan như lửa đốt) = Worry or nervousness about something that is going to happen.
The scary fact is that such plastic bottles and bags are not properly treated, as each year, the world discharges 300 million tons of plastic waste, accounting for some 10% of all solid waste, putting the environment and human health under tenterhooks, according to the news site.
(Theo một trang tin tức, sự thật đáng sợ rằng các chai và túi nhựa này không được xử lý đúng cách, bởi vì mỗi năm, thế giới thải ra 300 triệu tấn rác thải nhựa, chiếm khoảng 10% tổng số chất thải rắn, đặt môi trường và sức khỏe con người trong tình trạng lo sốt vó).
Đáp án C.