Questions 27 and 28
Choose the best answer
A, B, C or D.
27) Landfills are not approved of because
A they use agricultural land.
B they have always been expensive to run.
C they need to have a licence.
D they produce dangerous emissions.
28) A
tax was imposed in order
A to encourage recycling.
B to dissuade people from using landfills.
C to punish the building industry.
D to gather money for the government.
Questions 29-36
Complete the summary below. Choose the best answer
(A-D) to complete the gap.
Write your answers to questions
29-36 on your answer sheet.
Solutions to the problem of how to dispose of excess rubbish must be found. With the
dramatic increase in both
29 .............
and industrial rubbish, the
30 ............. must devise
new policies to deal with the matter. The well-established
31 .............
are now considered 32
............. so it is preferable to send the refuse to
33 ............. centres in order to
34 .............
the waste products which could then be used to manufacture
35 ............. goods. Also the
general public must be better informed of the worrying environmental
36 ............. the
planet faces if this matter is not addressed urgently.
29
a) private
b) unwanted
c) domestic
d) refuse
30
a) individual
b) government
c) companies
d) industry
31
a) producers
b) landfills
c) quarries
d) impacts
32
a) outmoded
b) out
of touch
c) outfilled
d) outfashioned
33
a) container
b) reproducing
c) rubbish
d) reprocessing
34
a) break out
b) break up
c) break down
d) break away
35
a) domestic
b) responsible
c) recycled
d) new
36
a) consequences
b) reforms
c) policies
d) issues
