Question 3: (True or False) Comprehension:
Use the information in the passage to answer the questions below.
From Questions (1) to (24), shade in the answer sheet the letter T if the statement
is True or F if the statement is False, for every question.
From Questions below shade in the letter T if the statement is True or F if the
statement is False, for every question.
1) One of the methods of reducing the trash is recycling. T F
2) Consumers should buy goods that use less packaging. T F
3) Aluminum cans can be washed and reused. T F
4) We should use less plastic, which is hard to recycle. T F
5) The synonym for recycling is reusing. T F
6) The antonym for useless is useful. T F
Garbage Crisis
The only real solution to the garbage crisis is for Americans to reduce the
amount of trash they throw away. There are two methods of doing this.
One is recycling—reusing garbage. Bottles can be washed and reused.
Aluminum cans can be melted down and remade. Currently in the U.S., only
11 percent of solid waste is used again as something else. . . .
We must also reduce the amount of garbage we produce in the first
place. We should use less plastic, which is hard to recycle and does not in
landfills. Much garbage is useless packaging. Consumers should buy foods
and goods that use less packaging. We also should buy reusable products
rather than things that are used once and thrown away. . . .
A woman in California was asked about garbage. She replied, “Why do
we need to change anything? I put my garbage out on the sidewalk and
they take it away.” Attitudes like hers must be changed. We have to face the
inevitable question posed by Ed Repa, manager of the solid waste program
at the National Solid Waste Management Association: “How do you throw
something away when there is no ‘away’?”