Explanation
Passage for Reading & Comprehension: Plastic bags cause land destruction because plastic can turn good fertile land into barren land. This is BECAUSE, according to scientists, plastic takes more than 500 years to break down in a landfill.
Moreover, scientists have also found that plastic bags can be a source of many deadly diseases such as cancer, birth defects, immune damage, and asthma.
According to the Minister of Climate Change, more than 55 billion plastic shopping bags are being used in Pakistan, and their use is GOING UP every year by about 15%.
The government should CONDUCT surveys to see how much damage is caused to the environment and people’s health by plastic bags. STEPS should then be taken to create awareness among the people about the loss of fertile land for future generations and the health risks in using plastic bags. Moreover, laws should be passed to reduce the use of plastic bags TO AN ESSENTIAL MINIMUM.
1. The first paragraph of the passage is mainly about ______? Plastic bags and agricultural land
2. The word "because" appearing in the first paragraph has been used as ______? A conjunction
3. In the second sentence of the first paragraph, there are two commas that set off or separate “because” from the rest of the words. What is the use of these commas? These commas separate scientists’ opinion from “This is because” by enclosing in them propositions “according to”
4. Word “found” used about scientists in the second paragraph means ______? Discovered
5. The phrase “going up” means ______? Increasing
6. The word “conduct” in the first sentence of the last paragraph means ______? Organize or do
7. Word “steps” means ______? Measures of a series of things to do
8. Sentence: “Steps should then be taken” denotes ______? Importance
9. The phrase to an essential minimum, used in the end of the passage, means _____? Extremely important, indispensable
10. Except for a few sentences, the passage is mainly composed in ______? Present Indefinite Tense
