Câu hỏi:
06/11/2021 600Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of various unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tons of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment.
But supermarkets and grocers are starting to sit up and take notice. In response to growing consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have signed up to a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take some responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.
In response to criticisms over food waste, some supermarkets are donating some of their food surplus. However, charities estimate that they are only accessing two per cent of supermarkets' total food surplus, so this hardly seems to be solving the problem. Some say that supermarkets are simply not doing enough. Most supermarkets operate under a veil of secrecy when asked for exact figures of food wastage, and without more transparency it is hard to come up with a systematic approach to avoiding waste and to redistributing surplus food.
Some smaller companies are now taking matters into their own hands and offering consumers a greener, more environmentally friendly option. Shops like Berlin's Original Unverpakt and London's Bulk Market are plastic- tree shops that have opened in recent years, encouraging customers to use their own containers or compostable bags. Online grocer Farmdrop eliminates the need for large warehouses and the risk of huge food surplus by delivering fresh produce from local farmers to its customers on a daily basis via electric cars, offering farmers the lion's share of the retail price.
There is no doubt that we still have a long way to go in reducing food waste and plastic waste. But perhaps the major supermarkets might take inspiration from these smaller grocers and gradually move towards a more sustainable future for us all.
The phrase "the lion's share" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
Sách mới 2k7: 30 đề đánh giá năng lực DHQG Hà Nội, Tp. Hồ Chí Minh, BKHN 2025 mới nhất (600 trang - chỉ từ 160k).
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Trả lời:
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Cụm từ "the lion’s share" (phần lớn nhất) trong đoạn 4 gần nghĩa nhất với _______.
A. the largest part: phần lớn nhất B. the best choice: lựa chọn tốt nhất
C. the animal's food: thức ăn của động vật D. the royal dish: món ăn hoàng gia
Thông tin: Online grocer Farmdrop eliminates the need for large warehouses and the risk of huge food surplus by delivering fresh produce from local farmers to its customers on a daily basis via electric cars, offering farmers the lion's share of the retail price.
Tạm dịch: Cửa hàng tạp hóa trực tuyến Farmdrop loại bỏ nhu cầu về nhà kho lớn và nguy cơ dư thừa thực phẩm khổng lồ bằng cách mỗi ngày giao hàng từ nông dân địa phương đến khách hàng của họ thông qua ô tô điện, cung cấp cho nông dân phần lớn lợi nhuận của giá bán lẻ.
Chọn A
Đã bán 152
Đã bán 114
Đã bán 132
Đã bán 47
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Câu 1:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Because the final exam is coming nearer Manh knows it is time to move up a gear and start studying late into the evening
Câu 2:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
I took this new job because I felt that the ___________ prospects were much better
Câu 3:
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Doctors fear possible epidemics of cholera, malaria, and other deadthy diseases
Câu 4:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
He does reading exercises with flying colors , but he is wrong ________ pronunciation ones
Câu 5:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The husband told his wife that owning a big house in this city was like squaring the ________ as it was too expensive
Câu 6:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
After finishing the first test , they are allowed to let their ____________ down for a while
Câu 7:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
He has eaten so much sweet food , which __________ his obesity .
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