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Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box. You can use words more 
than once.
as enough result so such too therefore
1. Plastic products can be produced 
 cheaply that shops don’t usually charge for plastic bags.
2. Some tourists get 
 a shock seeing just how much plastic there is in the sea that they start 
to clean it up.
3. It was 
soon to know whether the new legislation limiting sale of plastic products had been 
successful.
4. It’s unfortunately easy 
to foresee what will happen if we continue producing plastic 
products at the same rate as today.
5. The shop started charging a dollar for a plastic bag and, 
 a 
, 99% of customers 
started to bring their own bags. 
6. We have a rapidly increasing world population and 
 we need more food to feed us all.
7. In many places, the ecological situation is changing 
quickly even for many of our most 
esteemed scientists to keep up.
8. We need to demonstrate 
patience when seeking environmental change, as many 
organisations and individuals are still resistant to it.
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For each question, look at the topic and quickly find the opinions of all of the writers on it before 
you answer. Writers may not offer an opinion on every topic.
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Once you have located the writer’s opinion about a topic, read it in detail and watch out for traps 
such as double negatives (which make a positive in English!).
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