Ответ: Plastic pollution: sentence matching

Read the text and fill in gaps A–F with the parts of sentences marked with numbers 1–7. One part is extra.

Plastic pollution

Almost every day, people litter the earth with plastic without knowing the harm it can cause to humans and other creatures. Moreover, people do not know A __________ into the world’s oceans.

The amount of waste and plastic junk in the oceans has been increasing at an alarming rate for the last ten years. Studies show B __________ of plastic waste. At this rate, it is expected that by 2050, plastic will outweigh the number of fish in the sea.

Charles J. Moore was the first person to accidentally discover the “Garbage Patch” in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. More than 90% of the junk in this ocean area is plastic. Plastic takes a long time to break down, C __________ of flora and fauna of the oceans. Unfortunately, this pollution is mostly caused by human activities. Plastic does not completely disappear. Most of ocean pollution starts on land D __________ into the sea. Once it is in the sea, plastic waste continuously piles up.

When plastic objects end up in the oceans, they are a great hazard to marine life. They do not only affect the small fish, E __________. Most marine species, like zooplankton and whales, all eat microplastics. Sea turtles, for example, consume plastic, since they mistake garbage for food. The statistics are alarming, more so when they imply F __________ caused by this type of ocean pollution.