Directions [Set of 4 Questions]: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1) _______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2) ______, they end up In the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for suffocation and deaths of woodland animals as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags and the search for more alternatives continues.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
1.disinfected
2.soiled
3.moulded
4.recycled
Correct Answer : 2
Solution :
In the place of the blank, a verb is required. 'Disinfected' (clean (something), especially with a chemical, in order to destroy bacteria), 'moulded' (form (an object) out of malleable material) and 'recycled' (having been used before and then put through a process so that it can form a new product) are contextually irrelevant and so they are negated. Option (b), 'soiled' (make dirty) is the most appropriate word that denotes the action that if done to 'plastics' what can be the possible effect (in the sentence) and so, it can fill the blank.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).
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