Difficulty level: B1 to B2

In this part, you listen to a dialogue involving interacting speakers and lasting
approximately 6 minutes. You should listen to the audio once to complete this task.
You will hear Dan and Kate as they talk about pollution.
For questions 1-10, complete the sentences. Write no more than three words and/or
a number.
1. 40% of the world’s plastic is used as …………………………….and then discarded.

2. A biodegradable product won’t decompose or…………………………………...

3. Plastic pollution in the seas kills over a million sea birds and 100,000
.........................…………………………each year.

4. Some people say that the Pacific Garbage Patch could

be……………………square miles across – which is twice the size of France.

5. If we think that ……………………tonnes of plastic products are made every year,

40% of those are packaging materials that are mainly used once and then
discarded.

6. Packaging is the …………………………….used to transport products and display

a company’s image.

7. …………………..found in the ocean is actually rubbish thrown away on land.

8. There are 46.000 pieces of plastic, on average, in each …………………….of the

ocean.

9. Recycle means to process ………………………into new products.

10. The Pacific Garbage Patch is essentially a …………………….of plastic garbage

and bits of rubbish that have been thrown away on land and have ended up in the
sea.