Anewreportsaysplasticsareresponsiblefor$13billionindamagetotheoceansandtheunderseaenvironment.ThefindingswereannouncedrecentlyataUnitedNationsconference.Thereporttellsabouttheharmofplasticstosealifeandwhatshouldbedonetoimprovethesituation.

Plasticthrownawaycarelesslymakesitswayintoriversandotherwaterways.Finallytheycollectinthesea.Plasticscannevergoawaybecausemostplasticsarenotbiodegradable―destroyedbybacteriaornaturalprocesses.Instead*itjustbreaksupintosmallerpiecesovertimeandcombineswithsomechemicalsandotherpollutants(污染物质)inthesea.Thenfishmayeatthem.Thatmeansharmfulmaterialsmaygetintoourfoodsupplieseventually.

Butwehumanbeingscanmakeabigdifference.Wecanusefewerdisposable(用完即丢弃的)plasticproductsandthrowplasticsawaycorrectly.Wecanalsoreuseplasticproductsratherthanthrowthemawayafterthefirstuse.Besides*plasticrecyclingprogrammesalsoworkwhereoldbottlesandotherplasticsarecol?lectedbrokendownandusedtomakenewproducts.Weshouldreallycareaboutourenvironmentandtakesomestepstoreducethepollution.

Thereportalsocallsoncompaniestorecycleplasticproductsandusethemtoreplacenewrawmaterials.Italsoasksthecompaniestoimprovemethodsforusingplasticsanddirecttheuseofplastics.Besidesitcallsforinformationonthewaythatplasticsarethrownoutafteruse.Duetotheirputtingvaluesonplasticscom?paniesbearresponsibilityforimprovingtheenvironment.Butallpeopleinoursoci?etyshouldjointodealwiththeproblem.

1.What'sthenewreportmainlyabout?

A.Difficultyingettingridofplasticsintheocean.

B.Plasticpollutionandwaystosolveit.

C.Damagetosealifecausedbywasteplastics.

D.Goodmethodsofmakingandusingplastics.

2.Plasticpollutionintheseawillendup .

A.pollutingourfood

B.disappearingbyitself

C.damagingcrops

D.goingintotheatmosphere

3.HowcanwereducetheharmofplasticsaccordingtoParagraph3?

A.Byreusingplasticproducts.

B.Bygivingupusingdisposableplastics.

C.Byimprovingplast