НМТ Check Your Knowledge. Reading. Use of English 10-11

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LA Bans Plastic Bags

Los Angeles has become              [largest, large, the largest, a larger] city in the US to ban plastic bags, after the city council voted                [banish, to banish, banished, to be banished]them from supermarkets and thousands of smaller shops. San Francisco was the first US city to ban plastic bags in 2007.

The phase-out will begin following completion of a              [four month's, four months, four months', four month] environmental review. Larger stores will then have six months to get rid of the plastic bags,        [while, unless, until, since] smaller stores will be allowed 12 months to phase them out. Shops will be able to offer customers paper bags for 10c each.

Environmental activists had argued that the millions of plastic bags           [using, used, be used, were used] in the city were a major blight in landfills, waterways and the ocean.

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Majestic Oak

More than 100 feet tall, the majestic white oak in the church cemetery in New Jersey is thought to be more than 600 years old. It is believed to be            [old, older, the eldest, the oldest] white oak in the country, and perhaps the world. The tree              [survive, has survived, had survived, survives] war and natural disasters, including Hurricane Sandy. George Washington is said                    [picnicked, to be picnicking, to have picnicked, was picnicking] under its branches and rested there with his troops on several occasions. Wedding parties often pose for photos by the tree. Visitors stroll through the cemetery grounds,            [shading, shaded, is shaded, has shaded]by the oak's branches, which               [spread, spreads, is spreading, was spread] more than 150 feet side to side.

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An argument, a rainy Sunday afternoon that stretches on and on. It doesn't .... much to get depressed.