The passive Complete the following passage with the appropriate passive forms of the verbs in
brackets.
A new campaign (1) was launched (launch) earlier this year by the UK government
which aims to reduce the amount of domestic waste. Households (2)
(encourage) to recycle certain waste products and to sort
and prepare others for collection at specific sites. From there they (3)
(take) to special waste treatment plants where special
machinery will process them for reuse as recycled material.
In Britain today, when the contents of the average household dustbin (4)
(analyse), we find that, in terms of weight, 35% of the total
(5) (compose) of paper and cardboard, 22% of kitchen
waste, 12% of plastics with glass, dust and ashes each representing a further 10%.
There are in fact only a few items of domestic waste that cannot (6)
(recycle). One common example is disposable nappies which,
as their name suggests,
(7) (design) to be thrown away after use. However, a lot of
progress could (8) (make) to reduce the amount of kitchen
waste most of which can (9) (transform) into a useful garden
fertiliser. Indeed, if more people chose to do this then the weight of the average
dustbin (10) (reduce) quite significantly.
In terms of glass products, the situation is more encouraging as nearly 20% of all the
glass that (11) (use) every year in the country (12)
(take) back for recycling.
Nonetheless, it is clear that the mountains of domestic waste will only decrease if
efforts (13) (make) both by individual households and local
government authorities. Special equipment such as collection trucks must (14)
(purchase) and people must (15)
(make) aware of how they can contribute to improving the situation. This (16)
(achieve) with increasing success in a number of regions in
Europe during the last few years, a trend that (17) (expect) to
continue in the future.
Родился 14 сентября 1965 года в Ленинграде. Был единственным ребёнком в семье, которая жила в районе Купчино, «спальном районе» Ленинграда (ул. Белы Куна, д. 6)[13].
Дмитрий Медведев поддерживает связь со своей бывшей школой № 305[14]. Учительница Вера Смирнова вспоминала: «Он очень старался, всё время посвящал учёбе. Его редко можно было застать на улице с ребятами. Он походил на маленького старичка»[15]. Когда Дмитрий Медведев поступил в университет, он познакомился с Николаем Кропачевым(сейчас является ректором СПбГУ), который охарактеризовал его так: «Хороший, крепкий студент. Занимался спортом, тяжёлой атлетикой. Даже что-то выиграл для факультета. Но по основному курсу был таким же, как все. Старательный только очень»[15]. Первый заместитель председателя Государственной думы Олег Морозов высказался о нём как о «молодом, энергичном, лучше не бывает»[16].
Окончил юридический факультет Ленинградского государственного университета имени А. А. Жданова в 1987 году и аспирантуру ЛГУ в 1990 году. С юности увлекается хард-роком, в числе любимых групп упоминает Deep Purple, Black Sabbath и Led Zeppelin; коллекционирует записи этих и других коллективов (в частности, собрал полную коллекцию записей группы Deep Purple[17]). Слушает также русские рок-группы, в частности, Чайф. В студенческие годы увлекался фотографией, занимался тяжёлой атлетикой, выиграл в своей весовой категории соревнования в университете по тяжёлой атлетике[18]. Член ВЛКСМ с 1979 года.
Born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad. He was the only child in the family, who lived in the area Kupchino, "residential area" of Leningrad (str. Bela Kun, d. 6) [13].
Dmitry Medvedev communicates with his former school number 305 [14]. The teacher Vera Smirnova recalled: "He tried very hard, all the time devoted to study. It was rare to catch in the street with the children. He looked like a little old man "[15]. When Dmitry Medvedev went to university, he met with Nikolai Kropacheva (now the St. Petersburg State University Rector), who described it as: "A good, strong student. Exercise, weightlifting. Even something won for the faculty. But the main course was the same as everybody else. Only a very diligent, "[15]. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Oleg Morozov spoke of him as a "young, energetic, could not be better" [16].
He graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University named after AA Zhdanov in 1987 and postgraduate studies at Leningrad State University in 1990. From youth interested in hard rock, including favorite bands mentions Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin; collects records of these and other groups (eg, assembled a complete collection of Deep Purple set of Records [17]). Listens and Russian rock band, in particular, CHajf. As a student interested in photography, was engaged in weightlifting, he won in his weight category competition at the University Weightlifting [18]. A member of the Young Communist League in 1979.
2. You can grow .. different vegetables near ..the/a house. 3. You can make .. different sandwiches for .. lunch.
4. You can take .. different books.
5. You must eat ..different food.
6. You can see ..different dolls at a/the toy shop.
1. That's a good idea.
2. It was a little bird.
3. It was .. little.
4. He was.. old.
5. He was an ..old man.
6. She was .. very beautiful.
7. Once there lived .an old woman.
8. Once there lived ..six little mice.
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