Read the excerpt from a report. (1) Cleaning up the existing garbage in the ocean would begin to address the issue of climate change. (2) A company called the Ocean Cleanup Project has successfully developed a self-contained system that collects ocean garbage. (3) It uses the natural forces of the ocean to dump floating plastic. (4) The system consists of a thing, which holds a ten-foot screen below and catches the waste. (5) It would be awesome to have a bunch of these systems removing garbage.
Answer
A
In sentence 1, change “address” to “impact.”
B
In sentence 2, change “self-contained” to “one-of-a-kind.”
C
In sentence 3, change “ocean” to “sea.”
D
In sentence 4, change “thing” to “barrier.”
Explanation
“Thing” is vague and does not clearly describe the part that holds the screen and catches waste. “Barrier” is a more precise word for that structure, so changing “thing” to “barrier” improves the sentence. The other changes do not make the wording more accurate or specific.
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