TEXTO:
Following the recent Japanese earthquake and
tsunami disasters, a massive amount of rubbish
has washed into the Pacific Ocean. The US Navy is
watching the garbage with interest as it floats towards
[5] Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.
Entire houses, bodies, car parts, tractors and
many upturned boats have amassed off the east coast
of Japan on an epic scale. The floating objects have
been declared a maritime danger by the American
[10] Navy, which warned they could pierce the body of
a boat, or destroy engines ∈ the Pacific’s shipping
lanes. The island of debris of most concern, 110
kilometers long, is being closely monitored by the US
Navy’s seventh fleet, as experts predict it could hit
[15] Hawaii’s shores ∈ two years and the American west
coast a year later. Hawaiian scientists put it honestly.
They warned that a vast mass that originated ∈a few
moments of destruction ∈Japan, could eventually foul
beaches and reefs off the Eastern North Pacific and
[20] kill marine life. The American Navy’s working with
civilian construction companies from the earthquake-
hit country, as huge cranes and boats are sent to
clear the seas of this vast bobbing mass of wreckage
of household furniture, wood, tires, fishing equipment
[25] and other garbage, sweeping eastwards.
LOBEL, Mark. Disponível em: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/04/110411witn_ floatingdebrispage.shtml. Acesso em: 9 nov. 2020.
Scientists believe that the Japanese garbage might _____________
The only alternative ∈ disagreement with the text is
