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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 1 Passage 18

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135. What is the talk mainly about?

Efforts to clean up pollution in space
The problem of pollution in space
The danger of satellite collisions in space
The effect of space pollution on Earth

136. What is the crisis of the commons?

The problem that results from lack of responsibility
The confusion that results from too many managers
The crowding that results from too many users
The conflict that results from competing buyers

137. According to the professor, why do satellite collisions
compound the problem of space pollution?

They alter the orbital path of satellites toward Earth.
They multiply the amount of orbiting debris.
They necessitate the launching of replacement
satellites into space.
They result in the leakage of nuclear fuel into space.

138. What does the professor say about the small pieces of
debris in space?

They are capable of blocking the view through
space telescopes.
They are capable of distorting radio signals from a
satellite.
They are capable of reentering the atmosphere and
striking Earth.
They are capable of causing great damage to a
satellite.





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