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C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Ready for C2 Proficiency Workbook, Macmillan

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

In the modern world of electronic communication, you might imagine that offices would (0) ___ become paper-free zones by now. (1) ___ all, office paper is immensely harmful to the environment. Not (2) ___ does the paper industry account for 40% of the world's commercial timber production, but the production of pristine printer paper also consumes as much as 10 litres of water per sheet. But no, (3) ___ turns out that the average office worker still gets through (4) ___ astonishing 10,000 sheets of paper annually, the vast majority of (5) ___ will end up shredded or dumped in landfill. Some sheets may be recycled, but (6) ___ printed on, they can never be used to make high-quality printer paper again. Or rather, that was the case until recently. A new invention, the de-printer, uses lasers to suck ink off used paper, allowing each sheet to be reused (7) ___ to ten times. Perhaps one day, all offices will have a de-printer sitting beside each printer, saving massive amounts of waste. Even better, maybe it will finally dawn (8) ___ office workers that they don't need to print nearly so much.

The De-Printer

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