Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Joey said to the girl, “How are you doing?”

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Instructions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because
there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem
with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up In the trash, which then ends
up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic
bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags
are responsible for suffocation and deaths of woodland animals as well as (4)______ soil
nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over
again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per
every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives
to plastic bags and the search for more alternatives continues.