Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D).

GLASS BEACH – THE DUMP YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT

Mother Nature is sometimes able to right the things that we, humans, mess up. Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California, gained its unique name because of the tons of smooth colourful glass pieces adorning its sand. Originally, the site was used as an unofficial dump by Fort Bragg residents who discarded their household garbage, glass, appliances and even cars there. Nobody looked after the area. Sometimes fires were lit in an 7.1. _____ to reduce the size of the trash pile. By 1967 local residents had had enough and city leaders 7.2. _____ into launching various programs which were aimed at cleaning up the dump. For a month the beach was 7.3. _____ as the police searched it for toxic waste. Then a massive clean-up operation started. 7.4. _____, it proved impossible to remove the glass which had mingled among the pebbles. Over the next few decades the pounding waves cleansed the beach, weathering down the glass into the small, smooth, coloured trinkets that are found there today. In 2002, the California State Park system took over the Glass Beach property, and it was 7.5. _____ into the MacKerricher State Park.