【推荐2】In its annual forecast, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shifted its expectations about the center of gravity of world air travel eastward, away from the US and Europe.

The global airline industry group expects that 7.8 billion _____ will travel by air by 2036.

That's nearly _____ the 4 billion that it expects will fly this year.

The IATA _____， released Tuesday, said it expects that half of the new passengers who will fly over the next 20 years will live in Asia._____ IATA predicts significant changes over the next two decades, the most _____ shifts will happen in the next five years.

China will _____ the US as the world's largest aviation market by 2022, two years _____ than previously expected, the IATA forecast _____.An aviation market is defined as traffic to, from and within a country.

Chinese airlines have been rapidly expanding their international _____ in recent years.Air China and Hainan Airlines this week ______ three new routes to the US, including Shenzhen to Los Angeles, and Chongqing and Chengdu to New York.

Emerging markets in Asia will ______ the next 20 years, according to IATA.The UK, today the third largest market, will ______ to fifth place, falling behind India in 2025 and Indonesia in 2030, it said.

Both India and Indonesia have been at or near the top ______ of new jetliners from Airbus (EADSF), Boeing and others as budget airlines improve the affordability of ______ by air.

Airbus and Boeing (BA) are ______ production of their most ______ single­aisle and twin­aisle jetliners to meet demand for growth and to ______ older, less­efficient airliners.

Both companies have established industrial ______ in China to court buyers who need the blessing of the central government.Airbus assembles its competing A320s in Tianjin, and Boeing is ______ a new factory near Shanghai where its 737s will have their interiors fixed prior to delivery to Chinese carriers.

While Airbus and Boeing focus on China, the country this year began testing its ______ homegrown C919 airliner from the Commercial Airplane Corporation of China, or Comac.

【推荐3】Hirikos, a zero—emission car, can travel 75 miles with electricity and can squeeze itself into a small parking spot.

The two—seater is considered as a(n) ________ to bicycles for people who live in urban areas. The car has a unique feature—it can ________ to almost half its size with just the touch of a button—all without ________ the driver and passenger inside. What this means is that up to three and a half of these cute little cars can be ________ in a single parking bay!

The car has no ________. Instead, its windshield doubles up as the doors enabling both the driver and passenger to ________ from the front without any danger of scraping the sidewalk or the one parked in close nearness.

That’s not the only unusual ________ inside this cool car. Instead of the ________ steering wheel and brake, the inventors have fixed a device that ________ an airplane yoke (操纵杆). To speed up or slow down, all the driver has to do is ________ the control stick back and forth.

The best part is that this is not a ________ car, but one that is currently being ________ in Europe. If all goes well, the Hiriko will soon be ________ in Barcelona, Berlin and San Francisco, where the producers plan to sell it to the local citizens. ________, if for some reason its unusual look does not quite ________ you, you can wait for the other two models that are already in pre—production stage!

【推荐1】Tima Abudhi is a 55-year-old mother of five. When growing up, she remembers watching her neighbors _________ at the mangrove forests (红树林) around her village on Pate Island, on Kenya’s east coast, to build houses or to sell as wood.

As the mangroves _________, so did the fish that live among their roots --- a _________ for the fishing village of Kizingitini. The threat to their livelihoods and homes _________ Abudhi and other women to start replanting the mangroves, often spending all day at the _________, taking time away from caring for their families and _________ their small businesses. Protecting the mangroves over the past few decades has _________ their incomes, but they felt it was a matter of urgency, Abudhi said.

“Replanting the mangroves is not _________. We have to go early in the morning to get the seedlings (幼苗) and then come to the beach and plant them until evening, just before the tides _________ again. We couldn't make __________ time for our businesses,” she said.

Today, the women of Kizingitini no longer have to __________ to both make a living and conserve the mangroves, thanks to a loan scheme that helps them keep food on the table so they can __________ to continue planting. “This has led to increased __________ of women in conservation and community development, as well as reduced __________ inequality,” said Abudhi.

Mangrove forests can __________ flooding and are considered key to controlling climate change and protecting people against warming-linked disasters.

【推荐3】China has appointed over 1 million “chiefs” to look after its rivers and lakes.

Huo Yan, a Communist Party cadre of a small district in north-east Beijing, was recently ordered by her Party organization at a higher level to _________a second job. Now Ms Huo must find time in her busy _________to conduct weekly patrols along the Bahe river — an ancient canal that flows through her area. She is responsible for protecting the waterway, removing garbage(or hiring others to do so)and keeping an eye out for pollution-causing activities on its banks. The temporary job comes without extra pay.

The “river chief” system began in 2003 in the eastern province of Zhejiang. In 2016 the central government ordered that every lake and river, or section _________larger lakes or rivers, must have someone tasked with keeping them free of visible _________. By the end of June every river had at least one local official appointed as its supervisor.

There are now nearly 1.1 million river chiefs. The government says they will be _________ “for life” for any serious pollution that relate to a fault on their watch, but punishments have yet to be specified. Promotions in their regular jobs will _________their riverine duties. Liu Dengwei, a researcher at the Ministry of Water Resources, says chiefs will not be _________punished for garbage from upstream.

It is a(n) _________assignment. Earlier this year a government report said that surface water in nearly a third of “river sections” surveyed was too risky to touch, _________drink. Water in nearly 15% of them was rated too dirty even for __________use. Lakes are worse. The report says that out of 54 large ones surveyed, 29 contained water considered unsafe for human __________.

The chiefs’ appointment may be a sign that the government is worried about public dissatisfaction over its perceived failure to __________the problem. Surveys by the Pew Research Centre found that 37% of respondents in 2016 saw water pollution as a “very big problem”, up from 28% in 2008.

Ministries in charge of bodies of water have __________and sometimes overlapping responsibilities. The result has been buck-passing (推卸责任) and finger-pointing, says Mr Liu. This will be more difficult now that named individuals are accountable for water quality, the theory goes. Whether this is really so may become clearer years later, when the government is expected to __________data from the first nationwide water-quality survey since rivers got their chiefs. But evidence based on personal experiences is __________. A man fishing in the Bahe river recounts how the water was “opaque (浑浊) green” and smelly just two years ago. Today it is clear and has no smell. He credits the river-chief system.

【推荐1】I signed up to volunteer at a local hospital last year. I knew the ________ would look good on my college applications.

On my first day, having been given a tour of the ________ and a tablet with maps and basic information, I was ________ to answer questions that came my way. I sent a few visitors in the wrong direction, but I did my best. It wasn’t a big ________ , and my second day there was much the same.

But on the third day, everything ________. I was in the middle of my ________ when I noticed a wheelchair speeding in my direction. The young boy sitting in it asked, “Who are you? You’re in my hospital and I don’t even ________ you!”

I introduced myself and ________ that I was new. David’s parents told me that he was there for his weekly check-up. David began to tell me about his medical ________, his favourite football player and other ________ of his life.

After David had gone to his ________ , one of the administrators ________ me and said, “That was ________. You were a different person when you were talking to him!” “We needed volunteers to work in the children’s department. And I think you’d be ________ at it,” she added.

This ________ my becoming a regular in the children’s department, and also to my decision to study medicine at university and become a paediatrician (儿科医生).

【推荐2】Denver, Colorado is one of the fastest growing cities in America. It also has one of the biggest populations of _______young people. A Denver coffee shop is seeking to solve the problem. The Purple Door Coffee Shop employs and_______homeless young people, giving them a second_______to make a new start.

For many years, Kevin Persons lived on the _______. Today, he is working in a bar, serving coffee. He is also working to move off the streets and into a home.

The owners of the two-year-old nonprofit_______three to four young adults per year. Shelters such as Urban Peak, where Kevin was staying,_______young people who are ready to commit to working.

Madison Chandler, co-founder of Purple Door,and her partner meet with their workers _______each week. They talk about topics _______ from mental health, finance to customer service. They also _______a life coach to make sure the workers have the __________ and skills that will set them up for success.

Kevin __________ that he is learning what he needs to __________ the struggles of homelessness and live a full life.

For Madison Chandler, providing these young adults with __________and education and helping them become confident and__________is worthwhile. The most __________part of her job is helping them achieve a life for themselves that they have dreamed of.

【推荐3】I was blessed for all the special moments I had with my mother. When she was 82, she thought she was _________ me by asking me to take her to the many doctor visits she had, but it was a _________ for me to spend time with her.

I tried to make an _________ of our days together. One day, while we were driving and deciding where to eat lunch, I saw a large arcade(电子游戏厅). Then I _________.

The arcade was mostly _________ except for a children’s birthday gathering in the back corner. I _________ the special buffet lunch, and it came with fifty tokens(游戏币) for the arcade games. _________ the shiny golden tokens, Mom’s eyes opened wide.

There was loud music playing and someone in a mouse costume _________ the little children to dance. My mother was _________ by the dancing mouse, and we swung along in our seats. We laughed as the kids tried to follow the mouse’s __________.

After we ate, it was time to __________ those golden tokens. Mom was __________ of playing Skee-Ball and collecting tickets. She moved from game to game like a child. She had __________ when watching one machine spew out(吐出) seven tickets again and again! She laughed about the super __________ string of tickets and placed them around her neck like a necklace. I handed her token after token for the next game to be played until our tokens were all __________.

Then we went to trade in our __________ at the counter. We stood there for a long while as my mother tried to __________ what to get with her tickets. __________, she chose a toy whistle(哨子) with a picture of the mouse on it. The clerk gave her an extra one, for me, so we __________ them together happily.

I keep that whistle on my desk, as a __________ of a wonderful experience with my mom as we satisfied her willingness to make the most of every day.