【推荐1】The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. _________, no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the right path and make a _________.

We should start by doing what’s _________, then doing what’s possible and will certainly _________what may seem impossible! There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is joy in the _________shore and there is society where none interrupts; I love not man the less, but _________ more.

This is a true _________ of an organization Nurture Nature which presents plenty of opportunities to _________ not just one’s surroundings but one himself. To many it may seem that we_________ just another forum to save the planet, and we do. __________, there is something bigger that it brings to you, an __________ to redefine yourself and to make sure that you believe that you are indeed “part of it”.

We at Nurture Nature deal with the __________ of making each and every person aware of their ________to the planet and beginning to do what’s necessary before it’s too late.

By organizing clean up drives and campaigns and extending our __________ through social media we at Nurture Nature particularly are doing our best to fulfill our aim. This initiative has received an incredible __________from crowd funders worldwide and funds for the campaign and other tasks were collected and were more than sufficient which were put to good use.

【推荐3】People are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Purchasing property that is environmentally responsible is a good investment for those who are _______ their own health and the well-being of the earth. Based on this trend, eco-communities are being designed with a green _______ in mind. Dockside Green in Victoria, British Columbia is one of them.

If everything goes according to plan, Dockside Green will be a _______ community along the harbor front of British Columbia’s capital city. The community will be home to 2,500 people and will _______ residential, office, and retail space. Builders of Dockside Green have the environment in mind with every choice they make. They ensure proper ventilation (通风), and guarantee residents 100% fresh indoor air. Building materials, such as paints and wood, are _______ and non-poisonous. Eco-conscious builders use bamboo wherever possible because it grows fast and does not require _______ to grow.

Energy efficiency is one of the _______ concerns in eco-communities, such as Dockside Green. Not only do energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures (照明设备) reduce the environmental _______ of heating and hot water, but they also save residents and business owners money. Dockside Green claims that homeowners will use 55% less energy than average residents in Canada. Residents will have individual water metres (水表) _______ studies show that people use around 20% less energy when they are billed for exactly what they use. ________, water is treated at Dockside Green and reused for flushing toilets.

Planners of eco-communities such as Dockside Green must take the ________ into consideration. Dockside Green plans on reusing 90% of its construction waste. They also plan to continue using local suppliers for all of their transport and maintenance needs. This is a great way to reduce ________.

Dockside residents will be encouraged to take advantage of a mini transport system and buy into the community’s car share program. Finally, plans are underway for a high-tech heating system that will use ________ energy instead of fossil fuels.

Dockside residents will ________ excellent local services with high-quality healthcare, shopping and education at the heart of the community, along with excellent leisure facilities and plentiful green open spaces. Eco-communities will prefer the use of locally-sourced goods and services; they will be ________ places to live, promoting a sense of civic pride, responsibility and, as the name suggests, community.

【推荐1】India announced a complete ban on the sale of all e-cigarettes, saying the products posed a health risk, especially to young people.

Some 35 million people around the world are believed to be using e-cigarettes or the newer heat-not-burn products. They are popular among smokers in many places who are trying to kick the habit, as they _________ the urge for nicotine while removing exposure to the tar and toxins of burned tobacco. These novel _________ come with attractive appearances and multiple flavors and their use has increased enormously and has _________ epidemic proportions in developed countries, especially among youth and children.

Unfortunately, though e-cigarettes got promoted _________ as a way in which people can get out of the habit of smoking cigarettes, many people worry they’re _________ new addictions to nicotine, particularly among young people.

“It is time that we immediately made a decision so that the health of our citizens, of our young, is not _________ to a risk, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday after a Cabinet meeting. Sitharaman said the outbreak of lung injuries associated with e-cigarettes had added to local _________ about the impact of e-cigarettes on people’s health. Hundreds of people are being _________ for lung illness in 36 US states and researchers are investigating if those illnesses are related to the use of e-cigarettes. _________, an emergency ordinance (法令) banning the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) will be __________ in the coming days. The ordinance will be taken up during the next session of Parliament and converted into law.

Sitharaman added that the ban would __________ e-cigarette production, manufacturing, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement. It includes all forms of ENDS, heat-not-burn products and e-hookah devices, according to a press release. People who __________ the ban once could face up to one year in prison or a fine of 100,000 rupees ($1,400) or both. __________ e-cigarettes would also be punishable with up to six months in prison and a 50,000-rupee ($700) fine.

The nationwide __________ came after almost a dozen Indian states had taken similar action. Vendors with existing stock will have to declare and deposit their __________ e-cigarettes and cartridges at the nearest police station, the statement added.

【推荐2】I can still remember when for the first time I came to realize that people were frightened of my brother. I was 20, and my boss at the time was telling me about how several days earlier he had taken his little girl down to the local playground. My brother, who loves _______ alone and is severely autistic (患自闭症的), was already there. “I was frightened he would _______ my little girl,” my boss told me.

I’m still not sure why he told me this. Perhaps he was admitting his own weakness, but to me it felt like an _______. It made my heart hurt that my _______ brother should inspire fear like that. It made me angry that this man felt his ignorance was worth _______. I imagine the anger and hurt I felt then is something _______ to how the parents of another kid with autism were feeling.

Their autistic son, Faruk Ali, was _______ in the street by two police officers as he was outside his house, helping to collect rubbish. Collecting rubbish probably made him happy. Many autistic people _______ organizing and systematizing something. But his simple enjoyment of this _______ was interrupted in such a seemingly violent way simply because he looked “suspicious”, which must have hurt him _______. Disabled people and their relatives must realize the fear and _______ that the general public may have. That this can sometimes turn into violence is absolutely terrifying.

Andrew Young, another man with autism, was _______ after he pointed out that cycling on the pavement was dangerous. Some people with autism believe following _______ is very important, but the killer said telling someone so can be considered as “threatening”.

Clearly, life is not just _______ for those with autism, but also for people with mental illness and mobility problems, and _______ for anyone whose behaviour might not fit the majority definition of “normal”.

【推荐3】Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an_________should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually,_________, most people make several job choices during their working lives,_________because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve_________position. The “one perfect job” does not exist. Young people should_________enter into a broad flexible training program that will_________them for a field of work rather than for a single_________.

Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans_________benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing_________about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss__________. Some drift from job to job. Others__________to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

One common mistake is choosing an occupation for__________real or imagined prestige(声望). Too many high-school students-or their parents for them-choose the professional field,__________both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal__________. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a white-collar job is__________good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __________, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the__________of young people should give serious__________to these fields.

Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants__________life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take__________for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

【推荐2】Usually when another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not news. Rather, it is an ordinary ________. Such discoveries are so ________ these days that hardly anybody ________ them. ________, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was ________. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of ________ showing how people lived thousands of years ago, most of which were about people ________ animals, such as wild cats or dogs. Other images picture animals, ________ horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images by far ________ all other animals.

Early artists drawing these pictures finished a difficult but ________ task. They did not limit themselves to the easily ________ walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing high walls or going into narrow ________ in the Lascaux complex. ________, the paintings have been ________ to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily ________ the images. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images ________.

Although they are not out ________, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images are in bad condition and are ________ recognizable. Therefore, the place was closed to ________ in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered, to prevent further ________.

【推荐3】Probably the number one complaint about reading Shakespeare is that it doesn’t always read like “normal” English. It’s a natural and reasonable ______. Shakespeare wrote for an audience over 400 years ago. Think about how word meanings and expressions change over a relatively short time; four centuries bring with them a lot of______. The Renaissance and England’s emerging status as a sea power ______ the language to an ever-increasing range of cultures and languages. At the same time, there was no real standardization in English. Formal dictionaries and grammar textbooks ______ did not exit, and “proper education focused much more on classical Latin than on colloquial English. Despite this neglect- or perhaps because of it-English by the reign of Elizabeth had a certain flexibility to it, of which Shakespeare ______.

So how can a reader today______ that gap between then and now? There are two critical areas to______: word usage and grammar. Once you understand there fundamental concepts, Shakespeare becomes a lot more ______. First and foremost, there have been numerous vocabulary changes in English since Shakespeare was writing. While many words are still recognizable today, others have shifted in their meaning or dropped altogether from usage. ______, when was the last time you heard anyone use words such as bodkin (a piercing tool), contumely (verbal abuse), or fardel (a bundle)? Often the context in which a word is used will help you determine its meaning. A good ______ with detailed footnotes will help you, as well as a good dictionary. The main thing is to be aware that even a familiar word from today may be used within a different meaning in Shakespeare’s works. Grammar is where the ______ of Shakespeare English is often most apparent. Parts of speech are frequently ______, such as nouns or adjectives becoming verbs. Verbs and subjects don’t always ______. Even sentence construction can be ______, with inversions of the basic subject-verb-object order. ______ we would say, “John caught the ball”, Shakespeare might treat the same statement with the same meaning as “John the ball caught” or “The ball John caught.”