【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Of all the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10%     1    (recycle). The vast majority ends up     2     ( dump) , most of it in landfill. Some is left to litter the     3    ( nature) environment,     4    it can get into rivers and wash out into the sea. The plastic-waste problem will     5    ( bad) before it gets better: some 380m tonnes of the stuff     6    (be) likely to be made this year. That is more than three times as much as the 120m tonnes of bitumen (沥青)produced     7    ( annual) , most of which goes into building the world's roads. There is a     8    ( connect). Just as plastic comes     9     petro-chemicals (石化) ,bitumen is produced as     10     by-product of refining oil.

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There is little doubt that Earth is getting warmer and warmer. In 2013, many people     1    (shock) by a news photo of a dead polar bear which appeared to have starved to death. Experts claimed that low sea-ice levels       2    (cause) by climate change meant that the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances     3    (find) food. Then what is causing the increase in the global average surface temperature? Climate scientists often mention a key climate process called the “greenhouse effect”,     4    has two common meanings: the “natural” greenhouse effect and the “man-made” greenhouse effect. The “man-made” greenhouse effect has now become     5    big problem. There is strong and comprehensive evidence     6    the rise in temperature has led to an increase in extreme weather and natural disasters worldwide. Actually, news reports are     7    (frequent) broadcast about extreme rainstorms and heatwaves     8    (cause) deaths and economic losses. Continued greenhouse gas emissions will result in further warming and long-lasting changes to the global climate. This requires the attention of people all over the world. We as individuals can also reduce our “carbon footprint” by     9    (restrict) the amount of carbon dioxide our lifestyles produce. It is our responsibility     10    (seize) every opportunity to educate everyone about global warming.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

I saw a TV news programme focusing on the worldwide spread of Aids last night. The reporter was doing a story about a small child    1     had caught HIV from his mother’s breast milk. From the child’s outward     2       (appear), he looked very healthy.     3     , within a year the child developed Aids, and soon died. His story was so sad that I could not keep myself from weeping.

Before last night, I    4     (think) Aids was just a problem in Africa, but there are people with HIV and Aids in every country of the world. The Aids problem is also     5       (worry) in China and the country is trying    6     (prevent) its spread. The government has opened labs in a bid to monitor the disease. It also provides free drugs for people in need.     7       is fortunate that many new medicines have burst     8       the scene to help fight Aids.

Aids prevention education is very important, and I think we all have to do something to support it. If everyone in the world    9     (spend) just a penny on it, we could make    10     really big difference!

【推荐2】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese has overtaken French, Spanish and German to become one of the most popular foreign languages for jobseekers in the UK. Research shows graduates in Chinese earn     1     average yearly salary of £31,000 or     2     (much).

“I had a lot of friends on other courses     3     didn’t do much in first or second year. But for Chinese majors, you have to spend hours and hours     4     (write) characters,” says Hannah Jackson, who graduated in Chinese Studies from Sheffield University in 2012.

Hannah describes her course as “majorly intense”. “Most of my friends admitted to crying in the first week owing     5     the course intensity (强度). I was almost told at one point that I might want to reconsider and drop out.”

“The degree is     6     (absolute) worth it. The efforts     7     (pay) off so far. I like that I could live, work and operate with relative ease in China. Looking around at people who have studied French or Spanish at university, I find there’s no such chance     8     (use) what they’ve learned in the workplace,” Hannah says.

Hannah went to look for a job in Shanghai, where she found more employment     9     (opportunity). After working as a project manager for Intralink Group for four years, she set up     10     (she) own company earning £5,000 a day. She has now returned to the UK and works in business development for the Body Shop.

【推荐3】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Why do people stockpile?

Have you ever watched one of the many TV shows set during the apocalypse—a dystopian (反乌托邦的) future    1    life as we know is over and people are only focused on survival? If it’s not zombies, it’s viruses or natural disasters. One thing that seems to be a quintessential (典型的) part of these series is survivors    2    (search) for food and resources. Is that why people stockpile food when things go bad?

What is stockpiling? Quite simply it’s when people accumulate a substantial number of goods, for example food or water. According to psychologist Judy Rosenberg, stockpiling perishable (易变质的, 易腐坏的) goods like eggs and milk is a positive sign    3    people believe a crisis will be over soon. When people stockpile tinned goods, people probably fear that the crisis    4    (endure).

But why do we do it? Consumer psychologist Paul Marsden puts it down to three factors that relate to retail therapy. Firstly, “autonomy” —the idea the people feel the need to be in control. Secondly, “relatedness” —panic shopping helps people to feel    5    (connect) to the community or other shoppers who are doing the same. Lastly, “competence”—people want to feel like they are “smart shoppers” and doing the right thing.

Sander van der Linden, an assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Cambridge, said that a phenomenon known as “fear contagion (恐惧蔓延) ”    6    take hold. People’s decision—making is hampered when stressed, so they follow the actions of    7    people. If they are panic buying, you will too.

So, can you stop people from stockpiling? Well, supermarkets can ration (定量) the amount of products consumers purchase, and governments can try to reassure people that there is no need    8    (panic). However, it seems that it goes    9    our basic psychology to try and stop people from panic buying.

So, the next time a virus, natural disaster or zombie apocalypse starts, remember that panic buying is probably a given,    10         11    our need for retail therapy to manage our emotional state.