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I didn’t sleep well for several days, worrying about the wildfires in several parts of Chongqing, my hometown. Like most people from Chongqing, I felt I must do something to help stop the fires     1    (spread), especially after I smelt heavy smoke in my house on the evening of Aug 21. The smoke     2    (believe) to be from a wildfire in nearby Banan area,     3     broke out in the afternoon that day. That night, a large fire started in the mountains in Beibei area, 40 kilometers from my home.

Obviously,     4     dangerous fire was getting very close. Although forest firefighting forces from three provinces (省) arrived to help, our government needed     5    (much) help from the public, and it began to call for volunteers for different fire sites around the city.

I guess that thousands of people would     6    (quick) go to help. Many gave away all kinds of things needed for the fight against wildfires. They took them to collection points,     7     giving their names. Hundreds of people with skills and experience signed up as volunteers.

I asked     8    (I) what I could do to help. I am a middle-aged woman without much     9    (strong). I cannot ride a motorcycle, and do not have any medical skills. I decided to do everything I could     10    (help) the hard-working volunteers, which included taking them cold fruit tea.

Venice is suffering     1     worst flooding that the city has experienced in 50 years. “The city is ‘on its knees’”, Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted(发推特) as water    2     (flood) much of the famous historical city by then.

    3     floods are a normal part of life there, they have never happened so often before. Experts say that climate change is     4     (like) to blame. But it has proven difficult     5     (take) effective measures.

Flooding is just one of the impacts from climate change that is being experienced with more     6     (frequent) and globally threatens many regions. There is a threat that is not often considered — the damage to the world’s heritage(遗产). Climate change will influence them in different ways. Some will     7     (hit) by flooding, like Venice, others by extreme weather events or     8     (rise) temperatures.

Meanwhile, changes in the ocean will also have a profound influence     9    many of these sites. Experts say that the solutions to saving them will be varied, but many will be very expensive.     10    , they suggest that countries should work together to protect heritage sites.

Chinese rescue teams helped save at least six people, among whom     1     (be) three children and a pregnant woman, in two separate     2     (operate) in earthquake-stricken Turkiye on Feb. 9, 2023

The Zhejiang Rescue Team of Ramunion said that its members worked with Turkish soldiers and local rescuers     3     (free) five survivors, including three children from a     4     (heavy) damaged building at around 1:30 p. m. local time in Iskenderun, a port city in southern Hatay Province.

In Antakya in the country’s south, the Chinese official rescue team, together with local rescuers, carried a pregnant woman out of the     5     (danger) ruins of a building at around 1:30 a. m. local time, according to China’s Ministry of Emergency Management To save the woman, rescuers and technical experts,     6     (lead) by Zhao Yang, deputy head of the Chinese rescue team, went into the ruins to survey the conditions     7     working out a rescue plan.

Chinese rescuers and experts participated in the entire rescue,     8     was supported by equipment brought to Turkiye     9     the Chinese team, the ministry said.

Seven rescuers from the Zhejiang Rescue Team of Ramunion, a non-governmental organization (NGO) from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, arrived in Turkiye on Feb. 8, 2023.

They immediately headed to Iskenderun after teaming up with a nine-member local logistics (后勤) support team. The Ramunion workers threw     10     (they) into the rescue attempt despite temperatures dropping to -8 ℃, according to the NGO.