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Joaquin Phoenix took home the best-actor Oscar on Sunday night for his role in “Joker”. In the following lengthy and wide-ranging speech, the actor, 45, tackled issues of equality and nature preservation.

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I’m full of so much gratitude right now. I do not feel     1    (elevate) above any of my fellow nominees (被提名者), or anyone in this room, because we share the same love: The love of film. But I think the greatest gift it     2    (give) me, and many of us in this room, is the opportunity to use our voice for the voiceless. And this form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life. I don’t know     3    I’d be like without it.

I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the distressing issues that we are     4    (face)collectively, and I think at times we’re made to feel that we champion different causes. But for me, I see commonality. I think whether we’re talking about gender inequality or racism or animal rights, we’re talking about the fight against injustice. We’re talking about the campaign     5    the belief that one nation, one race, one gender or one species has the right     6    (dominate), control, and exploit another without punishment.

I think that we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world, and what we’re guilty of is a self-centered world view     7    we’re the center of the universe. And I think we fear the idea of personal change because we think that we have to sacrifice something. But human beings, at our best, are so inventive and creative and original. And I think that     8    we use love and compassion as our guiding principles, we can create, and implement systems of change     9    are beneficial to all sentient beings and to the environment.

I was a villain in my life. I was selfish. I was cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that I have been given a second chance     10    the many of you in this room.

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Today, Mandatory(强制的) recycling is a hard sell in the United States, where the economy runs largely along free market lines and the current landfilling waste remains inexpensive and efficient.

Plain and simple, recycling still costs more than landfilling in most places. This fact,     1    (couple) with the disappearance of the so-called “landfill crisis” of the mid-1990s, means that recycling has not caught on, which runs     2     some environmentalists’ wishes.

However, many cities have found ways to recycle economically. They have cut costs by automating sorting and processing. They’ve also found profitable markets for the recyclables(可回收物)     3     cast-off items are acceptable or even welcome.   Increased efforts by green groups     4    (educate) the public about the benefits of recycling have also helped.

    5     uneconomical recycling seems to some people, some cities, such as Pittsburgh, San Diego and Seattle, have made recycling mandatory.   In these cities, recyclables are banned from both household and business garbage.   Families     6     recycle all basic recyclables, such as paper, cardboard, glass and plastic.   To businesses with garbage containers “polluted” with more than 10 recyclables，warnings     7    (issue).   If they fail to take action, fines are expected.

New York, a national leader on recycling, decided to stop its least cost-effective recycling programs (plastic and glass) in 2002. But rising landfill costs ate up the $39 million savings expected.

As a result, the city brought back plastic and glass recycling and committed to a 20-year contract with a recycling firm, Hugo Neu Corporation, which built the     8    (advanced) recycling facility in the country.

The company focuses on     9    could cut costs.   Automation has streamlined the sorting process, and easy access to rail has cut both the environmental and transportation costs.   The new deal and new facility have made recycling efficient for the city and its residents,     10    (show) once and for all that responsibly-run recycling programs can actually save money, landfill space and the environment.

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The 12th China Arts Festival will bring a series of art     1     (activity) to the Chinese economic and art center, Shanghai. From May 20 to June 2, more than 50 shows    2     (select) nationwide will be performed in nineteen major theaters in Shanghai, and a fine selection of creative cultural products will    3     (show) at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The festival will include    4     (vary) art forms, such as opera, dancing, painting and photography.

    5    2019 edition is co-organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Shanghai municipal government(市政府). Since     6    (it) beginning in 1987, the festival     7    (change) host cities in each edition, travelling to areas including Beijing, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei over the past three decades.

Sales of tickets have opened online, with tickets priced from no cost    8    380 yuan, according to the organizers. To allow a larger audience to access the programs, the festival will also be broadcast live online. "We will use new media to bring the shows to more ordinary people,     9    will let them know about the modern development of Chinese arts. " said Zhu Di, head of the ministry's arts department.

This year's festival is also aimed at     10    (promote) tourism in Shanghai with arts. The local government has released a total of 40 culture-themed travel routes to guide visitors through Shanghai's well-known landmarks.

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One of the most important discoveries during this period was how     1     (draw) things in perspective. This technique was first used by Masaccio in 1428. When people first saw his paintings, they     2    (convince) that they were looking through a hole in a wall at a real scene.     3    coincidence, oil paints were also developed at this time, which made the colors used in paintings look     4    (rich) and deeper. Without the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces for     5    this period is famous.

In     6    late 19^th century, Europe changed a lot, from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly     7    (industry) one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and social changes.     8    (nature), these changes also led to new painting styles. Among the painters who     9    (break) away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists    10     (live) and working in Paris.