【推荐2】Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

Should we be rewilding more land?

Every day in the US, 6,000 acres of open land are cleared for various purposes such as farming, housing, roads, and others. This has led to concerns among scientists     1     believe that losing more open land can harm the planet. Natural habitats such as untouched forests, grasslands, and waterways provide numerous benefits     2     wildlife habitats, clean water, and reduced air pollution. To counter this trend, efforts are underway     3     the world to return animals and plants to certain areas. However, some people argue that rewilding is     4     expensive and risky process that may not work and could cause harm.

Despite the potential risks, rewilding can help slow down climate change by restoring forests that absorb harmful gases like carbon dioxide. It can also prevent species from     5    (die) out and reset natural ecosystems. For example, gray wolves     6    (reintroduce) in Yellowstone National Park in 1995, after being hunted to extinction there. The wolves reduced the booming population of elks (麋鹿),     7     gave the plants the elks ate a chance to thrive and serve as habitat for animals like beavers and birds.

    8     its environmental benefits, rewilding can also provide jobs for workers and scientists and attract visitors to an area. Despite the potential concerns and risks     9    (associate) with rewilding, it is an important tool for protecting the planet and its diverse ecosystems. As such, efforts     10     be made to ensure that rewilding projects are conducted responsibly and with careful consideration of their potential impact on the environment.

【推荐3】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（可能多于1个单词）。

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，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。

In a new cartoon named Turtle Journey, Greenpeace UK, an environmental organization,     1    (highlight) ocean destruction from the perspective of a family of sea turtles.

    2     (create) the film, Greenpeace UK teamed up with Aardman Animations, as well as Oscar-winning actors and stars. The    3     (power) film follows the family of turtles as they make their way across the seafloor to their home on a coral reef.

“Our ocean has been driven to breaking point during     4     past few years but it's a story that doesn't get told often enough,” says Will Mccallum, head of ocean at Greenpeace UK. Ocean damage is     5     (serious) affecting sea turtles and other sea creatures, many of which are faced     6    extinction at present.

“The story of this turtle family     7     (attempt) to get home in the damaged and changing ocean is a     8     (real) for many ocean creatures that are having their habitats destroyed due to human activity,” says actress Olivia Colman,     9    voices a character in the film. “It is my hope     10     this film can inspire more people to take action to protect our ocean.”

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Kittiwake added to the list of British birds facing global extinction and plastic is partly to blame

The kittiwake has been added to the list of British birds     1     (face) global extinction, with plastic, pollution, climate change and overfishing blamed for catastrophic declines this century. The familiar seabirds used to nest in their millions around UK's shores but now only around 300,000 breeding pairs remain.

It is the first British bird to be added to the IUCN's Red List     2     plastic has been a factor in its decline. Kittiwakes have been known to drown in fishing nets while oil pollution and plastic litter can kill chicks in the nest.     3     2000 bird populations have dropped by 87 percent in Orkney and Shetland, and by 96 percent on St Kilda in the Western Isles.

The RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) said plastics and pollution made survival even harder for populations     4     were already struggling to feed themselves and their young.

Laura Bambini, the RSPB Scotland's seabird recovery officer said, “Some efforts are underway to protect important seabird foraging areas in international waters, but there is much more we can do around the UK to protect our internationally important and increasingly     5     (threaten) seabird populations.” Globally, the species is thought     6     (decline) by around 40 percent since the 1970s, justifying today's uplifting from Least Concern to Vulnerable.

In the North Sea, sandeels (沙鳗) provide a vital food source for breeding seabirds and they are crucial to the breeding success of kittiwakes. However, they are heavily fished to be used for animal feed and fertilizer. Rising sea temperatures due to climate change also threaten sandeels,     7     kittiwake food supplies could be affected by both local and large-scale processes.

“We need to ensure that the future management of the sandeel fishery is sustainable.    8     our internationally important populations of seabirds are going to cope with climate change, then we need to make sure industrial fisheries are not adding to their problems”, said DrEuan Dunn, the RSPB's Marine Policy Specialist, “This is an example of     9     fisheries policy is vital to the health of our seas. Our thinking on fisheries and marine protection must be as     10     (join) up as the seas on which we all rely.”