Nowadays thanks to the Internet, modern pets are getting online. It sounds crazy, but about 17 percent of British pets have their own social media accounts!

It’s said that your personality     1     (reflect) in your pet. “Dog people” are supposed to be friendly, enthusiastic and loyal, while “Cat people” are introverted, proud and     2     (sense).

The British are well known as a nation of animal lovers. In the UK, 52% of owners describe their pet as their “best friend”,     3     in 2021, 18 million homes had at least one pet, meaning for the first time there were more households with a pet than     4    .

In the 1800s, people started using the word “pet” to describe the emotional connections,     5     they felt to a special animal, and gradually it became     6     (norm) to keep pets indoors. Family pets became more popular as people’s living standards    7     (increase). And by the Victorian era, people kept various animals as their pets. The famous Victorian poet, George Gordon Byron, once owned four pet geese. For the Victorians, cats were feminine and weak. They admired the qualities     8     (associate) with dogs, like self-confidence and loyalty, being strong and unchanging in support of your friends.

    9     (change) continually throughout history, Britain’s relationship with pets, from the manly British Bulldog to funny cat     10     (video) on YouTube, has been quite a journey!

The first-ever online marketplace for allotments(菜地), AllotMe, has unveiled plans for rapid     1     (expand) after securing more than 250, 000$ from investors. Proposed in May last year by Conor Gallapher, the plan seeks     2     ( address) the shortage of available garden space in response to rising demand in towns and cities, particularly in London,    3     there are waiting lists of up to 40 years for allotment sites.

Known as the “Airbnb for Gardens”, AllotMe has grown in popularity, with more than 100 hosts     4     (list) underused space to grow fruit and vegetables across the UK. Some users have already successfully rented space from hosts for more than a year. Now Conor     5     ( prepare) a summer campaign, AllotMents 2.0,to increase the number of plots (小块土地) listed by more than 2000percent.

“AllotMe     6     (found) as interest in garden space in cities increased during the pandemic, but     7     highly limited supply ,” says Conor. “People are telling us that this is a service they want and we’ll continue our mission to revive underused space in cities by providing a     8     ( true) sustainable solution that encourages people to grow their own and eat more healthily ,too.”

Conor adds that AllotMents 2.0 will focus on encouraging hosts to think about how the platform can enable     9     ( they) space to work for them, whether that’s earning money to spend on other things, managing outdoor space they can’t     10     helping the environment through passive sustainability.

Every day, Duan Lianru spends several hours sitting in her office in Hunchun, Jilin province to make a     1     (compare) of hundreds of photos of Siberian tigers on the computer.

“It seems a little boring, but     2     (basic) I enjoy the work, which makes a connection between me and the big cats,” said the 36-year-old monitor from there search monitoring center of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park. The park     3     (stretch) across the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang.

Duan is responsible for identifying the tigers according to patterns on     4     (they) fur and giving them something like     5     identity card.

The park,     6     size exceeds (超过) 1.4 million hectares, is the most important habitat for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards in China.

The Siberian tigers’ “ID cards” come     7     a lot of important basic data that aids scientific conservation.     8     (base) on such information, Duan draws the family trees of the tigers.

Recent years     9     (see) a remarkable increase in the variety and number of wild animals and more tiger families have been found, including some back two or three generations.

“I feel quite honored to be involved in such significant work.” Duan said. “     10     (create) a more beautiful world, humans and wild animals, I hope, can live in harmony.”

China’s National Ecology Day promotes the belief     1    “Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”, reflecting the country’s devotion to ecological progress. This concept has evolved into a common belief    2    Chinese citizens, driving green, circular(循环), and low-carbon development across regions and authorities.

To achieve this, China is implementing(执行) a     3    (comprehend) conservation strategy,    4    (accelerate) energy conservation, carbon reduction, waste recycling and promoting high-quality, green development. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is leading    5    planning and development of a new energy system, along with policies for green economic growth and resource allocation.

China has also taken a leading role in global environmental governance, promising to peak carbon emissions by 2030    6    achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. The positive impact of these efforts is evident in places like Zhuangshang Village,     7    foreigners like Mehraz Karami from Iran are drawn to the clean environment.

China’s success in green growth    8    (gain) international recognition, serving as a model for other countries, including Kazakhstan. Erik Solheim, former head of the United Nations Environment Programme,    9    (praise) China’s transformation from a polluting economy to a global leader in green development, and China’s constant     10    (commit) to sustainability inspires others to follow suit.

When garden designer Jane Gates moved to the Sussex countryside in 2015, she fell in love with a traditional black barn conversion(改建的房屋), and set about creating a droughts-resistant garden around it.     1    she didn’t know was just how quickly her garden would become relevant to today’s changing climate.

Over the years, Gates       2    (experiment) with plants that suit this dry and hot place and made some interesting     3    (discover). Surprisingly, some plants, known for loving water, have proved    4    (adapt) to drought. Others have struggled. However, many plants specifically     5    (choose) for drought tolerance have enjoyed the heat.

Gates’ garden is a big gravel(砾石)one.       6    occasion she stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows and enjoys the scene. Gravel     7    (use)as a layer(层)for the plants to grow through, joining the paths with the planting. The feeling is of a relaxing, natural-looking space, with the light colour of the gravel    8    (compare) beautifully with the black of the barn. Gates recommends gravel as a cover on the top for    9    reason that it locks water in the soil below in summer, while keeping it away from plants in winter, which can damage them. This helps some plants do a bit    10    (well) in adapting to climate extremes.