Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 year, he raced in international sailing     1     (compete).

While taking part in     2     important race in 1987, Kierman began to notice the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. He decided to do something about it

He organized a community event called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour”. On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out     3     (clear) away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event,     4     turned out to be a huge success. Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day     5     (improve) their local environment.

Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got     6     (big) year by year. In 2002, for example, 800,000 people     7     (clean) up almost 15,00 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches, parks and streets.

    8     (inspire) by the success of his project, Kierman started an even bigger program.     9     the help of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World” to other parts of the wold. “Clean Up the World” has been growing     10     (rapid) and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

Struggling for a better environment

Wang Tao, 50,       1     (be) a “green woodpecker (啄木鸟)” for the city of Beijing for 16 years. By using the nickname, he’s referring to the volunteer-based environmental protection work     2     (do) by the Beijing Green Woodpecker Association, an organization he founded in 2006.

He views the     3     (volunteer) as guardians of the city’s environment, in the same way that woodpeckers usually are for the forest.

Wang started by admonishing (告诫) people who spat on the ground, a deed he     4     (initial) felt shy to speak out about,       5     he was determined and, over the years, has insisted on doing so. He started doing it out of a     6     (person) dislike of such impolite and unhygienic (不卫生的) behavior, and a desire to contribute further to society.

Previous media reports had him recall an incident in May 2006,       7     he was wandering in Tian’anmen Square, with a pack of tissues in hand, and     8     (observe) the visitors. It was his first-time acting as a self-appointed volunteer.

Upon spotting     9     young postcard vendor (小贩) clearing his throat and spitting, he rushed up and handed over a tissue, asking the man     10     (wipe) the phlegm (痰) up off the floor.

BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) - Some 109,000 tonnes of anti-pandemic products     1    (send) to Europe through the China-Europe freight train service by the end of July, an official said Thursday.

While sea and air transportation were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the train service     2    (effective) guaranteed the stability of international     3    (industry) and supply chains, Xu Jianping, an official of the National Development and Reform Commission.

The China-Europe freight train service began operations in 2011 and     4    (witness) booming development in particular since the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative. Total annual train trips surged from 1,702 in 2016     5    15,183 last year.

With 82 routes     6    (reach) Europe, the trains now reach 196 cities in 24 European countries, transporting more than 50,000 types of goods including IT products, automobiles and parts, clothes, grain, wines, coffee beans, and timber.

The train service built a new logistics channel between Asia and Europe     7    operates around the clock, has a large carrying capacity, and is green, low-carbon and safe.

The train service improved regional opening-up, expanded economic and trade exchanges and deepened international industrial capacity     8    (cooperate).

The     9    (late) data showed the number of train trips in July increased by 11 percent year on year to hit     10    record 1,517, with shipments of 149,000 20-foot equivalent units of goods.

Chinese museums have made a leap in their development over the past few years. Statistics released by the National Cultural Heritage Administration on May 18     1     (show) that there was     2     rise of about 23 percent compared with 2015. As a result, China has the fourth     3     (large) number of museums in the world next     4     the United States, Germany and Japan.

    5     Chinese museums are developing rapidly, yet further reform     6     (require) today in order to give them a more outstanding role in the nation’s overall development. After three years of preparatory work, nine ministry-level     7     (organize ) jointly released the document, which offers guidelines on promoting reform     8     development of the field.

“However,     9     (face) the problem of unbalanced development, we should make more effort     10     (improve) our museum system.” said Guan Qiang, deputy director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration.