The maned wolf is a weird -looking beast. It is    1    distinct species in the Canidae family.

The wolves live in a vast tropical savanna in South America     2    (call) the Corrado, which boasts extraordinary varieties of plants and animals. But that habitat    3    (disappear )gradually due to rapid expansion of agriculture.

According to Smithsonian scientist Songsasen, this large-scale habitat    4     (lose)   threatens the future of the maned wolf species. Eight percent of the grassland has disappeared, and only five percent of the natural habitat that remains     5    (protect) at present.

So Songsasen and his team are attempting to breed an insurance population of maned wolves,     6    (basic), a backup population of captive maned wolves     7    case the animals become extinct in the wild.

In order to play matchmaker for the wolves, Songsasen works with scientists all over the country     8    (build) a genetic database of the wolves currently in captivity. Each wolf is given a genetic value corresponding with    9    related they are to other wolves. The     10    (little) related two wolves are, the better suited they are as potential mates. That ’s because genetic diversity helps a population survive.

Working with elephants is one of the most popular volunteer activities in Thailand. And for good reason, these     1     (amaze) creatures are huge, cute, and very intelligent. Often elephants     2     (view) as gentle animals, but it’s good to remember that this isn’t always the case.     3     (sad), many elephants have faced terrible treatment, beaten into     4     (give) performances or overworked at money-hungry tourist attractions. A terribly-treated elephant can become angry and kill if it feels threatened.

All that being said, volunteering for elephant     5     (protect) can be a very rewarding experience. The important thing is to find the right opportunity. There are     6     number of elephant reserves (动物保护区) and parks, especially in Thailand. There you can do meaningful work     7     (improve) the lives of elephants. The key is to do your research and watch out for places     8     promise you big money.

If the volunteer organization seems to be paying more attention     9     elephant rides and the elephants giving performances, be careful     10     it is probably not a place with the elephants’ best interests in mind.

The Chinese government is putting a limit on     1     much pay its movie stars get. The government says that actors’ getting very high salaries is bad for     2     (social). A lot of actors try to avoid paying tax and their love of money is     3     (harm). Government officials said they want to stop “money worship” because money is not the most important thing in life. The government also wants to stop a celebrity culture from     4     (develop). Many young people are blindly chasing celebrities and turning     5     (they) into heroes, which is giving people a false idea about     6     life is really like.

The government has issued a set of rules that tell movie production companies how     7     (pay) their movie stars. The salaries of actors will be capped at 40 per cent of     8     total cost of the movie. Besides, leading actors     9     (receive) no more than 70 per cent of the total wages for the entire cast. Many Chinese     10     (citizen) said they support the new rules. One Chinese citizen wrote on social media: “Society has given them too much and they give nothing back. They do not teach young people about the value and importance of humility and community in China.”

The United States government has delayed a ban on US technology sales to Huawei Technologies Co，a move that     1    （aim）at reducing effects on the Chinese tech giant's global customer and supply base.

In     2    （respond）to the move，Ren Zhengfei，founder and CEO of Huawei，said on Tuesday that the US government's 90-day extension（延期）“doesn't mean much"，    3    （add）that the company was ready to deal     4     the ban，and has made good     5     .（prepare）for a worst case.

Huawei says that it     6    （develop）its own mobile phone operating system.     7     could replace Google's Android operating system in its smart phones.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Tuesday that the Chinese government has the strong     8    （determine）and ability to defend its legal rights and interests.

    9     is unrealistic is to require the two economies to be absolutely and equally open in trade，because a trade agreement itself is impossible to be absolutely equal in all areas，but the agreement must be balanced and     10    （benefit）to both sides. Lu added.

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Trading and Trending

December 11,2021 marks the 20th anniversary of China’s entrance to the World Trade Organization (WTO).Over the past 20 years, China has won widespread recognition for its commitment,becoming a country that practices and defends globalization.

Since 2001, China’s overall tax rate     1     (drop) from 15.3 percent to 7.4 percent, lower than that in most developing countries. China has also continuously cut     2     (it) negative list of foreign investment access,and opened up as many sectors as possible to international trade.

The facilitation of trade and investment proves that China is opening     3     (wide) to the outside world,     4     in turn has promoted faster growth of the Chinese economy. In the last two decades,

China’s GDP has gone from sixth to second in the world,with its trade in goods     5     (rise) from sixth place to first and trade in services climbing from eleventh to second place.

WTO spoke highly of the nation's important role as a driver of global growth and its commitment     6     guarding the trading system and participating in the various parts of WTO projects. As the years progressed, China contributed     7     average of 30 percent to world economic growth. In 2020     8     (specific), the global economy declined owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,     9     China became the only major economy to sustain positive growth, putting the nation in an important position to drive the world’s gradual economic     10     (recover).