【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Saving nature, saving humanity

Our planet—the only home we have—is on the point of breaking down. And the costs produced by     1     (we) broken relationship with nature are rising.

Firstly, these years see more natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and hurricanes,     2     (cause) people sufferings beyond description. Worse still, human health     3     (threaten), because we are now running the risk of picking up new diseases jumping from animals to humans such as bird flu and COVID-19. What’s more, due to environmental pollution, people in some areas have less access     4     food, clean water or other necessities. Animals are struggling for     5     (survive), too. One million species are disappearing and in danger of extinction.

    6     (avoid) completely destroying our home, we need to act globally,     7     means all the countries on the planet should work together. As for the economically     8     (advance) countries, they should take     9     lead. Although we don’t know what life holds in store for us, we can focus on the present     10     do our best today.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Given the fact that chemical pesticides and artificial fertilisers can fight crop disease and increase production, they     1    (be) in widespread use since the 1950s. However, with time going by, they have been proved     2    (harm) to the environment and human health if     3    (use) for long time. To tackle the problems, farmers have switched to organic farming     4     an alternative. And organic food has become     5     favorite for many customers. Organic farmers rely on it that natural means could keep their soil fertile and free of disease. Different organic methods have come up,     6     goal is to grow good food while avoiding damage to the environment or to the human health.     7     organic farming cannot replace chemical farming with a huge number of people     8    (feed) worldwide. There is still a long way to go     9    scientists find suitable     10    (solve) that can satisfy the high demand for food while protecting the environment.

【推荐3】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

Fan Lihong, her parents and her daughter are standing along Madang Road in Shanghai, cups in hand. Many     1     in the line are doing the same. From afar, such a scene     2     seem reminiscent of water rationing. But these individuals are simply after a caffeine fix, with sustainability in mind.

“I have been using my own cups to buy coffee this year. Using my own cup is       3     convenient and cost effective－it also helps with environmental protection,” says Fan. Another customer     4     was waiting in a line outside Manner Coffee, Liu Shiyun, echoes the same sentiment. “A latte at Manner Coffee costs 15 yuan ($2.24). If I use my own cup to buy the coffee, I get 5 yuan discount and will save at least 100 yuan per month,” Liu says.

Manner Coffee, which operates over 100 stores across China, sells nearly 100,000 cups of coffee per day. Around half of their customers bring their own cups, according to Ning Yihan, marketing representative of Manner. We started to encourage consumers to bring their own non-disposable cups to Manner stores since the day we     5     (establish). We hope to contribute to environmental protection with our customers. It is very interesting and meaningful while you see all kinds of people bringing their own cups. There are Japanese-style izakaya store owners     6    (bring) beer mugs and security or sanitation workers with their thermoses,” she adds.

Other countries around the world have also set their eyes on reducing the use of disposable paper cups and encourage people     7     (use) more environmentally friendly options. For example, Ireland’s environment minister announced in November 2019 that consumers who use disposable cups will by 2021 be subjected     8     a “latte tax”. It was also reported that the United Kingdom uses 2.5 billion disposable paper cups a year, almost     9     of which are recycled. For this reason, British legislators have called for a tax on paper cups     10     they believe that manufacturers of these products should pay more.clothing.

【推荐1】阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

We live in a world of plastic. Shopping bags, drink bottles, your toothbrush and even your clothes are among the everyday items     1     (make) from plastic. But plastic isn’t fantastic, and neither is the current state of our environment.

Humans     2     (produce) plastic on a large scale (大规模地) since the 1950s. We produce hundreds of millions of tons of plastic every year and production is only increasing.     3     (fortunately), most of it is used only once and then thrown away. Only a small part of plastic     4     (recycle). The majority ends up in our oceans.

A Plastic Ocean is a documentary film directed by the Australian journalist Craig Leeson. It investigates the serious harm plastic has done     5     our oceans. What starts off as an adventure to film the blue whale, the     6     (large) animal on the planet, leads to the shocking discovery of a thick layer (层) of plastic     7     (float) in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The film sends the message that our actions and choices can severely influence the planet.

Plastic is so widely used because it is durable (耐用的) and cheap. However, this durability is the same quality that makes it so     8     (harm) to the environment. Most plastics do not break down chemically. Instead, they break into smaller pieces     9     can remain in the environment for     10     long time.

【推荐2】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It was unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so    1    (pollute) that it actually caught fire and burned. Now years later, this river is one of the most outstanding    2    (example) of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days     3     even a few months. It took years of work     4    (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work     5    (pay) off and now the water in the river is cleaner than ever.

Maybe you are faced     6     an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit     7     is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an     8    (likely) situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are     9    (amazing) interesting stories of instant transformation, for most of us the changes are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just have    10    (patient).

【推荐3】语法填空

A promising approach     1     solving air pollution can be found in Beijing, after China declared a "war against pollution" in 2014. A seven-meter-high "Smog Free Tower" opened in Beijing's 751 D Park in September 2016. It is a huge, outdoor air purifier. Airborne particles (颗粒) are sucked into the tower     2     they receive a positive charge (正电荷). The particles are then caught by a negatively negative charged dust-removal plate and finally clean air     3     (blow) out of the other end.

As for what to do with the collected PM waste, The designer has currently set up a business to make jewelers out of the waste. If collected on a big scale, the designer believes     4     could even be used as a building material.