【推荐1】Going shopping with your parents can be great fun. In the UK we buy more clothes than any other country in Europe. What people might not realise is that the fashion industry, and particularly “fast fashion”, is ________ to the planet.

Fast fashion refers to cheap clothes that are quickly produced by large companies to ________ the latest styles. Styles change all the time and lots of people like to buy clothes that are in fashion right now. The aim of fast fashion is to get these new styles into shops as fast as possible, so customers can buy them.

The fashion industry is ________ for between 8 and 10% of the greenhouse gas emissions (排放). Making clothes also requires lots of water. Cotton comes from plants that need to be watered frequently to make them grow, and turning raw cotton into clothes needs even more water. The clothes then have to be shipped to the countries where they’re going to be sold, which produces even more pollution. Fast fashion items aren’t made to last forever because they often go out of style quite ________. Some people throw their clothes away when they don’t want them anymore.

Companies often employ people in other countries to make their clothes, and some don’t pay their workers very much. People then have to work ________ hours to earn enough money to live on. Some countries have fewer rules than the UK, which means that factories aren’t always well looked after and checked for safety. That could mean workers having to make clothes in dangerous or unhealthy ________.

Lots of people are working for change. You could also raise awareness of the problem among your family and friends or ask a teacher to help you spread the word at your school.

Pickleball, a relaxing sport that has been around since the 1960s, is becoming __________ in China. Young people are getting especially interested in the game.

The sport of pickleball invented in 1965 in the US, is a game in which two or four players hit a Wiffle ball __________ a net. It is just like playing tennis but is played on a badminton court (羽毛球场) with a paddle. The __________ of the game are simple with little running needed, making it easy to start for players of all ages and skill levels (水平).

Wu Xiaomeng, a pickleball lover, said, “The game is fair for both men and women, as it __________ more skills than strength,” he said. “It is a good social activity as anyone can __________ take up this sport and play it for fun. I believe this sport can go far in China.”

Nowadays, people all love beauty of rose. However, many people don’t know a flower that has also played a very _______ role and shouldn’t be forgotten. That is the Chinese rose.

Chinese rose first appeared in China and has been cultivated (培育) _______ more than 2,000 years. It was _______ in a large number during the Han Dynasty and was more common during the Tang Dynasty. _______ the environment of the Yangtze River in China was good for its growth, most of the Chinese roses were planted around the Yangtze River in ancient times. According to the _______, the rose was introduced to Europe through India in 1789, and more than 10,000 kinds have been created after thousands of hybridization (杂交) tests.

Chinese rose is 1-2meters high with thorns (刺). There are 3-5 leaves, each 2.5-6cm long and 1-3cm wide. Its flowers usually grow together. The _______ of the flowers usually changes from red, pink then to white. It usually blooms from April to September and _______ nice smell. Chinese rose likes light. In the growing season, it should be provided with enough sunlight, at least 6 hours’ light. Otherwise, it will only grow long _______ but won’t bloom.

Chinese rose is of great value in greening. It can also be used as a medicine. In addition, it is one of the ten _______ flowers in China and is known as the “Queen of Flowers”. In ancient China, poets always wrote poems to _______ its beauty. As a symbol of happiness, beauty, peace and friendship, it is so popular that some countries choose it as their national flower, such as Iraq and Syria.