2 . China becomes a world leader in clean technology by fighting environmental pollution, sharing experience.
Erik Solheim, former executive director of the United Nations Environmental Programme, said he is __________ with China’s phenomenal achievements over the past decade in fighting environmental pollution and climate change, and in its march toward __________ development.
This is very __________ to his Twitter followers. Solheim’s latest tweets include one about China ranking first globally in planted forests and forest coverage growth, __________ a quarter of the world’s new forests in the past decade; one about China producing 60 percent of global solar energy last year and 80 percent of solar panels; and another highlighting the fact that 80 percent of the world’s new offshore wind capacity was installed in China last year.
He believes that it’s time for the rest of the world to __________.
For Solheim, who is also the former Norwegian Minister of the Environment and Minister of International Development, China’s achievements on the climate and environmental fronts all started with its fight against__________.
“People wanted to see beautiful skies over their cities,” he told China Daily. “The __________ fast reduction in air pollution in Chinese cities over the last decade shows how fast China can act. This has now spilled over into renewable energy, nature protection, electric mobility, tree planting and a lot more. Today, China is the world leader in all __________ technologies.”
The latest __________ from China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment prove Solheim’s observations that the country is rapidly switching to a more sustainable path.
Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu told a news conference on Sept 15 that the country’s toughest measures and greatest progress on the ecological and environmental front have occurred in the last decade.
He said that __________ painstaking efforts to combat pollution, clear waters and blue skies have become more commonplace.
While poor air quality used to be a source of frequent public complaints, the average __________ of hazardous airborne PM2.5 particles dropped from 46 to 30 micrograms per cubic (立方的) meter between 2015 and last year.
About 87.5 percent of days last year were rated as having good air quality, up 6.3 percentage points from 2015, making China the country with the biggest __________ in air quality in the world.
In the last decade, the __________ of water at or above Grade III in the country’s five-tier water quality system rose 23.3 percentage points to 84.9 percent, close to the levels in developed countries. Carbon intensity, or carbon emissions per unit of GDP, has declined by 34.4 percent, with coal __________ for 56 percent of total energy consumption, compared to 68.5 percent a decade ago.
China has has legislated or revised roughly 30 laws and regulations, some of which focused on water resource protection, including the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law, which was modified in 2017, and the Yangtze River Protection Law, which __________ last year.
1. A.confused | B.impressed | C.obsessed | D.connected |
2. A.available | B.accessible | C.sustainable | D.substantial |
3. A.evident | B.attractive | C.invisible | D.unique |
4. A.donating | B.contributing | C.manufacturing | D.distributing |
5. A.fall behind | B.put forward | C.look up | D.catch up |
6. A.pollution | B.environment | C.ecology | D.emission |
7. A.probably | B.inevitably | C.incredibly | D.traditionally |
8. A.biological | B.advanced | C.far-reaching | D.green |
9. A.study | B.figures | C.technologies | D.innovation |
10. A.thanks to | B.despite | C.regardless of | D.other than |
11. A.height | B.length | C.concentration | D.weight |
12. A.obstacle | B.improvement | C.contribution | D.cultivation |
13. A.quality | B.flavor | C.deposit | D.proportion |
14. A.accounting | B.making | C.looking | D.applying |
15. A.took effect | B.took place | C.took to | D.took in |