A farm in England has started to conduct cow yoga (瑜伽) classes to help improve fitness,     1     might seem strange to you.

The class,     2     (hold) on the farm, gives people a chance to enjoy exercising     3     (outdoor) with cows. Animals     4     (think) to be able to help lower the level of stress.

The cows live at Paradise Farm in Lancashire. They also get special     5     (treat). When they’re not helping during a yoga class, the cows are kept entertained with music by     6     (artist) from Mozart to Madonna. The cows even get to rest on individual mattresses (床垫).

    7     recent study showed that UK adults spent 40% of their hours awake     8     (watch) television. Furthermore, the amount of physical activity people took part     9     between March and June during the pandemic dropped by over a quarter.

Azhar Zoug, managing director at Lancashire Farm Dairies, said, “Yoga is the perfect activity to get the public moving.     10     (good) of all, it’s a great way to enjoy the countryside and walk with these wonderful animals.”

Busy Colombians living in a city can be pressured. But there is a place for people to relieve stress in Bogota.     1    (sit) at the top of Monserrate Hill, east of the city, the place is a protected park for hummingbirds. The area contains a forest that has turned into a peaceful and     2     (harmony) world for both people and birds.

With the hummingbirds flying from flower to flower, some people study them through binoculars (双筒镜) and     3     (other) take pictures with cameras or phones.

“Sometimes it doesn't seem real because we are close to city of eight million residents     4     generate noise every day,” says Camilo Cantor, a caretaker in the park, whose job is to mix water and sugar and put it in bird feeders along a 300-meter path “The park is     5     (true) special place, like an oasis (绿洲). It is place where people can go     6     (ease) stress, forget about troubles and get     7     break from busy city life,” he added.

Ten years ago, the hill     8     (destroy), mercilessly and completely, meaning there were no trees left on it. But workers began to replant local trees and flowers to bring the forest back     9     life. Presently, visitors to the park can see over100 species of birds there.

Hummingbirds can     10     (find) only on the American continent and Colombia is home to many different kinds.

Cities are diverse ecosystems, and a large number of species share our urban areas. As our city spreads, we need think about     1     it is like for other species to have human neighbors.

Because cities     2     (build) for humans, they do not always provide suitable habitats for wildlife. For example, most city parks are kept neat and tidy so that humans will find them     3     (pretty) than before. But when we cut grass or plant flowers, we destroy natural habitats.

When a bridge in Austin, Texas was repaired, engineers added small gaps running along the length of its bottom,     4     made a good home for bats, and soon the bridge was the home of thousands of bats. At first, people were afraid     5     the bats. Now, they have come to value     6     (they) winged neighbors. The bats are a tourist     7     (attract), and they eat lots of bugs every night.

There are also structures built with the objective of     8     (bring) wildlife into the city. The Beijing Olympic Forest Park is a good example. The park     9     (use) native plants and created open, natural spaces for wildlife. The result is a zone where over 160 species of birds can move about     10     (free). If we learn to share our space, we can become better neighbors to the wildlife around us.

Timberland, the world's leading outdoor footwear and clothing company, told China Business Weekly, “At present, people are suffering a lot    1    self-made disasters. ^,, For years, Timberland CEO has been talking about putting an “ingredients“ label on every product. By educating consumers on the     2    （environment）impact of their clothes and shoes, he hopes    3    （start.）a discussion that will increase     4     （aware） of the issue. With an average of 55 parts in every shoe, it had proved much    5     difficult than originally thought to source and measure every element. In 2005 , Timberland introduced a new brand of water shoes called Mion,     6     has only four separate pieces. The table lists the energy    7    （use）to produce the shoe,     8    （it）contribution to global warming and how much material    9    （waste）. The company says the response from the retailers has been great. But the question that really matters is     10     regular people are ready to listen and take action.

The company recently announced that it would be launching its eco-friendly boot this fall. Customers will be able to return the boots to any Timberland store for recycling when they don't want them anymore.

Threatened by Arctic changes

Climate change may wipe out polar bears by the end of this century,    1    recent report in the journal Nature Climate Change said. However, unless more is done, their extinction is likely    2    (come) earlier as their home may disappear.

According to Science Daily, the Arctic, the only natural habitat for polar bears,    3    (be) in danger. Sea ice in the area could disappear    4    (complete) by 2035. This is undoubtedly bad news for this animal, as they use the    5    (float) sea ice to hunt.

Scientists made this    6    (predict) by using the UK climate model. According to Science Daily, this model allowed researchers to compare Arctic sea ice conditions during the last interglacial period(间冰期)    7    present day conditions. Researchers found that during the last interglacial period many shallow    8    (pool) of water formed on the surface of the Arctic sea ice during spring and summer. These pools, known as melt ponds, played a key role in the melting of the sea ice. This is because    9    there are larger areas of melt ponds, more heat is absorbed by sea ice, which causes it to melt    10    (far). To save the northern-most region of Earth, what we should be doing is "focusing all our minds on achieving a low-carbon world".

Earth is setting heat records. It will be much hotter one day. But     1    hot could it get? As a heat wave     2     (roast) the western United States last week, temperatures in California's Death Valley rose to 130 degrees Fahrenheit,     3     (mark) the hottest temperature measured anywhere on Earth since 1931 and the third hottest day ever recorded on our planet. It's difficult     4     (forecast) how hot Earth might get if we keep jamming carbon into the atmosphere,     5     (expert) say. As Michael   Wehner, an extreme weather researcher, put it in an email, "    6     increase in temperatures of future heat waves     7     (depend) a lot on how far into the future and how much more carbon dioxide we send out. ” But a recent research     8     (exact) tells people what the heat waves of tomorrow could look like if we don't control our carbon emissions (排放)at all. By the end of the century, heat waves in California could top out at temperatures about 10 to 14 degrees Fahrenheit     9     (high) than they do today, "I would expect that an event of the same rarity (罕见)     10    Today’s 130°F would be about 140°F in that high-emission future,” Wehner says.

Pioneering underwater photographer David Doubilet is a master craftsman,     1    combines technology and capture (捕捉) life underwater,         2    (bring) images back to the surface for those who might never see those sights with their own eyes. Entering the sea as a journalist, artist, and         3     (explore), Doubilet documents both the beauty and the   devastation (破坏) in our oceans.

He believes that the photography has the power         4     (educate), and influence change. Doubilet is deeply concerned about the future of the oceans. When he     5       (ask) what sort of powerful stories he’d like to tell through his work, he says, “Right now, we’re   telling the most     6    (meaning) story in the world. Doubilet and his wife, Jennifer Hayes, are working on a National Geographic project     7     (name) “Coral Status, the Science and the Future”.

They are looking at coral worldwide to see how it’s changed, and changing. “A lot of climatologists are thinking coral may be one of     8     greatest indicators (指示者), the thermometer of the health of this planet. We’re looking at reefs that are thousands     9    years old, and in the last four and five years they have     10    (complete) died. That’s what happens when you have a warming ocean.

On April 16, a fire     1     (destroy) the spire (尖塔) and roof of the 580-year-old cathedral Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院). Citizens of Paris gathered around the giant church,     2     (sing) hymns (圣诗) and praying. The church,     3     was built in 1163, is a historical and     4     (art) treasure. It combined Gothic art with Christian architecture     5     it led to taller and     6     (awesome) churches throughout Europe. Notre Dame is also home     7     many religious artifacts (手工艺品), paintings and sculptures.     8     (fortune), its world-famous stained glass rose windows survived the fire. Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, brought the church to the world’s attention. French President Emmanuel Macron promised     9     (reconstruct) the building. “ Notre Dame is our history, it’s our literature, it’s our imagery,” he said in     10     public speech.

Stephanie Jenouvrier at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found the future of emperor penguins (帝企鹅)depended on international efforts to manage climate change rather than on their     1     (able)to adapt to new environment. Climate change, if     2    (leave)unchecked, could drive emperor penguins to extinction (灭绝)by the end of the century as sea ice disappears.

Disappearing sea ice affects these penguins     3     (direct) because they rely on it for their living. Sea ice changes are already affecting emperor penguins, with breeding failures for three years in a row at their second     4     (big) living place in the Antarctic.

    5     (examine )the future of emperor penguins, Jenouvirer and her team       6    (model)their population under three scenarios (设想)：global temperature increases by 1.5°C; global temperature increases by 2°C; no action     7     (take) to reduce emissions(排放物). They wanted to see     8     would happen if emissions kept rising. They found that global warming of 1.5°C would cause a 31 percent fall,     9    2°C a 44 percent fall. "The result was     10     81 to 86 per cent fall in population by 2100 under the third scenario, "said Jenouvrier.

Jingdezhen porcelain(瓷器)is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China. Jingdezhen has produced porcelain     1     (century)ago. And the town     2    was named Jingdezhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln(窑)site around 1004.During the period, the     3    (produce)of porcelain in this area first became     4    (know).By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain, which remained in the following times. In the Ming Dynasty, official kilns in Jingdezhen     5    (control)by the emperor, making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts. As a result, the town was     6    (close)linked to the world.

Although being a remote town in a hilly area, Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone and forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns. It also has     7    river flowing from north to south,     8    (benefit)the transport of the fragile objects.

Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of     9     (value) porcelain. As a result, the town is famous     10     the “Porcelain Capital”. One type of its well-known high quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.