Many people believe that cotton is never     1     (bad) than plastic. It takes hundreds of years     2     plastic to break down. But cotton bags are providing a way for supermarkets to show a planet-friendly attitude.     3    , it turns out that cotton bags have created a new problem. Only if an organic cotton bag is used 20, 000 times can it balance out the impact of     4     (it) producing process, according to a study. And most dyes used     5     (print) logos onto them contain PVC,     6     makes the bags not recyclable.     7     (fortunate), some brands are turning to other     8     (strategy). British designer Anya made     9     extraordinary bag by herself. It is made from recycled water bottles. We hope more and more recyclable bags     10     (invent) in the near future.

Environmentalists are getting more worried about the harmful effects of fast fashion on the environment.

Fast fashion is the mass production of clothes at a low cost, which are put in shops and online quickly     1     (create) a high demand. Manufacturers (制造商) make 100 billion items of clothing every year and this is expected to grow     2     60 percent by 2030. It is reported     3     many of the clothes end up in the trash and are not recycled. The way people are buying clothes also adds to the problem of clothing waste. Many years ago, people went to stores and     4     (try) clothes on. They took more time and thought     5     (careful) before they bought clothes. They also wore them for a much     6     (long) time compared with current consumers. Today, people order cheap clothes on the Internet for     7     (convenient) and if they don't like them, they throw them away. This is possibly leading to     8     throwaway society.

Another negative effect on the environment that can not     9     (ignore) is caused by the chemicals used to make the clothes. These chemicals cause pollution to the environment as well as health problems for people     10     (work) in clothes factories.

March 12th is China's annually National Tree-planting Day. On this day, millions of Chinese, from all walks of life, will put their works at hands aside for     1     moment, take shovels and buckets as well as saplings, and trek out to green up their hometowns.

First     2    (create) by the US agriculturist Sterling Morton in 1872, Tree-planting Day was set in order to inspire people's passions for planting and protecting trees, and     3    (protect) and improve the     4    (nature) environment on which people depend on for their living.

China's Tree-planting Day could date back     5     a proposal made by Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), a great China revolution leader, to Beiyang Government (1915-1927) in 1915 and then regulation was     6    (formal) publicized that Tomb-sweeping Festival (April 5th)     7    (adopt) as Tree-planting Day. However, April 5th was a late time for tree-planting in Southern China and so it was changed to March 12th by the Nanjing National Government (1927-1949) in order to memorize Sun Yat-sen,     8     passed away on March 12th.

In February 1979, the 5th National People's Congress of People Republic of China made a     9    (resolve) that March 12th would be taken as Chinese Tree-Planting Day, requiring the whole country to carry out tree-planting     10    (activity) on this day and support the construction of forestry.

Located in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, the Bingling Temple World Heritage Tourist Area     1     (cover) 150 square kilometers. It is home to the Stone Grottoes (石窟) of Bingling Temple (a component of the World Heritage of the Silk Road).

With magnificent natural scenery civilization, the tourist area lies along     2     may be the most charming section of the upper reaches (上游) of the Yellow River. Thanks to     3     (it) places of interest integrating ancient and modern culture, the Bingling Temple World Heritage Tourist Area has become     4     good place for ecological     5     (tourist), science education, and leisurely vacations.

    6     the largest stone grottoes in Gansu Province, the Bingling Temple Grottoes are a world cultural heritage with a history which stretches back more than 1,600 years ago.     7     (particular)，the earliest of China’s well-preserved statue inscription (题词) during the Western Qin State     8     (discover) in the No. 169 grotto. This grottoes inscription, statues, and murals (壁画) provide     9     (rely) evidence for the confirmation of the history of the Bingling Temple Grottoes and the early stone statues in China.

With the grotto murals and stone statues of different historical periods, the Bingling Temple Grottoes are believed     10     (have) historical, artistic and academic value.

A Second Life for Chopsticks

There are approximately 600 sushi restaurants in Vancouver,    1    (consequent) making it the sushi capital of North America. Before the pandemic, over 100, 000 chopsticks and other wooden tools     2     (use) once and thrown out every day, according to a 2018 study by Metro Vancouver. In 2016, Felix Bock was     3     27-year-old young man, studying sustainable construction materials at the University of British Columbia. It was when he was sitting in a sushi restaurant     4     he realized he was holding an underused resource in his own hand, Thus Chop Value was born.

Böck’s start-up recycles used wooden chopsticks and     5     (transform) them into household objects, from chessboards to bookshelves. The company makes about 30 such products, as well as other custom projects, with each     6     (employ) a varying number of chopsticks. So far, the company,    7    products can be found in department stores in other major Canadian cities, has collected and repurposed almost 33 million chopsticks nationwide. The company’s reforms don’t end there, however.    8    (produce) in “micro-factories” with workers that collect chopsticks from local restaurants, ChopValue’s items are mainly sold by local     9     (businessman). There are three so far in Canada—in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal—and Bock would like to get to 10 by the end of the year. “We’re trying to expand in the     10     (fine) way of all times,” he says. “We never want to do things the way they were done before- We’re onto something great here, something inspiring.”

Today, giant pandas are one of the world's most well-known animals. And they are     1     (global) recognized as being a leading symbol of both China and nature conservation in general. But global interest     2     the animal only took off early in the 20th century.

The idea of the WWF's logo(标志)     3     (come) from Chi-Chi: a giant panda that arrived at London Zoo in 1961 — the same year that WWF     4     (create).

Aware of the need for a recognisable symbol that would break through all language barriers(障碍), WWF's founders agreed that the big, furry bear with her special black and white coat would make a great logo. The first sketches(草图) were done by the British environmentalist and     5     (art), Gerald Watterson.

Based on these, Sir Peter Scott, one of WWF's founders, drew     6     first logo. He said at the time that “we wanted an animal that was beautiful,     7     (endanger), and loved by many people in the world for     8     (it) attractive qualities. We also wanted an animal that had an impact(影响力) in black and white     9     (save) money on printing costs.”

The panda has since become a symbol not just for WWF,     10     for the conservation movement as a whole.

During the World Elephant Day on Thursday, Chinese and foreign experts gathered in one online forum(论坛)     1     ( discuss) ways to protect elephants better based on the migration(迁徙) of 15 wild elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. This shows how Chinese people care about the    2     ( protect) of these giant friends.

The 15 wild Asian elephants among    3     one male turned back in July finally returned to their habitat after touring for 17 months in Yunnan Province. The case was taken by the experts as a    4     ( success) example on how to protect and guide the migration of wild elephants.

Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, mentioned an idea which focused    5     helping wild animals survive by     6     (reduce) the harm to nature and wildlife in our daily lives.

Zhang Chenglin, Deputy Director of the Beijing Zoo，who introduced some measures taken by Chinese zoos to take good care of elephants,     7     (say) that there were around 150 elephants living in zo0s around China.

“    8     ( human) and animals share nature. To protect elephants     9     (be) to protect our planet. Hope we can work with other countries to protect wild animals."     10     woman wrote on Sina Weibo on the World Elephant Day.