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“The Forbidden City” is a translation of the Chinese name Zijin Cheng, which     1    (literal) means “Purple Forbidden City”. The palace was “forbidden” in the sense that, aside from members of the imperial household, no one could enter it     2     the Emperor’s permission.

The Forbidden City     3    (locate) directly to the north of Tiananmen Square and is     4    (access) from the square via Tianan men Gate. It is surrounded by a large area     5    (call) the Imperial City.

       Rectangular in shape, the Forbidden City is the world largest palace complex, and     6    (cover) 720, 000 square meters. It includes five halls, seventeen palaces, and numerous buildings. The Forbidden City is divided into two parts. The Outer Court,     7     includes the southern and central sections, centers on three halls used for ceremonial purposes. The Inner Court, including the northern, eastern, and western parts of the Forbidden City, was     8     the Emperor worked and lived with his family and maid-servants. For centuries, diligence and good fortune    9    (allow) the complex to survive. And each statue, painting, color and shape in the Forbidden City is rich with symbolism, with much of it     10    (reflect) the life of the royal household that once lived there.

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In their spare time, most young people like to enjoy themselves and play on their smartphones.     1    , Li Ruxue is an exception. He often goes around a forest and keeps himself from the outside world.

“Though the lifestyle is a little bit tiring, it’s meaningful,” the 27- year- old environmentalist said. In his college years, Li took an active part in field research with his teachers.     2     graduation, instead of starting a job instantly, he joined a Skywalker Gibbon (长臂猿) Protection organization, where one of his major     3    (responsibility) was picking up gibbon feces (粪便).

The Skywalker Gibbon is a top-level State-protected animal     4     population is smaller than     5     of wild giant pandas. Through     6     (analyze) the DNA from their feces, researchers can measure the inbreeding among different groups and protect them better, So over the past four and a half years, Li     7     (track) gibbons and collected their feces for researchers. Li said the job relies     8     (heavy) on luck and effort. But he has never regretted his choice or felt alone, as he has found more young people     9     (engage) in nature protection. “Young people are the future of the world and the future of global biodiversity     10     (conserve),” he said.

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Buried deep in the ruins of the Shang Dynasty, specifically in Anyang City of Henan Province, bones of the rhino(犀牛)were found.

A collection of archaeological evidence has confirmed the     1    (exist) of rhinos in ancient China. The animal     2     (distribute) across China’s Central Plains,    3     Chinese civilization originated.

Nevertheless, the rhino was no longer wandering in the region after the Han Dynasty. One explanation is that it was the colder climate of Northeast Asia that saw the creature    4    (appear) from the pages of history. However, Zhou Yu, the writer of History of Chinese Armor(盔甲), offered up     5     explanation: the crafting of armor.

Armor was    6    (original) made of bamboo but the material possessed limited     7    (defend)capabilities. Leather armor later became popular during the pre-Qin period. Zhou’s book     8     (read) that the rhino’s thick skin was a primary material for the creation of warriors’ armor. Many ancient accounts recorded the killing of rhinos and     9     (turn) their skin into protective covering. “The huge demand     10     rhino skins might have caused the animal’s disappearance or at least its migration from the Central Plains to the southwestern regions,” Zhou told Beijing Review.

4 . Near the Yellow Sea in Jiangsu is a magical island, Qinshan Island,     1    (situate) 15km off the coast. It is one thousand meters long from east to west and 200 meters in     2    (wide). From the air, the island looks like a giant Chinese salamander (娃娃鱼). The island used to be ten times     3     it is today. However, thousands of years of erosion    4     (see) the rock consumed by the sea little by little, eventually spitting out this small fish-like island. The long tail of this "fish" appears and disappears     5     the rise and fall of the tides.

Qinshan Island has existed for at least 2,000 years, the tail of     6     was formed by the action of the tides against this gravel island. The shores were     7     (gradual) worn away and finally collapsed. The rise and fall of the sea level over time has helped form a mound (连岛坝),     8     (extend) from the island towards the land. Mounds like this can be seen all along the east coast of China,     9     a small island like this is very rare. It is known as the     10     (long) natural avenue at sea in China. Those who step on this path seem to be walking on a vast sea.

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Do you know human-wildlife conflict?

Human-wildlife conflict,     1     (refer) to direct interactions between humans and wildlife with negative outcomes, costs the     2     (globe) economy billions of dollars annually. Worse still, it     3     (threat) human lives and causes many species to die out. These conflicts     4     (large) result from humans and wildlife seeking limited resources in the same landscapes and often have many unexpected consequences. As a matter of fact, both extreme climate events and climate change have the potential to influence the interactions between humans and wildlife. Serious climate events can bring about rapid changes in resource availability,     5     may drive strong responses in animals and people. The    6     (compete) between the two grows tougher as a consequence. Droughts     7     particular have caused some of the most visible conflicts. Despite the gravity of these conflicts, climate change is making human-wildlife conflict even     8     (serious). With people and wildlife sharing crowded spaces and limited resources, human-wildlife conflict is rising in frequency. Many people,     9     still haven't really realized how complex and severe the problem is. Therefore,     10     (protect) wildlife and humans alike, it is vital that a wide range of research and institutions should consider the role of a changing climate in shaping the complex dynamics of conflict.

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Mount Wutai, or Qingliang Shan, located in northeastern Shanxi province, China, is home to many of China’s most important temples. It takes its name     1     its unusual topography (地形), consisting of five rounded peaks (North, South, East, West, Central), of     2     the North peak, called Beitai Ding or Yedou Feng, is the highest.

Mount Wutai is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Each of the four mountains     3       (view) as the abode (道场) of one of the four great bodhisattvas (菩萨). Wutai is the home of the bodhisattva of     4     (wise), Wenshu in Chinese.

Mount Wutai is also home to some of the oldest existent wooden buildings in China that    5     (survive) since the era of the Tang Dynasty (618- 907). This includes the main hall of Nanchan Temple and the East Hall of Foguang Temple, which were built in 782 and 857     6     (respective). They were discovered in 1937 and 1938 by a team of people, including the famous early 20^th-century    7     (history) Liang Sicheng.

    8     architectural design of these buildings has since been studied by leading experts in traditional Chinese architecture such as Nancy Steinhardt. Steinhardt classified these buildings according to the hall types featured in the Yingzao Fashi Chinese building manual (手册)    9    (write) in the 12th century. Her classification helped a lot in convincing UNESCO    10    Mount Wutai is worthy of a place in its heritage site.

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China has recently announced the formal establishment of its first five national parks. Giant Panda National Park (GPNP)is one     1     the list. GPNP is located in Central China spreading across Sichuan, Ningxia and Shaanxi. Once     2     (complete), the new national park will include 67 existing panda reserves.

The giant panda is a famous symbol of China and one of the most adorable     3     (creature) across the globe. GPNP has a population of around 1,800 giant pandas,     4     accounts for over 80% of the Chinese giant panda population.

Connecting these reserves and establishing protected areas between     5     will allow pandas to travel between the different areas and     6     (hopeful) crossbreed(杂交繁育) and strengthen the panda population. This is a focused effort     7     (help) the animals reproduce.

The     8    (combine) of these panda reserves is an enthusiastic commitment by the Chinese government to protect these extraordinary animals. The good news     9     (be) that there is evidence that the population appears to be growing. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has upgraded the species from endangered to threatened.     10     this improvement is positive, there is still a lot the world needs to do to help secure the survival of this precious species.

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Nowadays, people are understanding the need to solve the climate and biodiversity problem. Poor ecosystems, forest fires, Covid-19 and more extreme weather events are showing us that the destruction of the natural world is greatly impacting on the planet.     1     , it is time to take action.

Rainforest Concern     2     (establish) in 1993 aims to protect endangered natural habitats, the biodiversity they contain, and the people who depend on them for their     3     (survive). For over 20 years, Rainforest Concern     4     (protect) threatened cloud forests in north-west Ecuador, within the global biodiversity hot spot,     5     contains one-sixth of all plant life on the planet.

One of the most immediate threats to the bio-region is heavy industry, resulting in polluted rivers and the     6     (disappear) of hectares of forest, massively impacting on regional climatic conditions and     7     (potential) putting even more species on Red List.

To protect the cloud forests from threats, Rainforest Concern supports community reserves and has created a private reserve,     8     (focus) on forming ecological passages to connect existing protected areas. These measures are all helping to protect the weak cloud forest ecosystem from     9     (damage) and stop the reduction of its wildlife. But it takes money     10     (keep) going, and with more human pressures on the region, threats are increasing, and the forests and our planet are running out of time.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Coffee is probably the world's least expensive success power tool. Coffee builds better teams and improves leadership ability. Coffee also    1     (strength) the immune system. Besides, it may even increase     2     (you) lifespan.

    3     (fortunate) we may not be enjoying the benefits or pleasures of coffee too much longer. According to ecologists, there's    4     good chance that in 20 or 30 years, the varieties of coffee we drink today will be extinct. And we'll be drinking either a coffee replacement,     5     some almost-coffee drinks that resemble the coffee we enjoy today.

The problem, of course, is the pace    6     climate change. In the past twenty years, due to climate change, environmental stress     7     (create). It gives rise to the spread of pests and plant diseases,     8     cause damage to the coffee crop and create the possibility of a species-destroying rot.

What can you do? Well, take the time    9     (enjoy) each cup of coffee you drink. Beyond that, stop electing the    10     (politician) who deny climate change.

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Wild Chinese sturgeon ( 鲟) are thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs and among the first class of protected animals in China. Last week, a wild Chinese sturgeon, which is believed to be the     1     (large) ever found in the past two decades, arrived in Beijing for better treatment. The species is one of the     2     (critical) endangered fish species in China and can be found only in the Yangtze and Pearl rivers.

The Chinese sturgeon “Houfu” ,     3     literally means “good fortune for ever after”, arrived at the Beijing Aquarium on Monday after 22 hours of transport     4     Hubei Province.

When the fish     5     (find) by a fisherman in the Yangtze River Basin, it had been suffering from multiple     6     (injury). It was sent to the Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute for treatment immediately. As she was so weak, local care takers had difficulty     7     (feed) it. The Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute decided to move it to Beijing to receive further treatment.

Nicknamed “Aquatic giant pandas” and     8     (list) as a wild creature under state protection, the species has been struggling due to water projects, busy waterway traffic     9     pollution in recent years. The number of Chinese sturgeon living in the wild     10     (fall) sharply to about 50 now from about 1,000 in 1982, according to researchers' estimates.