1 . On 20 December, in Newdale, a series of huge waves caused by an undersea Earthquake raced across the ocean near Goldshore. Worse still, it _________ thousands dead. Gold shore Beach was the only local beach to _________ the disaster without any loss of life. A10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around100 people escape danger with her _________ of tsunamis.

The day began like any other on Gold shore Beach. People were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, _________ the warm sea air and enjoying the soft _________ that brushed their hair. Sabrina was one of the happy tourists until she noticed something _________. “The water was like the bubbles (气泡) on the top of a beer,” she later explained. “It wasn’t _________ and it wasn’t going in and then out. It was just coming in and in and in.” It hit her that these were the _________ of an upcoming tsunami, which Sabrina had just learnt about in a Geography lesson.

Sabrina was _________, but she soon kept her head. She warned her parents of the __________ , though at first they just thought she was __________ . However, Sabrina was certain that a terrible disaster was __________ and kept asking her parents to talk to a safety officer. To her great relief, the officer __________ realized the coming danger. The beach was rapidly __________ of people, just before the huge waves __________ into the coast.

2 . The first time ever I realized that plastic was a serious matter for our planet was during a road trip in Western Australia, almost 12 years ago.

We________at a supermarket along the Coral Bay coast to buy some groceries and the lady at the counter told us they didn’t sell any shopping bags in order to prevent plastic in the________and to help preserving the endangered turtles living in that area. After a first reaction of surprise, we________all our shopping in our arms and left.

This was just one of the many experiences I’ve lived that made me more________about my impact and pushed me to adopt different habits to live and________more sustainably.

Our trip to Borneo was another life-changing________that has strengthened my resolution to a zero-waste lifestyle. While traveling in some Asian countries, we came to know that________drinkable water was always a challenge. So we had to travel with our water bottle, and we________to avoid using plastic during our trip.

Besides, we were also________impressed by our stay on Libaran Island. A sustainable turtle conservation________and the community had made big efforts to________ the beaches and creatively re-use plastic for ten years. Despite that, the shore is________daily with tons of plastic coming from the tides.

Facing this global issue________, raised in me a feeling of sadness and anger that soon turned into________: to do as much as possible to reduce plastic in our life. Small changes can________a difference!

3 . You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three, who just __an earthquake, couldn’t tell if her children were_________for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t________ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children when the 6.1-magnitude_____   rocked Napa, California. Connie is________and communicates with her children using________.

At midnight, Connie and her three children were_________on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were________ awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies_________. Connie, also_________one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and_____ for him to go upstairs to get a____________.

Juan slowly________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his________back down the stairs, the family was able to take a few________from the first floor and________. Their home was almost in ruins.

Being deaf was not deterrent (妨碍物) for this____ mother. The family made it to the ___ safely, which _______everyone.

3.

A．see

B．hear

C．forgive

D．reach

4 . Medi Bastoni, a 43-year-old father of four from Indonesia, is walking 800 km from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta. He is doing it _________ in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago’s (多岛屿的) quickly _________ forests.

He set out on his _________, backward journey in mid-July, with the _________ of reaching the capital by August 16, a day before the Southeast Asian nation’s independence day anniversary. He just took a short break when he was _________. “Of course I’m exhausted, but I’m ___________ to do this to fight for the next generation and I just make my _________ to do it,” Bastoni said. “My home is ___________ all of its trees so I have to do something. I can _________ the pain and tiredness.”

Bastoni says that when he arrives, he hopes to __________ President Joko Widodo and highlight the ____________ of deforestation (滥伐森林) across the archipelago, __________ at his home on Mt Wilis, a dead volcano. Indonesia __________ from one of the high rates of deforestation in the world, according to Greenpeace. Bastoni __________ 20 to 30 km backwards every day under the sun, with a rear-view mirror (后视镜) __________ to his backpack to avoid bumping into objects. Along the way, supporters cheer him on, __________ him meals or a place to stay overnight. But in order to stay ____________, Bastoni always leaves at dawn.

“Walking backwards is meant as a __________ to Indonesians to reflect on the __________ and remember how national heroes __________ for the good of the country,” he said.

5 . When still a young child, Morales Casanova saw children harm local trees. And sometimes they   ______harm their own pets. So she formed a group called Humanity United to Nature in Harmony for Beauty, Welfare and Goodness to________the problem. Through small group meetings, she taught friends to grow plants and care for pets, inspiring new________for nature.

A few years later, at age 13, she sent the president of Mexico a________for creating a protected area to train children about________issues and was awarded the prize for National Youth Award for Environmental Protection, which________the expansion of its grassroots________conservation   projects. Several years later, the state capital donated________that let her fulfill a long-held________of opening an environmental education________.

Opening in 2013, Ceiba Pentandra Park provides a free, interactive learning experience for children and teachers on________topics ranging from climate change to wildlife protection. The park’s_____ aspect is the teachers: other children, since Morales Casanova believed children had the________to be leaders.

Park students who show________ability are trained to be peer educators. They learn to speak________, plan activities, and do________to cover the cost of program fee. When kids see other________providing information and making a real difference, they’re________that they can do it, too. The children are gradually________new values -they are already taking action to change not only their own________, but the minds of families and teachers.