While there is growing consumer     1     (realize) of the environmental impact of fast fashion, can the same be said about fast furniture? The chairs and tables that fill many of our homes and everyday spaces are manufactured on a mass scale, and the cheaper items often end up     2     landfills.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2020 over 12 million tons of furniture     3     (throw) out in America and some into the forest illegally. Buying furniture can be     4     (incredible) expensive. Many of us switch over to cheaper, instant brands like IKEA,     5     manufacturers use materials harder to recycle, which is likely to damage the environment.

With growing calls for sustainability, many brands are announcing to change though it remains     6     (see) whether they will keep these promises. In     7     (it) current sustainability strategy, IKEA commits itself to using only recyclable materials in all its products in an effort to practice “circular” design and cut emissions to net-zero. The concept of circular design     8     (win) increasing concern up to now. In     9     circular system, furniture products would be designed to last longer and be fully recyclable, thus forming a     10    (close) loop (环).

Earthquakes are one of the most destructive natural disasters. They can happen just about anywhere. Earthquakes cannot be stopped,     1     your chances of survival are much better if you know what     2     (do) when an earthquake strikes.

If you are in     3     building, drop, cover, and hold on. This     4     (be) the national standard for earthquake safety in the United States. The advice is to get next     5     a strong piece of furniture (家具) so that if a wall falls, it will create something     6     (call) the “triangle of life” to help you survive. Use your     7     (hand) and arms to protect your vital areas like your head and neck. Do not move     8     (immediate) unless it is safe to do so.

Remember that aftershocks are possible at any time and are     9     (likely) after a bigger earthquake. Take good care of     10     (you) when you leave the building.

The color of the ocean has changed     1     (great) recently and human-caused climate change is responsible, according to     2     new study.

More than 56% of the world’s oceans have changed color,     3     cannot be explained, said a team of researchers, led by scientists from the National Oceanography Center in the UK.

Tropical (热带的) oceans close to the equator     4     (become) greener in the last 20 years, according to the study     5     (publish) in the journal Nature.

“    6     is not clear exactly how these ecosystems are changing”, said Stephanie from the Center for Global Change Science. “All changes are causing an imbalance in the natural organization of ecosystems. Such imbalance will only get     7     (bad) over time if our oceans keep heating,” she told CNN.

Though the researchers are still working to understand exactly     8     the changes mean, they said what is clear is that the changes are being driven     9     human behavior.

The researchers studied changes in ocean color from space by     10     (watch) how much green or blue light is reflected from the surface of the sea.

A new book for children     1     (call) Climate Change is co-written by Charles Ⅲ, Tony Juniper and Emily Shuckburgh. Charles Ⅲ, well-known as the king of the United Kingdom,     2     (be) also an environmentalist and has spoken about the environment for many years. In     3     (he) new book, he hopes children will learn more about the problems our planet is facing. Juniper, who is the chairperson of an organization, told reporters that he hoped     4     (write) a book for children aged 7 to 11 and bring the facts to those children who will benefit a lot by finding better     5     (solution) to the environmental problems.

Last Friday, Juniper went to     6     event at Buckingham Palace in London, which     7     (host) by King Charles. Many business leaders were also invited to the event. At the palace get-together, Juniper said he was excited to see so many children willing to help Earth and that he would try his best to put something into their hands     8     is about basic ideas of protecting the environment. King Charles said, “Ever since I was a young teenager, I have been     9     (deep) worried about the way we have shaped our world. I hope that more children across the world can take part     10     the activities of protecting our Earth.”

A civilian rescue team of named Ramunion from Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province is expected to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday, with an advance team    1     (consist) of eight experts with rich international earthquake rescue experiences.Thisis    2    first Chinese civilian assistance force sent to Turkey,    3    a series of earthquakes destroyed parts of the region.

The advance team is equipped with    4    (advance) radar life-searching instruments, and other rescue    5    (equip)and a search and rescue canine(犬)．

Deng Boqing, vice chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA),said in an interview that Chinese government     6    (immediate) launched its emergency humanitarian assistance mechanism to provide emergency aid to Turkey and Syria.

China announced 40 million yuan ($5.8 million) of emergency assistance to Turkey and the dispatch of a rescue and medical team. It will also provide Syria           7    emergency aid, according to the CIDCA.

Chinese    8    (citizen) in Turkey have volunteered for disaster relief, and relief materials including tents, sleeping bags and blankets     9    (expect)to be distributed on Tuesday.

More than 4,000 people have been killed and nearly 20,000 people injured after two    10    (power) earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria, according to media reports.

A photo shot at a salt lake in Shanxi Province has made dozens     1     people interested. Wild flamingos mainly live in temperate and tropical zones. Usually, they     2    ( find) in Africa, North and South America, and the Mediterranean region. No fixed habitat for the birds had been seen in China before 2014.

Zhang Weiping, one artist who takes photos of flamingos in Yuncheng, recalls that in the summer of 2014, he was told that several unrecognizable birds had arrived at the salt lake, and only after arriving at the lake did he recognize them as flamingos. However, some of them    3    (be) not in very good condition.

”There were enough Artemia(磷虾),     4    are favored by the flamingos, in the lake, and with the local’s    5    ( protect) , the birds gradually recovered,“ says Zhang. Now the salt lake has become one of the stopover    6    ( site) during the birds’ annual migration( 迁徙) .

Photos of the flamingos in the salt lake went popular online,     7    (attract) many enthusiastic photographers.

The reasons why the flamingos first landed in Yuncheng are still unknown, but the significant improvement in the ecology of the lake is     8    ( undoubted) an important one.

The salt lake has seen human activity since ancient times. After the 1950s,     9    development of local chemical factories damaged the environment.

To better protect this salt lake, industrial production activities around the lake were closed,    10     restoration( 修复) work on mountains, forests and lakes was also carried out. The photos help more people learn about the birds and encourage everyone to protect our environment.

A talented British writer     1     (name) Edward Bulwer-Lytton gave a detailed     2     (describe) of life in the ancient city of Pompeii,     3     was a busy city with shops, theatres, wine bars far and wide.     4     (fortune), in August 79AD, Mount Vesuvius     5     (erupt). The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge cloud rose into the air. The citizens     6     (scare) to escape in all directions. However, almost all the people were buried     7     (live), and     8     was the city.     9     centuries, Pompeii has been uncovered, and today it looks almost the same     10     it had been before.