On August 24, Japan started releasing wastewater from its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (福岛第一核电站) into the Pacific Ocean. This has caused anger and fear across the world.

In March 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its     1     (record) history. The earthquake caused a tsunami (海啸),     2     greatly damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Ever since then, the plant has been producing a large amount of radioactive wastewater. So far, it     3     (collect) more than 1.3 million tons of it. The first round of release will last 17 days. The whole process will take about 30 years.

The plant was operated by TEPCO (东京电力公司). According to the company, the wastewater is diluted (稀释) before     4     (it) release. However, there’s still a problem. Some of the most dangerous substances are very likely     5     (remain) in it.

“They’ll pollute the ocean, the animals within it, and     6     (final), the earth,” said Tacko Fujimura, an official at Japan’s Zen-Noh (日本农业合作社联合会).

On the same day, China announced     7     immediate ban on all seafood products from Japan. This     8     (decide) was made to “protect the lives and health of the people.” In a statement, the country’s Foreign Ministry (外交部) called Japan’s move “    9     (self) and irresponsible.”

China was the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood. More than 255,000 users took a poll (民意调查) on Weibo. Up to 97% of them said that they would no longer eat seafood from Japan. “We’re on the same planet,” said one of them. “Nobody can be free from harm. It’s just a matter     10     time.”

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.

It has been estimated that rapidly growing modernization is leading to ignorance towards the environment. Humans have created a situation in     1     ordinary events become increasingly raised to the level of natural disasters,     2     (cause) heavy losses in terms of human life as well as property.

Over the years, scientists researching on this topic     3     (find) that the main problem is global warming. But because     4     human greed, no one is really caring about the environmental risks and everyone is busy making money.

It is known that the rapid industrial growth has led to     5     large number of air and water pollution problems. Though there are environmental laws that these     6     (industry) need to follow to treat the waste but most of the time the industry owners ignore these laws for their personal gain. Rapid construction has led to large land areas being covered with cement(水泥), meaning the flow of water becomes so strong     7     water runoff can’t get absorbed by the soil, eventually leading to greater flooding.

    8     (fortunate), there are still a lot of people who really care about the environment and are     9     (will) to work on environmental issues. Many societies and groups are working day and night     10     (make) people aware of the harmful effects of the pollution and other practices that are harmful to our environment.

The year 1970 witnessed the establishment of the World Earth Day. Over 50 years later,     1     started as a grassroots movement has exploded into an international day of attention and campaigns     2     (commit) to preserving the environment. According to the Earth Day Network, one of the largest activist organizations holding Earth Day events, many a     3     (participate) across the globe celebrate Earth Day in a different way.

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring published in 1962 was among a series of critical environmental issues     4     (help) give birth to the environmental movement. The book brought     5     to light that the use of a pesticide called DDT was polluting rivers and destroying the eggs of birds like bald eagles. The number of the latter declined     6     (dramatic). Then, in 1969, a large oil leak near the Santa Barbara County coast     7     (drive) the then Senator Gaylord Nelson to put Earth Day on the national stage.

In the past years since the first Earth Day, there     8     (be) a large number of major environment wins. Protection has been put in place on everything     9     clean water to endangered species.

The theme of Earth Day 2023 is “Earth for All”, the concept of     10     emphasizes human beings must respect nature, follow its ways and protect it.

Spring is the season for new life. In China, the peak time for spring plowing and sowing is around the Qingming Festival, which falls     1     Wednesday this year, when people from all walks of life go out and plant trees    2     (make) the land greener.

From top leaders to ordinary citizens,     3     (plant) trees has been a widespread practice for the Chinese,     4     voluntarily take part in the country’s massive greening efforts     5     (year) to show just how much the world’s second-largest economy values greenness and ecological conservation.

Since     6     start of afforestation (植树造林) decades ago, China     7     (create) the world’s largest, planted forests. Thick forests have also become a substantial source of income for     8     (local). Last year, the output value of China’s forestry and grassland industry reached about 1. 22 trillion dollars, while the foreign trade volume of forest products     9     (be) 191 billion dollars. Green development with both ecological and economic benefits is a highlight and distinctive feature of Chinese modernization.

Under a long-term plan, China expects to increase its forest     10     (cover) rate to 26 percent by 2035. By then, China’s forest stock volume will rise to 21 billion cubic meters.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was     1     (severe) damaged by a tsunami in 2011, leading to a major nuclear disaster. Since then, water has been continuously used     2    (cool) the damaged reactors (反应堆) and prevent further damage.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the     3    (operate) of the plant, said that the storage tanks took up too much space due to the wastewater. So Japan initially said that it     4    (begin) releasing the water into the ocean in the spring of 2023.

On March 17, part of the equipment     5    was related to the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started operation for     6    first time, according to Japanese media TV Asahi.

According to The Guardian, the Japanese government argued that the water     7    (treat) to remove most of the radioactive isotopes (同位素), so the water would be safe to be released into the ocean.

However, not everyone agrees with this decision. Environmental groups and local fishermen have expressed concern about the impact of the wastewater     8    marine life and the fishing industry, the BBC reported.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on March14 once again denounced (谴责) Japan’s unilateral (单边的) decision to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea,     9    (consider) the move an attempt to shift the risk of nuclear pollution to all of mankind.

The ministry also warned the country not to start the plan     10    full consultation (磋商) with its neighbors and relevant international institutions.

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.