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Venice of Italy is one of the world's top tourist     1     (destination). Before the COVID-19, around 20 million visitors visited the city a year, which caused many problems such as pollution from ships and being overcrowded.    2     (deal) with these problems, city officials are planning to charge tourists for visiting the city's historical centre and its beautiful canals (运河). According to Italian La Stampa newspaper, visitors may spend between 3 euros and 10 euros     3     (enter) into Venice. This probably starts from     4     summer of 2022. There are also plans to set a limit on the number of visitors     5     can enter the centre each day.     6     may be necessary for tourists to book their visit to Venice ahead of time.

Venice officials     7     (talk) for many years about the number of visitors crowding to the city. Environmentalists are     8     (extreme) worried about the damage the ships do to undersea species in the Venice Lagoon. Venice's famous squares and architecture are also ad-vised to put under the     9     (protect). Italian Culture Minister says that Venice should     10     (add) to the list of Danger Sites of United Nations' culture agency. However, a hotel worker says Venice needs tourists because they spend big.

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Sandstorms are common     1     （nature） disasters. They are often so thick that you cannot see the sun，and the wind is sometimes strong enough to move sand dunes. Sandstorms     2    （main）occur in four places in the world，including Central Asia. Northwest China is part of the sandstorm center in Central Asia. Sandstorms in China appear     3    （increase） in recent years as a result of “desertification” . Sometimes Beijing is affected by sandstorms. They affect the traffic because the thick dust makes     4     difficult to see.

    5     some other disasters，sandstorms come with a warning. They can     6    （forecast） some weeks before，but the     7    （strong）of the storm sometimes surprises people.     8     a sandstorm occurs，weather experts advise people not to go out. If you want to go out，you' d better wear     9     mask because it' s difficult to breathe and the dust makes people ill. To prevent sandstorms     10    （come） nearer to Beijing，the government has made great efforts.

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A sandstorm from Mongolia swept through northern areas of China on Monday and    1    (lead) to the suspension of classes at schools and flight cancellations. The sandstorm was the strongest in nearly a decade,     2    (affect) 12 provincial-level regions in northern China, according to the National Meteorological Center.

“At least nine people     3    （kill）in a heavy dust in Mongolia over the weekend”, the country's National Emergency Management Agency said. The airport in Manzhouli was also     4    (serious) affected and closed     5    safety reasons at noon on Monday, according to the city's authorities. As of 4:40 pm, Beijing Capital International Airport canceled 46 flights     6     Beijing Daxing International Airport canceled eight flights due to the sandstorm, according to the airports. Beijing Meteorological Service weather forecasters, some     7    ( influence) persons in this field, had an     8    (argue) over the sandstorm .The capital's educational authority has advised all schools and educational institutions    9    (stop) outdoor activities.

"Temperatures in Mongolia and northwestern China remained 5 to 8 C higher than the same period of normal years. Little rain in the region caused the dry conditions,     10     contributed to the sandy and dusty weather", Zhang said.

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Twenty one ultra-marathon runners have died since extreme weather hit a 100-kilometer (62-mile) mountain race in northwest China.

The high-altitude Huanghe Shilin Mountain Marathon     1     (begin)on Saturday morning in sunny conditions. But by 1 p.m. local time weather conditions had turned, with freezing rain and hail stones     2     (beat) runners in Gansu County.

Liang Jing, one of China’s well known ultra-marathon runners was among those who died, as

    3     Hong Kong marathon group called Hong Kong 100 Ultra Marathon confirmed via a statement     4     (release) on Sunday.

As temperatures dropped in the Yellow River Stone Forest, some started to report suffering from hypothermia, while     5     went missing. The marathon     6     (organize) canceled the race and immediately they launched a search party of 1,200 people to scour the complicated terrain.

One race participant told the local publication Red Star News: “It was     7     (awful) freezing.” He said he decided to abandon the race. “I managed to enter a wooden cabin at the direction of a rescuer,     8     there were already about 10 more runners and within half an hour about 50 runners came and took shelter     9     extreme weather in the cabin.” 

By Sunday morning, 151 of the 172 runners had been confirmed safe, with eight in hospital. Another 21 were found     10     (die), according People’s Daily.

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Do you ever stop and think about this big, beautiful world we live in? It's home     1     so many people and animals. We all live in this amazing place, so we all have the     2     (responsible) to take care of it, too.

A long time ago, I started thinking about what I could do to help take care of the planet. I wondered     3     I could use my talents for good. I love creating websites and making art and designing clothes. That was what     4     (inspire) me, at the age of 8, to start an online company. I donate part of my profits to organizations     5     (try) their best to save our environment. After I launched my business, I started getting     6     (invite) to give presentations to young people about my company and the environment. I also talk about something else that     7     (be) meaningful.

One thing I've learned is that a lot of people feel like     8     small contribution to any cause is just a drop in the bucket and won't make a difference. But that's not true!     9     (actual) when it comes to saving our environment, every small action counts. The     10     (tiny) thing is better than the greatest intention.

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In 2004, the junior high school student, now 13, launched the basketball-themed Hoops of Hope,     1     “charged” people in his neighborhood $1 for every basket he shot. Since then, thousands of youngsters have picked up on the idea and raised more than $325,000 for the cause. “It works     2     kids of my age want a chance to do something great and be part of something like this,” Gutwein told China Daily.

“I realized these kids weren’t any     3     (difference) from me, except that they were suffering     4     (terrible) and I wanted to do something to help     5     (they),” he said.

    6     the help of non-government organizations, Hoops of Hope has built a school for HIV/AIDS orphans and a medical lab in Zambia in South Africa.

Another participant, Li Yeqiao, a 15-year-old student at Beijing Bayi Middle School, told the conference how the group seeks to improve the way electronic waste     7     (deal) with, and encourages people     8     (save) water and care for animals. “We have developed 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) living habits. Our initiatives (首先行动)    9     (have) a positive impact on the local environment.” Li said.

British animal behavior expert Jane Goodall introduced the Roots & Shoots concept to China in 2000 to promote environmental and humanitarian education programs to     10     (child). There are now 300 of such groups in the country.