1 . Madhavan stood proudly next to a young mahogany (红木) tree. It’s one of 100 he planted on his _________ in Meenangadi. His two _________ of land in the village are used to plant _________ crops—coffee, black pepper and betel nut, but the worsening environment has _________ his production.
Now the mahogany _________ is one of his only reliable sources of income, _________ him up to 5,000 rupees (卢比) a year—and all he has to do is to keep the _________ standing.
The 84-year-old _________ is being paid to plant and _________ trees through a “tree banking” program, which __________ to create India’s first carbon-neutral (碳中和) village by 2025.
Madhavan got his saplings (树苗) __________ from the village council (村委会),which will lend him 50 rupees per __________ for every year if he does not __________ it down until 2031. At that point, the loan is written off (一笔勾销) and he can do what he likes with the trees without __________ back, including cutting them to __________ and make money.
“Every morning, I spend some time __________ these trees. I am really happy to say that except for three which died __________, all are steadfastly growing,” Madhavan said, “Sooner or later, my farm will become a small __________ filled with greenery.”
The tree-banking project gives farmers an ongoing __________ to protect trees so as to make the climate better, said Jayakumar, director of the carbon-neutral program. “The message here is that climate __________ is being linked with climate justice (气候正义), he said.
1. A.travel | B.right | C.way | D.farm |
2. A.kingdoms | B.acres | C.inches | D.tons |
3. A.rare | B.beautiful | C.healthy | D.commercial |
4. A.stimulated | B.increased | C.lowered | D.started |
5. A.planting | B.cutting | C.collecting | D.renting |
6. A.waking | B.earning | C.selling | D.saving |
7. A.trees | B.villagers | C.rupees | D.crops |
8. A.driver | B.teacher | C.farmer | D.worker |
9. A.change | B.purchase | C.protect | D.remove |
10. A.refused | B.hesitated | C.pretended | D.aimed |
11. A.in panic | B.for sure | C.in relief | D.for free |
12. A.person | B.family | C.tree | D.day |
13. A.write | B.cut | C.roll | D.bring |
14. A.paying | B.coming | C.driving | D.going |
15. 16. A.looking after | B.cutting down | C.climbing up | D.picking out |
17. A.hopefully | B.directly | C.heavily | D.naturally |
18. A.grassland | B.house | C.forest | D.ground |
19. A.right | B.motivation | C.fear | D.dream |
20. A.disaster | B.choice | C.style | D.change |