The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR COP14) took place in Wuhan, Hubei Province in November. It was the first time that China    1    (host) this international event.    2    (know) as the kidneys (肾脏)of the Earth, wetlands are among the world’s three major ecosystems together with forests and oceans. China’s wetlands arc vast. diverse and widely distributed (分布),    3    (range) from the cold temperate zone to the hot zone. In recent years. China has been strengthening the protection and restoration of wetlands.    4    is remarkable is that more than 600 wetland nature reserves and 1.600 wetland parks have been established. China’s first law on    5    (specific) protecting wetlands took effect on June 1 this year.

Wuhan, the host city of RAMSAR COP 14. has 162,400 hectares (公顷) of wetlands, accounting    6    18. 9 per cent of its total area. In June,Wuhan    7    (award) Wetland City Accreditation by the Ramsar Convention,    8    international honor for the protection of urban wetland ecology.

Nature provides the basic conditions for human    9    (survive) and development. With a comprehensive approach to the conservation of ecosystems in place. China aims to boost their biodiversity, stability and sustainability. Wetland conservation is a crucial part of the country’s efforts to achieve    10    (it) green development goals.

6 . When spring arrives, it’s a custom for my family to clean up the last winter’s dust and dirt. This year, I decided that it would be a(n) _______ cleaning and we tried to _______ our house of years’ of accumulated (堆积的) stuff.

The stuff was _______ in our house, lining the walls, filling the shelves and _______ the closets(壁橱). I couldn’t remember how I got some of it, but I knew I wanted it _______ now. The stuff was messing up not only my home but also my _______, not bringing me any bit of _______.

Then we got down to cleaning. It turned out to be a _______ job. Twenty-year-old bills and receipts were _______ in the trash bin. Outdated ________ were cleared from file cabinets. Broken bowls and damaged handcrafts also found their ________ straight to the trash as well. Unworn clothes and unused pans were packed up to be ________ to the local charity. Old books were ________ up to be passed on to others to read and enjoy.

In spite of days’ hard work, it ________ that I was able to walk through a much tidier home. More importantly. I felt mentally ________ than ever before, which was beyond my ________. Cleaning is like the metabolism (新陈代谢) in the body, we need to ________ keep what works for us and push out what doesn’t.

Therefore, we need to take ________ off our minds and bodies from time to time and to just focus on what really ________ to us. We can regain a free life by cutting down material things and adding ________ ones.