3 . The suburb I live in backs on to a large nature reserve. One morning I saw a koala (考拉) sitting in a palm tree in my front yard. I phoned around to ask what I could _________ this koala, but no one wanted to know. I ended up _________ the koala out of my tree and we crossed the road _________ for him to return to the nature reserve.

I’ve always been befriending animals. As a young kid I used to pick up lizard eggs and _________ them. It stimulated my interest as to why there wasn’t anyone wanting to come and _________ this koala in my tree. After that, I signed up for all the _________ I could find.

Once I had accreditation (合格证), I volunteered with the RSPCA in 2014, rehabilitating (使康复) wildlife. I was an ambulance driver, _________ overnight rescues. We rescued hundreds of animals and _________ more.

One day, I thought why not _________ my own rescue group focusing on my backyard? I purchased a two-acre property and built enclosures on it to __________ injured animals. Last year, I planted 300 eucalyptus trees(桉树), with seven varieties to __________ the koalas.

I cut the leaves of the eucalyptus trees for the koalas to eat and look after the __________ wildlife at our centre. If they recover, they are __________ back to where they come from.

As a kid I would never have imagined doing this. I feel like I’m the __________ girl on the planet that I get to do what I love. I believe it’s my __________.

4 . The Maranhão region of northern Brazil is my ancestral home. For centuries, we have ________our natural world there, looking after the Amazon rainforest. Our ________help us sustain the environment, and in return nature ________us: trees give us food and medicine.

But today, our environment is being destroyed for capitalist (资本家) ________and gain. Around us is illegal ________and mining. In 2012, we found 72 illegal entry points in our territory which needed ________. We founded the Guardians of the Forest. We local people took matters into our own hands to________our land. For me, there was no question I would be part of this________.

When we see an illegal camp or________a new incursion (入侵), we Guardians have an________in dealing with them. Our knowledge of the forest runs far deeper than theirs. Our networks coordinate (协同动作), study the area, and prepare to ________. We agree on tactics(战术), then________the camps, and destroy their huts and equipment. We take their trucks apart, and burn their tractors. They are left with no choice but to go ________

Our resistance is________. Today there are only five illegal entry points into our land. This________extends beyond our territory’s borders – it’s about our grandchildren having a chance at a future.

6 . Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that a hotter future is unavoidable. The scientists predict killer heatwaves, a(n)_________ of water and food, and millions of people suffering and dying. In 2040 when my son will be college-aged, he will likely be more _________with air quality and escaping the heat than with his academic achievements. By the time he has _________of his own, reliable access to food and water may be more _________than a diploma (文凭).

That night, I asked my husband: What if we stopped putting money in our son’s college fund and started using that money to _________him from climate change?

_________played a big role in both my and my husband’s college decisions — I did my first two years at community college to _________money, and my husband’s college fund got spent on keeping the family business running. The idea felt _________that we would be removing those_________for our own kids with the money we were putting aside, something we had started doing while I was still pregnant.

After much discussion, we agreed that saving money for his college education when we are facing a climate emergency just doesn’t __________. Instead, we are planning on using the money to invest (投资) in a __________life style now by buying electric cars, installing solar panels and starting a backyard vegetable garden.

Another mom __________me of “stealing” my child’s future by planning to spend this money now ________saving it for higher education. But my husband and I are living __________that you don’t need a six-figure college fund to do well in life. If my son wants to go to college, he’ll figure out a way. Or he’ll be like nearly 80% of the other students and __________student loan debt.

8 . Residents of a Wiltshire town have created a vertical living garden to fight pollution. The wall of plants has been_________to the side of a shop in Bridge Yard in the center of Bradford-on-Avon.

Stephanie Edwards_________the idea and brought it to the town council to put into_________. “As a matter of fact, the plants have_________with them insects, and we’ve had a couple of birds sitting up there so it’s_________for sure and we must not forget the_________of health and well being,”she said.

The wall had been in the_________since 2019 and took about five days to construct. The wall is _________seasonal plants, low energy LED lighting, birdhouses and bug hotels.

Alex Kay said the living wall had a number of beneficial_________. “I don’t think that anyone will guarantee that this will solve our air quality situation, but it will__________it,” she said. “It’s not just the traffic and the__________quality, but this is about well being. This is good for the__________.”

James Sullivan-Tail your, who owns the nearby Swan Hotel, said he was really__________with the wall. “I think it’s__________a cleaner town, a nicer town, but also something__________that is going to attract visitors as well,”he added.

9 . The first time ever I realized that plastic was a serious matter for our planet was during a road trip in Western Australia, almost 12 years ago.

We ________ at a supermarket along the Coral Bay coast to buy some groceries and the lady at the counter told us they didn’t sell any shopping bags in order to prevent plastic in the ________ and to help preserving the endangered turtles living in that area. After a first reaction of surprise, we ________ all our shopping in our arms and left.

This was just one of the many experiences I’ve lived that made me more ________ about my impact and pushed me to adopt different habits to live and ________ more sustainably.

Our trip to Borneo was another life-changing ________ that has strengthened my resolution to a zero-waste lifestyle. While traveling in some countries, we came to know that ________ drinking water was always a challenge. So we had to travel with our water bottle, and we ________ to avoid using plastic during our trip.

Besides, we were also ________ impressed by our stay on Libaran Island. A sustainable turtle conservation ________ and the community had made big efforts to ________ the beaches and creatively reuse plastic for ten years. Despite that, the shore is ________ daily with tons of plastic coming from the tides.

Facing this global issue ________, raised in me a feeling of sadness and anger that soon turned into ________: to do as much as possible to reduce plastic in our life. Small changes can ________ a difference!

10 . When Nihal was eight years old, he went to visit his grandparents who lived near the Krisha river. He saw people _________ rubbish and plastic waste into the water. This was the point at which the ecologist in him _________, and he wanted to do something.

Nihal has always been _________ by environmental issues, but he’s never given them much _________ except reading the relevant novels. _________, one day, after hearing about a large fire _________ by a lithium battery(锂离子电池) at a waste disposal(处置) site in California, he became _________ and determined to do something. He thought, although the problem could be settled, many people who were observing would simply _________ it. That’s when the concept for “ Recycle My Battery ” _________.

Then, Nihal did more research into battery __________ and discovered that many worldwide companies have __________ about batteries. “ Surely there has to be a __________ to keep them out of landfills(废物填埋地),” he remarked. Then he began to __________ batteries at his school and in the neighbourhood. His father would drive him __________ throughout every corner of towns to collect __________ batteries. With so many batteries piled up, he decided to __________ his own non-profit Recycle My Battery.

So far, more than 1.5 million people have __________ Recycle My Battery. Nihal and his strong team of young people have already recycled over 150,000 deserted batteries and taught over 1.5 million people about the __________ of battery recycling.

Nihal, now only 12 years old, has been struggling for three years to __________ the battery pollution, calling on others to raise battery recycling __________ and working towards the aim of zero pollution.