1 . With about 100,000 marine animals being choked or injured by plastic every year, the danger posed by the pieces of plastic floating in our oceans is well- known. However, given that most of the small plastics measure less than 0.5 mm, collecting them is a _______task. Now, some Dutch environmentalists have found a way to catch plastic waste _______ it reaches the open seas and falls to pieces.

The 1,500-square-foot Recycled Floating Park is now floating in the Rotterdam Harbor in the Netherlands. Scientists _______by developing a "plastic fisher”, a floating garbage _______ device. Fitted with two folding arms that enlarge several feet into the water, it uses a net to _______wrappers, bottles, any other garbage that floats past.

The movable device, which took a year and a half to be perfected, was then placed at the edge of the harbor to collect the city that trash _______ in the New Meuse river, which rose in France and passed through Belgium, and the Netherlands, before _______ into the North Sea. Since Rotterdam's New Waterway Canal links the river to the North Sea, it was the_______ place to catch the “fresh" plastic waste before it disappeared into the open waters and broke into _______.

The waste collected by the "plastic fisher" and hundreds of volunteers, who ________the river banks, was then made into 28 hexagonal(六边形的）floats which were________ to create the park. Some of the blocks are ________to visitors, while others house various types of plants and even trees for nesting birds. The bottom of the floats provides a suitable ________for algae, mussels, and fish. The recycled ________can also be used to build sports stadiums, public walkways, and cultural centers.________, Recycled Floating Park's success will encourage countries worldwide to take on similar plans.