If you take a look around your kitchen or office, chances are     1     you’ll notice that you are surrounded by plastic water bottles, take-out cups, plastic grocery bags and food packages. These are all examples of single-use plastic products, which is     2     hot topic based on both environmental and health concerns.

It’s certainly not realistic     3     (remove) all plastic from your life, but some statistics may encourage you to reduce your single-use plastic footprints.

The popularity of plastic, which     4     (begin) rising in the 1950s, is growing out of control—18.2 trillion pounds of plastic has been produced. And there is no sign of slowing down. Scientists say that another 26.5 trillion pounds will be produced worldwide     5     2050.

Every piece of plastic     6     (create) will remain in the environment in some form, but if you conveniently throw it out, wind and run-off carry the waste down the sewer(污水管) and directly to the ocean,     7     (affect) the marine life including the fish, a main source of food for     8     (human).

So focused     9     (be) the society on making people’s life more convenient in the short term, but in the long run, those everyday conveniences are at the expense of our health. Worried about     10     (globe) warming? You should be.

Global temperature changes are in fact a natural process. However, human demands for energy, manufactured goods, transport and animal products have increased carbon emissions (排放). We     1     (cause) over 1°C of warming since the 19th century. For comparison, it     2     (take) 5,000 years for the Earth to warm up by 4-7°C after ice ages.

The small numbers may seem insignificant,     3     this temperature increase has had a huge impact globally. Sea levels have risen 15cm in the past century. Animals and ecosystems can’t keep up with the new rate of change,            4     forces many species into extinction. In turn, this comes back to bother humans, who rely on a balance of all ecosystems     5     (keep) our way of life.

Unless we completely change our habits, our future could be     6     (hope). In face of climate change,     7     governments should be focusing on now is promoting the use of renewable energy, supporting green farming, and reducing population     8     (grow). Individuals can pay attention to     9     (cut) out car and plane travel, limiting their intake of animal products, and consuming far less manufactured goods. It will take much more than a village, but it’s possible — and everyone is responsible     10     what happens next.