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I. Spelling: 1. Today’s d_________ question is “The economy or the environment—must we choose?” 2. If you have any questions or comments, you can use this time to v_________ them. 3. I’m talking to you today about the way large areas of the world are damaged by i____________ waste. 4. Factories produce large amounts of p____________ chemicals. 5. The waste they create goes into the a_____________ and makes us sick. 6. P___________ is so bad that many rivers are full of chemicals. 7. In a___________, many sea creatures are being wiped out by fishing boats. 8. The figure is now a_____________ 6.5 million people. 9. It would be b___________ to expand our recycling industry. 10. It is o___________ that you are very concerned about the present situation. 11. They think of greedy businessmen hiding from their r_______________ to the environment. 12. Asking around, I find many people w_________ to pay slightly higher prices for things that are environmentally friendly. 13. The UNCCD was e____________ in 1994. 14. This center was set up in 1996 and is s_________ with __________ (现代的) technical ___________ (设备) and companies for environmental research. 15. The second environmental project includes a nature reserve for white-flag dolphins, one of the most e____________ animals in the world. 16. Boats are p____________ from entering this area in order to keep the dolphins safe. 17. The Yangtze River is home to a d___________ range of fish and animals. 18. We still have a long way to go to solve all the problems c__________ the Yangtze River. 19. The efforts to protect this much-loved river will be a____________ for years to come by future generations. 20. I certainly think we need to use all our resources in the best possible way. After all, they are l___________.
II. Filling the blanks (Paying attention to the form of each verb): open the floor, have a lasting effect on, cut back on, think of…as, flow into, what if, wipe out, take responsibility for, result in, in the form of, under way, focus on, rely on 21. The pollution ____________________ unsafe drinking water which has led to health problems for people living near the river. 22. Pollution is very bad for the people who _________________ the river for water. 23. Two special government projects are also ________________ to protect the river. 24. The projects _________________ problems along the Yangtze River such as water conservation. 25. There’s also another resource in the fight against desertification, ___________________ the China National Desertification Monitoring Centre. 26. ______________ we run out of space? 27. People should ______________________________ not buying certain kinds of fish, because there are not many left in the ocean. 28. Now we _____________________ for discussion. 29. Many types of waste ________________ our water. 30. In addition, many sea creatures __________________________ by fishing boats. 31. These boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to lay eggs. This ________________________________ the number of fish left for us to eat. 32. My suggestion is that we should try to ___________________ production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy. 33. The people running these factories are very concerned about the environment. We need to stop ________________ companies and money _______ the enemy. III. Translation: 34. They __________________________________ (辩论是否接受) the proposal. 35. The world’s population ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________ (与1800年相比增长到那时的6倍多). 36. It is quite amazing that the income of the people in the city ________________________ (增加了) 60% in the past 2 years. 37. The population of China ___________________________________________________ ______________________ (占世界人口的1/5). 38. This desk is ________________________________ / ____________________________ / ______________________________________ (比… 长两倍) that one. 39. As an economist, I ______________________________________ (常被视为反对) the environment. 40. But I do agree that recycling may be _______________________________________ (对双方都有助的解决方法). 41. In my opinion, the key to _______________ (解决) the problem is to cooperate ___________________________ (而不是争论). 42. They discussed three ____________________________________________________ (提高英语的方法). (approach) 43. Boats _________________________________________________ (禁止进入) this area. 44. 我很感激你能留下帮我们。(appreciate) I will ____________________________________ stay and help us. 45. 他用剩下的钱给妈妈买了一束花。(remain) He bought a bound of flowers with ___________________________. 46. 我的车没油了，所以发动不了。(run out) My car _____________________________ petrol, so I can’t start it. I can’t start my car because the petrol in it _____________________________. 47. 你需要钱和时间。此外，你还需要努力。(addition) You need money and time. _______________, you need diligence. You need diligence __________________________ money and time. 48. 我们能信赖Jim会准时来吗？(rely) Can we _____________________________ Jim will come on time? 49. 她建议我们早点出发。(advise) She _______________________________ early. 50. 令我惊讶的是，那女孩笑起来和她母亲像她那么大时一模一样。(the way) To my ______________, the girl laughs ______________________ her mother _______ at that age. 51. 新计划实施前，我们想倾听一下学生及家长的意见。(effect, voice) Before this new plan ______________________, we’d like _______________________ the students and their parents. 52. 我征询过周围人的意见，发现他们中很多人愿意花费稍高一些的价钱来购买环保产品。（ask around） ____________________, I find many people ______________ pay __________ higher prices for things that ______________________________. 53. 他解释道，不仅政府要采取措施，而且人人都应为保护环境尽一份力量。 He explained that not only __________________________ but also _________________ do his bit for the _______________ of the environment. IV. Grammar: Verb-ing form 54. We have to take environmental protection into consideration when _____________ (develop) the country. 55. ____________________ (finish) all his work, he went to bed to have a good sleep. 56. This destruction is _________________ (frighten). 57. People ____________ (run) these factories are very ______________ (concern) about the environment. 58. Suddenly he felt himself __________________ (follow) by a little boy. 59. It _________ (be) Tuesday, we have 2 English classes. 60. ___________ (see) is ______________ (believe). V. Multiple choices: 61. Fall _________, the swallows have gone to the south. A. coming B. come C. having come D. comes 62. He reached the railway station, ______ and out of breath, ______ the train had left. A. tired; finding B. tiring; finding C. tired; to find D. tired;&nbs
