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AGoldfish may look small and cute in your home, but in the wild、iVs a different stoiy. Releasmg them mto youi local stream or lake is 1 ・ _______ bad idea・ Right now, Washmgton State 2. ________ (fight) off an mvasion (入侵)of goldfish!Thousands of goldfish are living in the West Medical Lake in large 3・_______ (number) and are crowdmg out the native fish population. How did this happen? The Department of Fish and Wildlife thniks a few irresponsible pet owners are 4. (blame). And wlule the goldfish may have cost the owners a few dollars, this mess is gomg to cost the state about SI50,000 to tiy to remove these hainifiil fish.But this isn't the only place 5. ________ this is happening. Goldfish are mvading lakes and streams worldwide, and it's all our fault.6. _______ y ou think yoifre doing the goldfish a favor by releasing it, you Ye wrong! Instead, you^re setting the stage for a(n)7. _________ (ecology) disaster,which could tlueaten hundieds of otliei species・ It nmis out that goldfish are one of the worlds 8. ___________ (bad) invasive species・ They introduce diseases that destroy the 9. ________ (delicate) balanced ecosystems wherever they go. And they aren't happy to stay in one place and will tiavel across many bodies of water.So 10. ________ (tliuik) twice before tlirowing that goldfish away.BThough he is 74 years old, Jia Zushun volunteers in the field of environmental piotection at Alia Reservou where he lias lived for lus entile life. 1. _________ (cover) 190 square kilometers, Alia Reservoir is one of Guiyang^s major water 2. _________ (source) and a popular tourism resort in the city.“3・ ______ is my responsibility to help keep the water clean; lie said. Since letiiement, Jia has taken action. His daily work 4. _________ (include) security, enviromnental publicity and garbage disposal (处理)・In 2006, Jia himself spentS127,868 5. _______ (build) a bamboo house, a dock (码头)and paiking spots.“The most difficult thing for me is to handle tourists who doiTt want to take part6.______ environmental protection J said Jia.He said 7. ________ leseivou receives more than 3.000 visitors a day durmg peak season. Such mtensive human activity creates water pollution・“But the situation has improved since the local government set out & _________ (constinct) an ecological civilization ill 2009J he said."Now the garbage is 9. ________ (basic) gone?' he said.“As local people, we have the duty to protect the natural enviiomnent. It is alsovery 10. _______ (meaning) to call on others to participate for fiitiire generations.vcThe quality of patience goes a long way toward youi goal of ci eating a more peacefill and loving self. Patience adds some ease and 1. _________ (accept) to vour life. It's important for inner peace・Becoming more patient mvolves 2. ________ (open) vour heart to the present moment, even if you don't like it. If you 3. _________ (stick) ill a traffic jam. late for ail appomtment, bemg patient would mean keeping yourself fiom building a mental snowball before youi thinking gets out of hand and gently lenunding youiself 4._______ (relax).A(n) 5. _________ (effect) way I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods・ You can stall with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time・ 6. _______ yoifll discover is tmly amazing. Patience is one of those 7. ________ (quality) where success feeds on itself. Once you reach little nulestone 一five minutes of successful patience 一yoifll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for & ________ (long) periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person・Being patient will help you to keep youi perspective (洞察力).You will see even a difficult situation isn^t “life or death" 9._________ smiply a nunor difficulty that must be dealt 10. ________ ・ Without patience, the same scene can become a major emeigencv complete with vellmg. liuit feeluigs, and lugli blood pressure・Eveiy year faster motoicais aie produced・ And each new computer boasts of (吹嘘)1. ________ (save) precious seconds in handluig tasks・All tlus saves time, but at 2. _________ p uce・ When we lose 01 gain half a day in speeding across the world m an aiiplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the 3・_______ (conifbitable) feeling known as jetlag (飞彳亍时差综合症).Again, spendmg too long at computeis 4. _________ (result) in pauifxil wnsts and fliigeis.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Cenamly not relax. We find 5・___________ difficult to sit and do nothing 01 even to do just one tiling at a tune. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen 6. _________ (quiet) to a stoiyon the radio, letting our 7. ________ (miagine) take us into another world・There was a time when some people's lives & _________ (devote) to the fanningof the land or the care of cattle. There is much that we might envy (羡慕)about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must thuik of the hard 9. ___________ (task) oui ancestors faced: They farmed with baie hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to make tools fiom wood and stone. Modern mventions have fieed people 10. _________ that pmnitive existence.EEndangered pengums aie hunting for fish m the wrong place, because clunate change has caused theu piey (3昔物)L _______________ (move) to another part of the ocean, researchers have discovered. That is 2・________ t he penguins have learned to lookfor places 3. ________ lower sea tempeiatuies and large amounts of a type of chlorophyll (叶绿素).These are signs of plankton (浮游生物)and, in turn, the fish that feed on them. Now these once sure ways to find food 4. ____________ (lead) the pengums into ail ^ecological trap M that is pushing them closer to 5. _________ (extinct).Aiid the situation has been made worse by oveifislmig and a raft of other pioblems, 6. __________________ (most) caused by humans.One of the lesearcheis, Dr Richard Sherley, said、“Climate change and fisheries are traiisfomiing the oceans, but we don't have 7. _____________ complete understandingof their impact.”The problems in & ________ (find) food have produced low suivival rates among young Afiican penguins. It is thought that bleeding (繁侖亍)numbers are about 50 per cent 9. _______ (low) than tliev would be if tlie birds were able to find enough 10._______ (eat).FThe cure foi sleepmg problems can often be found m yotu daily loutine・ Youx day-to-day lifestyle 1. ____________ (choose) greatly influences the quality of yournightly rest. The followmg tips will help you to get a better sleep.Set a regular bedtime. Go to bed 2. ________ the same time eveiy niglit. Try notto break this routine at the weekend when you may want to stay 3. _________ late. If you want to change youi bedtune, help your body adjust by making the change 4._______ (gradual).Try to keep the noise down .If you can't avoid the noise of 5. _________ (bark) dogs, loud neighbors, city traffic, or other people m youi household, tiy masking it. You can buy special sound maclune oi produce 6. _____________ (you) own white noiseby setting youi radio between stations. Eaiplugs may also help.Keep youi room cool. The tempeianne of your bedroom also 7. __________ (affect) your sleep・ Most people sleep best m a slightly cool room (around 18°C)・ A bedioom 8._______ i s too hot oi too cold is not good for youi sleep・Make sure youi bed is 9. ________ (comfort). You should have enough room 10. _______ (sleep) well. If you often wake up with a sore (酉爰困的)back oi an aclung neck, you may need to buy a new mattress (床垫)oi a different pillow.答案A 1. a 2. is fighting 3. numbers 4. to blame 5. where6. If7. ecological & worst 9. delicately 10. tlmikB 1. Covei mg 2.sources 3. It 4.1 ncludes 5. buildmg6. in7. the & to constmct 9. basically 10. meaningfulC 1・2. opeiung3. aie stuck4. to relax5. effective acceptance6. What7. qualities8. longer9. but 10. withD 1. saving 2. a 3. uncomfoilable 4. results 5. it6. quietly7. imagination8. were devoted9. tasks 10. fiomE 1. to move 2. because 3. with 4. aie leading 5. extmction6. mostly7. a8. finding9. lower 10. to eatF 1 ・ choice 2. at 3. up 4. gradually 5・ beukmg6. youi7. affects8. which / that9. comfoitable 10. to sleep解析A主题语境:人与自然——自然生态本文是说明文。