II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Fresh warning sounded on plastics problem Walk along any beach in the world, no matter how isolated, and you will see plastic of some kind washed up on the shoreline, (21) _____ (offer) a reminder of the reckless throwaway culture of the present-day world. Lately, a study (22) _____ (sound) a fresh warning on the damage caused to the marine ecosystem due to discarded plastic, which eventually has a bearing on human health due to the seafood we consume. In a paper (23) _____ (title) "A Growing Plastic Smog" published on March 8, 2023 in the peer-reviewed research journal Plos One, researchers called on governments around the world (24) _____ (take) sweeping action to address the "unprecedented plastic pollution" of the world's oceans. The plastics break down over time into minute particles that cannot be detected by the naked eye, but find their way into the marine ecosystem and into the seafood humans consume. No one knows for certain (25) _____ the long-term damage will be to marine life and humans, but the study placed much of the blame on the plastics industry for failing to recycle or design for recyclability. "(26) _____ eaten micro-plastics can severely damage an animal's internal tissues. Globally, we have reached a situation (27) _____ we can no longer ignore the plastic pollution pandemic that is infecting our oceans," he said. "This research show us that beach cleanups and citizen science projects that focus on the environmental fate of plastics have little impact on solving the enormity of the plastic problem. Marcus Eriksen, lead author of the study, said in a statement that the findings were a "serious warning (28) _____ we must act now at a global scale." "We've found an alarming trend of rapid growth of micro-plastics in the global ocean since the millennium, which (29) _____ (expect) to reach over 170 trillion plastic particles," said Eriksen, adding that the rapid increase in micro-plastics across the world's oceans makes (30) _____ necessary to "bring in an age of corporate responsibility for the entire life of the things they make." Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. Huizhou heritage comes to life A. hints B. dominant C. oriented D. duly E. rhyme F. featuring G. preservation H. inheritance I. symbolizes J. historically K. morality It was a natural choice for veteran Huang Yu, after serving in the army and owning a business in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, for years, to go back to his hometown in Xidi village, Huangshan, Anhui province, in 2016. He took over the home-stay his parents opened when he ... ...
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