Madhavan stood proudly next to a young mahogany (红木) tree. It’s one of 100 he planted on his _________ in Meenangadi. His two _________ of land in the village are used to plant _________ crops—coffee, black pepper and betel nut, but the worsening environment has _________ his production.

Now the mahogany _________ is one of his only reliable sources of income, _________ him up to 5,000 rupees (卢比) a year—and all he has to do is to keep the _________ standing.

The 84-year-old _________ is being paid to plant and _________ trees through a “tree banking” program, which __________ to create India’s first carbon-neutral (碳中和) village by 2025.

Madhavan got his saplings (树苗) __________ from the village council (村委会)，which will lend him 50 rupees per __________ for every year if he does not __________ it down until 2031. At that point, the loan is written off (一笔勾销) and he can do what he likes with the trees without __________ back, including cutting them to __________ and make money.

“Every morning, I spend some time __________ these trees. I am really happy to say that except for three which died __________, all are steadfastly growing,” Madhavan said, “Sooner or later, my farm will become a small __________ filled with greenery.”

The tree-banking project gives farmers an ongoing __________ to protect trees so as to make the climate better, said Jayakumar, director of the carbon-neutral program. “The message here is that climate __________ is being linked with climate justice (气候正义), he said.

Afroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time preparing for_____. His mission( 使命)? Saving the world’s oceans from____ pollution.

It’s a calling he found in 2015 after moving to a community in Mumbai called Versova Beach. He had played there   as a child and was _____to see how much it had ______. The sand was no     longer___ because it was covered by a layer of garbage — most of it is plastic waste.

“The whole beach was like a _____ of plastic,” he said, “It hurt me.” The ______ mess Shah had seen is part of a global environmental crisis. Tons of plastic ______in the world’s oceans each     year. “Plastic in the ocean is a____. And the sea-species have no choice at all,” Shah said, “We are __ their habitats.”

In 2015, Shah began picking up plastic waste from the _____every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and   a neighbor, and then he began   calling on others to join in. Word _____and with help from social media, more volunteers____.

For Shah, the work has always been a _____   journey, but it has earned global attention. After he   was _____as a Champion of the Earth in 2016, Shah now devotes his free time to this ______.   He’s   spent 209 weekends on this mission, ____   more than 200,000 volunteers to join him. By     October 2018, Versova   Beach was _____clean and Shah’s cleanups expanded to another beach.   “This world talks too much. I think we must talk _____   and do action more,” he said when     interviewed by CNN in October 2019. “I see___ with these youngsters rising up.”

In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of_______because people are throwing out more things than ever before.

How did we_______a throw-away society? First of all, it is now easier to_______an object than to spend time and money repairing it. Thanks to modern manufacturing(制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and_______

Another cause is our _______of disposable products. Living in a society where efficiency comes first, we are always looking for_______to save time and make our lives easier. Companies produce thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also_______to the problem. we are_______buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that the_______is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we________useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world. we can see the________of this throw-away lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To________the amount of rubbish and protect the environment, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.________, this is not enough to solve our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ________throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes to________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.