One of Switzerland’s most popular skiing areas has been covering mountain areas with cloth material in an effort to _________ ice melting over the summer. Workers have placed large blankets of material around Mount Titlis. The area contains a glacier that has been _________ large amounts of ice over the past 20 years. The protective cloth, _________ polyester material, is designed to _________ the sun.

Putting the blankets _________ the glacier provides a natural protective shield. Decreasing snow cover _________ higher temperatures presents a serious threat to skiing areas across Europe. Having a glacier can provide some protection from climate change and help keep large snow _________ on the mountain year-around. This snow can later be moved to fill in areas _________it is needed.

But the Swiss government has predicted that 90 percent of the country’s _________ 1,500 glaciers will disappear by the end of this century if __________ is done to cut man-made pollution emissions. The government has to __________ increase the size of the blankets over the glacier in recent years to save __________ is left. A small group of employees works over five-to-six weeks to cover parts of the glacier. At the end of summer, they spend weeks __________ the covers.

Currently, the __________ material covering about 100,000 square meters is about the size of 14 football fields. The blankets help get the sun’s energy back into the __________.

One of my best memories during high school occurred last November, when Dr. Jane Goodall came to our school. She is one of the best-known _____ in the world.

Although I have been part of Roots & Shoots since 2006, I had never imagined _____ Dr. Goodall so soon in my lifetime. So when I heard that Dr. Goodall was going to visit our school, I almost screamed with _____. For the entire month leading up to her _____, I could feel the anticipation (期望) _____. When she eventually came to our school to share her _____ all around the world, my heart beat so _____ that I could even hear it thumping (怦怦地跳) in my chest.

I was so used to seeing her in photos and _____ her as a peaceful, calm and quiet woman. But here she was a real-life person before me. I found that she was much more _____ than I had expected. I would never forget her ______ steps going down the platform after her presentation to the school. She looked really like an activist who was ______ to protect the environment and wildlife.

I have already been in Roots & Shoots and ______ about the environment and animals for years, but listening to Dr. Goodall talk about her work ______ inspired me quite a lot. It was then that I became truly ______ to what I was doing. Even if I wasn’t really sure what I could do to make a difference, I was still willing to give it a ______.

In October 2015, Shah began picking up rubbish from the beach every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and a neighbor, and then he began _____ others to join in. Word spread and with help from social media, more volunteers got involved.

Shah hasn’t stopped since. He’s now spent 209 weekends _____ this mission inspiring more than 200,000 _____ to join him in what’s been called the world’s biggest beach cleanup. By October 2018, Versova Beach was _____ clean and Shah’s cleanups expanded to another _____ as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India.

For Shah, the work has always been a personal journey, but it has earned _____ attention. After he was honored as a “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations in 2016, Bollywood celebrities and politicians _____ his mission and joined in his cleanups.

Today, Shah is also working with coastal communities to _____ plastic pollution at one of the sources. In areas lacking waste management systems, _____ often end(s) up in streams and rivers that empty into the ______. Shah and his volunteers ______ and assist villagers in reducing, managing and recycling their plastic waste.

“This world ______ too much. I think you must talk less and do action more,” he said. “Every citizen on this planet must be in for a long pull. I feel the ______ to do something for my planet, so this will ______ for life. If each one could start, this journey could become ______. Can we do it together?”