NOW he has a new computer, Mike is wondering what will happen to the old one. Well, after 【小题1】(break) down into small pieces, it was sent to China by ship.

Things like this happen every day. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones. They 【小题2】(send) to china illegally. This batch of e-waste was sent back to Japan, but sometimes e-waste gets through.

Computers 【小题3】(fill) with dangerous poisons like mercury (水银) and lead (铅). Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs 【小题4】 (deal) with safely. Usually computer parts are buried. E-waste is a problem. Countries like Japan and the US often send their e-waste to China. For years, Guiyu in Guangdong Province 【小题5】(describe) as “the e-waste capital of the world”.

The city has to deal with 1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year. This earns $75 million, 【小题6】 it comes at a cost. Many of the poisons in e-waste find their way 【小题7】 the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and acids are poured into rivers.

Greenpeace, an environmental group, has said that it has found the earth and rivers of Guiyu badly 【小题8】 (pollute). Fortunately, laws about waste recycling 【小题9】(make) to solve the problem, After all, the government wants the country to develop, but in a way 【小题10】 doesn’t damage the environment and people’s lives.

   We all share a great responsibility to protect the environment, without which we could not survive. 【小题1】, the amount and scale of environment issues may seem too much for ordinary people. But with hard work and 【小题2】(determine), anyone can achieve great things.

One such person is Yin Yuzhen. At a young age, Yin moved to Inner Mongolia to live with her husband in the desert. She felt very lonely. 【小题3】(improve) the tough environment and cheer 【小题4】(she) up, Yin began planting trees to take land back from the desert. “I would rather die of tiredness from fighting the sand than 【小题5】(bury) by it!” She said.

The deserts of Inner Mongolia have spread over centuries. Planting small trees was very hard work. The couple had to travel on foot, 【小题6】(do) everything by hand. At first, many trees did not survive, but over the years, she learnt from her failures, discovering the best plants and methods to use to successfully plant a forest in the desert.

Over more than three decades, Yin Yuzhen and her husband 【小题7】(plant) over 300,000 trees and have taken back a large area of land from the desert. Yin has received praise and awards from all over the world. It has been said of Yin: “She is a symbol of courage, patience and perseverance. Her work in greeting the desert deserves 【小题8】(universe) respect.”

It is inspiring to see a clear example of 【小题9】 the problem of desertification can be dealt with. Although actions may seem small and insignificant, over time they join together to become great achievements. The journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step and the will to continue, and a great forest begins with 【小题10】 single small tree and the will to protect and nurture it. Take your first step. Plant your first tree.

Earth Day 【小题1】 (found) in 1970 as a day of education about environmental problems, and Earth Day 2020 occurs on Wednesday, April 22 — the holiday's 50th anniversary. The holiday is now a global 【小题2】 (celebrate) that's sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of 【小题3】 (event) focused on green living.

【小题4】 (elect) to the U.S. Senate (参议院) in 1962, Senator Gaylord Nelson was determined to convince the federal government that the planet was 【小题5】 risk. In 1969, Nelson developed the idea for Earth Day after 【小题6】 (inspire) by the anti-Vietnam War "teach-ins" that were taking place on college campuses around the United States.

Denis Hayes, a young activist 【小题7】 had served as student president at Stanford University, was selected as Earth Day’s national coordinator (协调者), and he worked with 【小题8】 army of student volunteers and several staff members from Nelson's Senate office 【小题9】 (organize) the project.

The first Earth Day was effective at raising awareness about environmental problems and transforming public attitudes. Earth Day kicked off the "Environmental decade with a bang," as Senator Nelson later put it. The theme of Earth Day 2020 is "climate action." Earth Day. org hopes it will be the 【小题10】 (large) volunteer event in history.