阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。During the late 1980s, the Hami River, the main waterway in the east of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, nearly dried up.
【小题1】, in recent years, wild birds such as egrets have been seen feeding and resting along the Hami, which is known as the Mother River of Hami prefecture. The birds have become a scenic【小题2】 (attract) in the area.
Since 1998, the authorities in the prefecture【小题3】 (supply) water to the river【小题4】 (improve) the environment. In 2019, 【小题5】 Hami River Ecological Restoration Project was launched by the authorities, who also established the Hami River National Wetland Park.
Song Zhangshi, director of the management office at the wetland park, 【小题6】 (say) that by renovating more than 10,000 shantytowns near the river, preserving the original water system and【小题7】 (add) plants, the greening rate along the waterway has risen from 18 percent【小题8】 78 percent.
The park,【小题9】 stretches for about 42 kilometers wide north to south, is some 400 meters wide. It features pavilions by the riverside against a backdrop of gently flowing water, flowers, grass【小题10】 old trees.
Abdu Kader, 84, who lives in Hami’s Yizhou district, said, “It is beautiful here, and I feel very happy walking in the area every day.”