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What's all this tree- - planting for? " I was asked when I began writing about _____ a piece of land...
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What's all this tree- - planting for? " I was asked when I began writing about _____ a piece of land I had bought in Somerset. The truth is, I just love trees. And I am not _____ AsI get older, all I really _____ is to plant trees , Prince Charles says in a BBC documentary in which he is _____ in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.
There are _____ and wonderful trees in our cities and villages. They were planted, or self- sown, years, even centuries ago. We take them for granted, _____ the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the _____ trees are doing us(cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new _____. Yet we keep a feeling of _____ for them. This may account for the _____ the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust (a tree-protecting charity) _____.
Trees need _____, which is why I, a city-resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999. At that time, climate change was already well proved, _____ my hopes of planting long-lived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their _____. Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all _____ against them.
But I did not _____ things to move so fast. The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are _____. The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved. The bees and butterflies are _____ there but in smaller numbers. How can this happen on land _____ pesticides (杀虫剂)?Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own _____. Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors. And tree-planting has done wonders for restoring my balance town and country.
1.A. replacing B. restoring C. recycling D. returning
2.A. rich B. weak C. alone D. social
3.A. apply for B. wait for C. make for D. long for
4.A. filmed B. tracked C. reflected D. discovered
5.A. holy B. young C. mature D. mysterious
6.A. raise B. watch C. ignore D. abuse
7.A. honor B. good C. credit D. justice
8.A. use B. spirit C. life D. hope
9.A. trust B. sadness C. betrayal D. affection
10.A. approval B. opposition C. option D. dilemma
11.A. wins B. rejects C. requires D. withdraws
12.A. space B. time C. company D. nutrition
13.A. since B. for C. yet D. so
14.A. benefits B. chances C. location D. appearance
15.A. piling up B. speeding up C. keeping up D. mixing up
16.A. wish B. intend C. allow D. expect
17.A. in place B. in order C. in decline D. in question
18.A. even B. still C. ever D. once
19.A. short of B. sick of C. free of D. full of
20.A. glory B. function C. impact D. balance
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