Banked cloze

Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words fromthe word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once

A. post      B. hence    C. consists    D.omitted   E. evil

F. consent  G.afforded  H. awarding   I. criticism  J. however

K. insists   L.lobby    M. resent   N. compass  O. rewarding

The animal rights movement is a socialmovement which seeks an end to using animals in the research, food, clothing,and entertainment industries, 1) ___________ being called animal liberation. Itadvocates the idea that the most basic interests of non-human creatures shouldbe 2)__________the same consideration as those of human beings.

Advocates 3) ________ for animal rights fromdifferent aspects, ranging from the focus on animal suffering in laboratoriesto the argument that 4) ________ on not casting animals as properties of humanbeings. Despite the different approaches, advocates broadly 5) ________

to the opinionthat animals should be viewed as non-human members of the moral community andshould be 6) ________ from being food, clothing, entertainment, or researchsubjects. The idea of 7) ____rights to animals wins the support of severalprominent scholars.

However, some critics argue that animalsare unable to enter into a social contract or moral 8) __________and for thatreason cannot be granted rights. Only humans have duties and, therefore, onlyhumans have rights. There is nothing wrong or 9) _________about using animalsas resources so long as there is no unnecessary suffering. From within theanimal rights movement itself, there has also been10) _________ of certainforms of animal rights activism, in particular the destruction of fur farms andanimal laboratories.

1B  2G  3 L 4 K  5F  6 D  7H  8 N 9E  10 I

新中国成立以来,特别是改革开放以来,中国政府在生态环境(eco-environmental)保护方面做出了大量努力,取得了有效进展。政府采取了一系列保护和改善生态环境的重大举措,譬如积极推进重点生态工程,加强生态系统建设(ecosystem)及生物多样性保护(biodiversityconservation),建立了一批自然保护区(nature reservation)、生态示范区(ecological demonstration zones)、风景名胜区和森林公园。加强生态环境的保护和建设,实现人与自然和谐相处,是构建社会主义和谐社会(harmonious society)的重要目标之一。环境保护和生态文明建设为中国经济、社会的可持续发展提供了坚实的基础。

Key: Since the founding of New China,especially since the economic reform and door-opening to the world, the Chinesegovernment has made considerable efforts in eco-environmental protection andachieved effective progress. The government has taken a series of importantmeasures to protect and improve the ecological environment, such as activelypromoting key ecological projects, enhancing ecosystem construction andbiodiversity conservation, establishing a number of nature reservations,ecological demonstration zones, scenic spots and forest parks. One of theimportant goals of building a socialist harmonious society is to strengthenecological protection and construction and to achieve harmony between man andnature. Environmental protection and ecological civilization construction haveprovided a solid foundation for the sustainable development of China's economyand society.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is aninternational non-governmental organization working on issues regarding theconservation, research and restoration of the environment. The organization wasoriginally named the World Wildlife Fund in 1961.  In 1986, it changed its name to World WideFund for Nature to better reflect the scope of its activities. With over fivemillion supporters worldwide, it is the world's largest independentconservation organization, working in more than 100 countries and supportingabout 1,300 conservation and environmental projects. Its mission is to stopdestroying the planet's natural environment and to build a future in whichhumans live in harmony with nature. Currently, much of its work focuses on theconservation of oceans and coasts, forests, and freshwater. Among other issues,it is also concerned with endangered species, pollution and climate change. Theynow need, above all, money to carry out its missions and handle conservationemergencies.

世界自然基金会(WWF)是一个致力于有关保护、研究和修复环境议题的国际性非政府组织。该组织最初于1961年被命名为世界野生动物基金会。1986年,它更名为世界自然基金会,以更好地反映其活动范围。它是世界上最大的、独立的自然保护组织,拥有世界各地超过500万的支持者,在100多个国家开展工作,并援助约1,300个与自然和环境保护有关的项目。它的任务是阻止破坏地球的生态环境,建立一个能使人类与自然和谐相处的未来。目前,其大部分工作都集中在对海洋和海岸、森林、淡水的保护。在其他问题上,它也关注濒危物种污染和气候变化。现在他们最需要的是资金,以履行其使命和处理与自然保护有关的突发事件。