17.从方框中选择单词, 并用其正确形式填空, 然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上.每词限用一次.
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Every year, in late March, people and institutions come together to turn off all (1)
lights for sixty minutes at 8. 30 p. m. local time. They do this to show their support for the fight (2)
the climate crisis and loss of biodiversity (生物多样性). Millions of people all around the world join in, as (3)
governments, businesses and institutions. By switching off their lights and measuring the reduction in the amount of energy that (4)
being used, people are showing that it is possible to make a difference.
But Earth Hour is more than one hour without (5)
, once a year. It's part of a movement of people (6)
are working together all year round (7)
the environment. The World Wide Fund for Nature in Australia (8)
the idea in 2007. They wanted to find a way to raise awareness about climate change. And they wanted to show that when millions of individuals work (9)
, they can make a difference.
The first Earth Hour was held on 31 March 2007 at 7. 30 p. m. in Sydney. The lights also went out on the famous Sydney Opera House. The people of the city of San Francisco were so inspired that they held their own 'Lights Out' (10)
in October of the same year. This was the beginning of the Earth Hour movement.