三、综合填空
Yeshe Dolkar, 15 years old, still remembers the moment she saw snow leopards (雪豹) at Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve a year ago. On that cold snowy day, the girl was walking down a mountaintop with her family when they saw two snow leopards near the Lancang River.
Many wild animals living in the area are (1)
in
danger. From the middle of the (2)
twentieth
(twenty) century, the area of snow, grasslands and lakes in Sanjiangyuan has become smaller because of human activities.
To better protect the area and the wildlife, China set up Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve on Jan. 24, 2003. Now, the number of wild animals (3)
is
(be) becoming larger and larger. At least 1,000 snow leopards can be found in the area.
Local people have improved their understanding about environmental (4)
protection
(protect) and tried hard to look after the environment in Sanjiangyuan over the years. In Nangqen, local people (5)
mainly
(main) dig caterpillar fungus (冬虫夏草) in grasslands for a living. In the past, they (6)
carried
(carry) food with them in plastic bags and left the bags behind. (7)
However
, people always take their food waste down the mountains now, according to Palden Wangchuk, (8)
an
18-year-old young man. “The local government often invites people (9)
to pick
(pick) up waste on the grasslands. With the help of the local government and people, the grasslands have put on a new look,” he said.
“As Gen Zers, we should take (10)
action
(act) to protect our home and keep on living together with nature in harmony(和谐),” Palden Wangchuk added.