二、根据语篇内容，从方框中选择合适的单词并用其正确形式填空
early destroy use most child
nothing fact news possible understand
What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice. But in (1) , this could cause really serious problems.
The bad (2) is that the number of insects keeps dropping these years. Scientists say it’s (3) because of the use of pesticides, which (4) the places that insects live in.
What will happen if all insects die out? It’s almost (5) to predict (预测), but the results will be terrible. We need insects to break down dead plants and animals and turn them into new (6) things. Without insects, many animals would have (7) to eat. They would go hungry and die.
To protect insects, the first thing is to let more people (8) the importance of them. We should tell our (9) about it. They’d better have the environmental awareness (意识) at a(n) (10) age than we did.

1. fact
2. news
3. mostly
4. destroys
5. impossible
6. useful
7. nothing
8. understand
9. children
10. earlier