四、词汇运用

阅读下面短文,然后根据括号内所给汉语提示写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Wetlands are regarded as "the Kidney(肾) of the Earth". A (1) (报道) says that about 6% of the earth's surface(表面) is made up of wetlands. Wetlands are nice homes for wild animals, including many (2) (种类) of birds. They provide plenty of food for many types of wild animals. Wetlands can help people (3) (阻止) floods, because they can hold a lot of water.
More and more countries are (4) (设法) hard to save wetlands. Every year, people celebrate a day (5) (称作) World Wetlands Day. In 1996, WIUN(湿地国际联盟组织) (6) (决定) to have a day to make more people know the (7) (重要性) of wetlands. They celebrated the first World Wetlands Day on
(8) (二月) 2nd, 1997. This was the (9) (开端) of World Wetlands Day.
China is a member of WIUN. And (10) (两个都) our government and the Chinese people are taking actions to protect wetlands.

四、【短文大意】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了湿地的主要作用以及一些国家正在采取措施保护湿地。
1. report 【解析】不定冠词 a 后跟可数名词的单数形式，故填 report。
2. kinds 【解析】many 后须用可数名词的复数形式。many kinds of 意为“许多种类的……”，故填 kinds。
3. stop/prevent 【解析】help sb. do sth. 意为“帮助某人做某事”，此处须用动词原形，故填 stop/prevent。
4. trying 【解析】由句中 are 可知，此处时态是现在进行时，故填 trying。
5. called 【解析】此处为过去分词短语作定语。句意：每年，人们庆祝被称作“世界湿地日”的一天。故填 called。
6. decided 【解析】decide to do sth. 意为“决定做某事”，且由“In 1996”可知，此句为一般过去时，故填 decided。
7. importance 【解析】定冠词后跟名词。the importance of 意为“……的重要性”，故填 importance。
8. February 【解析】由中文提示可知此处填 February。
9. beginning 【解析】定冠词后跟名词。the beginning of 意为“……的开始；……的开端”，故填 beginning。
10. both 【解析】both... and... 意为“……和……两者都……”。句意：我们中国政府和中国人民都在采取行动保护湿地。故填 both。