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阅读并根据下面的短文，在表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
Guarding the Blue Planet
(2024·镇江中考)Liu loves to teach people to explore the underwater world and lead them to feel the beauty of the sea. Now, he devotes himself to the voluntary work in a community called Better Blue. The volunteers in Better Blue are not only made up of diving coaches like Liu, but also pilots, lawyers, doctors and so on. All of them should have the knowledge of the sea.
Every year, 12 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean. Sea animals like turtles often lose their lives because of eating plastic or fishing nets. Even humans on land are influenced because the fish we eat may have harmful plastic particles in their bodies. So the community Better Blue was started in 2017. It hopes to raise marine(海洋的) protection awareness among the public, invite people to protect the endangered sea animals and encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way.
Dive Against Debris is an activity organized by Better Blue to protect the ocean. The activity needs volunteers with greater diving skills. In this project, divers go into the waters and fish out rubbish, which is then separated into different groups. They do this at several fixed locations in the bay area of Shenzhen every month. The work also includes checking which rubbish often appears in the area, doing a research on why this kind of rubbish is the most and making suggestions to reduce the pollution.
Marine protection is related to collecting rubbish. It also includes marine protection education. On weekdays, Liu volunteers to teach children marine protection in local schools. Volunteers like him teach marine science to make children realize that land-based rubbish can also pollute the ocean. Researchers from local universities also take part in such activities.
With diving becoming popular, people are more willing to learn about marine protection. They come with their equipment, dive into the waters, get to know the underwater world and protect it.
Liu is not only a diving 1. , but also a volunteer in Better Blue. Volunteers of Better Blue do different jobs and they are 2. to have the knowledge of the sea.
The introduction to Better Blue
The reasons why it was started:
▶Plastic waste flows into the ocean.
▶Sea animals like turtles often 3. .
▶Fish have plastic particles that are 4. to humans.
The 5. of it:
▶To raise marine protection awareness.
▶To invite people to protect the endangered sea animals.
▶To encourage people to 6. the development of the ocean in a friendly way.
The activities held by Better Blue
Dive Against Debris:
▶Volunteers need to have greater diving skills. They fish out rubbish and separate it.
▶Further work: ① checking the kind of the area's 7. rubbish
② studying why this kind of rubbish is the most
③ advising 8. the pollution
Marine protection education:
▶Volunteers give 9. on marine protection.
▶Researchers take part in marine protection education.
With the popularity of diving, people show more 10. in marine protection and take action.

Ⅱ. B 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文,介绍了Better Blue社区的志愿者们如何通过各种活动来保护海洋环境。
1. coach/teacher 2. required/asked/expected
3. die 4. harmful 5. purposes 6. consider
7. common 8. against 9. lessons/classes/talks/speeches 10. interests/interest

【分析】
本题为中考英语短文填空题，解题思路为：1. 通读全文把握主旨（介绍Better Blue海洋保护社区的相关情况）；2. 定位每个空格所在句子，结合上下文语境、原文细节、词汇搭配及词性要求，逐一确定合适单词；3. 优先选用原文对应信息或符合语境的常用词汇，确保答案准确。
【解析】
1. 定位第一段“diving coaches like Liu”，可知Liu是潜水教练，结合他教学的身份，可填coach/teacher；
2. 定位第一段最后“All of them should have the knowledge of the sea”，即志愿者被要求具备海洋知识，故填required/asked/expected；
3. 定位第二段“Sea animals like turtles often lose their lives because of eating plastic or fishing nets”，lose their lives意为死亡，故填die；
4. 定位第二段“the fish we eat may have harmful plastic particles in their bodies”，可知塑料颗粒对人类有害，故填harmful；
5. 后文列举的是Better Blue的目标，即目的，故填purposes；
6. 定位第二段最后“encourage people to think about how to make the ocean develop in a friendly way”，think about对应consider，故填consider；
7. 定位第三段“checking which rubbish often appears in the area”，often appears意为常见的，故填common；
8. 定位第三段最后“making suggestions to reduce the pollution”，结合固定搭配，填against；
9. 定位第四段“Liu volunteers to teach children marine protection in local schools”，teach对应give lessons/classes等，故填lessons/classes/talks/speeches；
10. 定位最后一段“people are more willing to learn about marine protection”，willing to learn对应show interest/interests，故填interests/interest。
【答案】
1. coach/teacher 2. required/asked/expected 3. die 4. harmful 5. purposes 6. consider 7. common 8. against 9. lessons/classes/talks/speeches 10. interests/interest
【知识点】
英语短文填空、阅读理解、词汇运用
【点评】
本题围绕海洋保护主题，考察学生的阅读理解细节定位、词汇运用及语境分析能力，需结合原文信息解题，难度适中，符合中考英语的考察方向。
【难度系数】
0.5