A parent’s hopes for 2030
When 2010 arrived, my son was only a year old—tiny._______,the master of a few basic words, but still mostly the baby we'd _______into the world.
Now my baby has grown into an _______—tall, strong,stout, and smart, a(n) _______ of Akira Kurosawa samurai movies.
A _______from now, in 2030, he will be an adult. I expect the next 10 years to fly by, and be filled with _______. As 2020 begins. I am thinking about the kind of world my son will_______ and experience. I _______ for him, and for all the young people of his age. So I have several _______for the world my son and his generation will live in:
I hope we finally get__________about climate change. Polar ice is melting. The oceans are __________ . The question is __________whether we can stop climate change,but whether we ‘re willing and able to do anything to __________ it.
I’m not sure what a warming planet will__________ for my son's life. I suspect it means he will live in a world where nations and groups __________ limited resources like clean water and food, which means that the danger of climate change won't come just from rising oceans, but from other humans competing for control over what’s __________
The world is always going to be full of __________about how to solve the challenges we face. I hope,too,that my son’s generation learns to __________justice—but to do so with big heart and humility,recognizing our common humanity(人性)even with people who __________ us.
The world of 2030 won’t __________ itself. We are creating it now, so my final wish is that we build the kind of world we actually want our children to live in.
1.A.special B.generous C.intelligent D.dependent
2.A.welcomed B.raised C.grown D.congratulated
3.A.athlete B.adolescent C.artist D.engineer
4.A.director B.author C.lover D.reader
5.A.month B.century C.year D.decade
6.A.questions B.experience C.danger D.change
7.A.create B.notice C.face D.shake
8.A.worry B.sacrifice C.provide D.arrange
9.A.plans B.methods C.hopes D.choices
10.A.particular B.serious C.optimistic D.enthusiastic
11.A.drying B.rising C.growing D.cooling
12.A.for sure B.as usual C.no longer D.till now
13.A.slow B.record C.complete D.oppose
14.A.mean B.obtain C.share D.seek
15.A.pick up B.fight over C.turn down D.take part
16.A.finished B.continued C.started D.left
17.A.aims B.examples C.disagreements D.results
18.A.escape B.express C.seek D.affect
19.A.differ from B.agree with C.refer to D.call for
20.A.blame B.admire C.prove D.build