As you may know, coral(珊瑚) Is not a plant, but an animal. However, coral reefs(珊瑚礁)around the world are in   1  . Here is a piece of bad news. Thailand will close one of its beaches to protect its coral   2   business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous that   3  of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than 5,000 visitors visit it a day. They arrive by boat. This does   4  harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has died. The beach will be closed between June and September to let the coral come   5  to life.

Experts(专家)say that 80% of Thailand's coral reefs have been  6  Too many tourists  7   a lot of pollution to these beaches. An expert said the biggest problems were hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the  8  choice was to close the beaches forever. He said, "I hope the  9  can take steps to protect the coral reefs. At the same time, I also hope all of us should   10  our best to protect the environment around us.”

【文章大意】世界各地的珊瑚礁都处于危险之中，泰国有一个非常有名的海滩，为了保护其珊瑚免受游客商业活动的影响，该海滩将在6月至9月期间关闭。专家表示，泰国80%的珊瑚礁已经死亡。太多的游客给这些海滩造成了很多污染。一位专家认为最好的选择是永远关闭海滩。他说:“我希望政府能够采取措施保护珊瑚礁。同时，我也希望我们所有人都应该尽力保护我们周围的环境。”

1. danger 考查名词。根据下文Here is a piece of bad news. 这里有一个坏消息。可推知此处句意是世界各地的珊瑚礁都处于危险之中。in danger“处于危险中”，固定词组，故答案填danger。

2. from 考查介词。根据Thailand will close one of its beaches to protect its coral ___2___ business activities for tourists.可知，句意为泰国将关闭其中一个海滩，以保护其珊瑚免受游客商业活动的影响。protect...from是表示保护……不受伤害，故答案填from。

3. millions 考查数词。根据上文The beach is so famous，可知海滩太有名了，所以成千上万的游客把它列入他们愿望的清单上，millions of成千上万的，故答案填millions。

4. much 考查副词。根据下文Most of the coral has died.大部分珊瑚都死了，可知这对珊瑚礁有很大的危害，much harm“很大的危害”，much很、非常，副词，修饰后面的动词harm；故答案填much。

5. back 考查副词。联系上文语境，根据The beach will be closed between June and September，可知海滩将在6月至9月期间关闭，是为了让珊瑚复活，come back回复，故答案填back。

6. killed 考查动词。根据下文a lot of pollution to these beaches.海滩污染严重，可知应是泰国的珊瑚礁已经被杀死，“杀死”kill，由have been可知这里用的是现在完成时的被动语态，表示“被杀死”，kill的过去分词是killed，故答案填killed。

7. cause 考查动词。根据Too many tourists__7__ a lot of pollution to these beaches.可知应是太多的游客给这些海滩造成了很多污染。cause使发生、造成、引起不好的事情，句子陈述的是一般事实，时态用一般现在时，主语tourists为 复数，所以这里用动词原形，故答案填cause。

8. best 考查形容词最高级。根据He believed the__8__choice was to close the beaches forever.可知设空处修饰后面的名词choice，所以此处应填入一个形容词形式，结合所剩余的备选词汇，可知best最好的，符合题意，句意是他认为最好的选择是永远关闭海滩；故答案填best。

9. government 考查名词。根据take steps to protect the coral reefs.结合备选词汇，可知是希望政府能够采取措施保护珊瑚礁，government政府，名词，在句中作主语，故答案填government。

10. try 考查动词。根据I also hope all of us should __10__our best to protect the environment around us.可知句意是我也希望我们所有人都应该尽力保护我们周围的环境；try one’s best to do sth.尽力做某事，固定搭配；should是情态动词，后接动词原形，故答案填try。