跟ing作宾语的动词（接ing作宾语的动词） - 原点资讯

Access to a clean, reliable water supply is essential to our survival. 1. ________ (cover) over 70% percent of the earth’s surface, water is apparently plentiful. But in fact, less than 1% of all the water on earth is accessible for human use in lakes, rivers and reservoirs. Renewed by rain and snowfall, this water supply is available to us as a finite (有限的) but sustainable resource. As the demand for access to this 2. ________ (limit) supply increase, it is thought that as many as 3.5 billion people could experience water shortages by 2025. A worldwide water management plan is vital. An international campaign must be introduced 3. ________ (raise) public awareness of the importance of 4. ________ (save) and 5. ________ (recycle) this precious resource. Furthermore, industry and agriculture must be made 6. ________ (reduce) their water consumption. Only in this way can water-related international conflicts be avoided.

There are different comments on the book Helping Children to Succeed.

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I found Helping Children to Succeed to be a(n) 1. ________ (inspire) book. What was the most 2. ________ (fascinate) to me was the research finding that children from wealthy families are no more prepared for a successful independent future than children from poorer families. The author shows that children from all backgrounds need to learn not only how 3. ________ (work) hard but also how 4. ________ (deal) with failure without 5. ________ (fall) to pieces. The book shows convincingly how poor children as well as middle class children and those from wealthier homes are capable of 6. ________ (learn) these skills necessary for future success. This has made me 7. ________ (feel) very optimistic that no child will fail because of their family background and that something can be done 8. ________ (increase) the life chances of poor children.

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I enjoyed Helping Children to Succeed, but in many ways I also found it 1. ________ (disappoint). 2. ________ (finish) reading the book, I think the title itself is 3. ________ (mislead) because it focuses primarily on children who fail. Most research studies 4. ________ (quote) by the author illustrate how difficult it is for children from disadvantaged homes 5. ________ (succeed) or indeed to escape from a cycle of failure. I bought the book for the library where I work, 6. ________ (think) it might offer parents strategies for 7. ________ (bring) up children to be successful. In practice, the main strategies 8. ________ (recommend) by the author are the following: avoid 9. ________ (become) poor and don’t expect your children to succeed at everything. He also suggests that children should get used to occasional failures. In my opinion this is an unnecessarily negative outlook.