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The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marin

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问题    The Pacific island nation of Palau has become home to the sixth largest marine sanctuary in the world. The new marine reserve, now the largest in the Pacific, will【C1】______no fishing or mining. Palau also established the world’s first shark sanctuary in 2009.
   The tiny island nation has set aside 500, 000 square kilometres—80 percent—of its maritime【C2】______, for full protection. That’s the highest percentage of an【C3】______economic zone devoted to marine conservation by any country in the world. The remaining 20 percent of the Palau seas will be reserved for local fishing by individuals and small-scale【C4】______fishing businesses with limited exports.
   "Island【C5】______have been among the hardest hit by the threats facing the ocean," said President Tommy Remengesau Jr. in a statement. " Creating this sanctuary is a bold move that the people of Palau recognise as【C6】______to our survival. We want to lead the way in restoring the health of the ocean for future generations. "
   Palau has only been an【C7】______nation for twenty years and has a strong history of environmental protection. It is home to one of the world’s finest marine ecosystems, with more than 1,300 species of fish and 700 species of coral.
   Senator Hokkons Baules, lead【C8】______of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a【C9】______future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past". These include the centuries-old custom of "bul", where leaders would call a temporary stop to fishing for key species in order to give fish【C10】______an opportunity to replenish(补充).
A)allocate I)permit
B)celebrities J)secure
C)commercial K)solitary
D)communities L)spectacle
E)essential M)sponsor
F)exclusive N)stocks
G)independent O)territory
H)indulge [br] 【C10】
选项
答案 N
解析 空格位于名词fish之后，且处于give sb．sth．的双宾语结构中，fish和空格共同构成sb．部分，an opportunity则对应sth．部分，由此可知空格处应填入名词。备选项有celebrities、spectacle和stocks。根据句意“领导人会要求暂停捕捞一些重要种类的鱼，给鱼类______繁衍补充的机会”，故排除celebrities和spectacle，答案为stocks“总储备量”。
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