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Donald Trump on Jan. 20 moved to withdraw the US, the world’s (1)____(two) biggest emitter of planet-heating pollution, from the Paris climate agreement for a second time, and put the United Nations on notice.
On his first day back as president, Trump signed (2)____ executive order on stage in front of supporters at an arena in Washington DC (3)____ he said was aimed at quitting (4)____ he called the “unfair, one-sided Paris climate accord rip-off”.
He also signed a letter to the United Nations (5)____(give) it notice that the US was exiting, which starts the formal process of withdrawal (6)____ the world’s main effort to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
It will take about a year for the withdrawal (7)____(formalize). When enacted, the US will join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the global agreement, which Joe Biden had rejoined in 2021 (8)____ Trump confirmed he would exit it in his first term in 2017.
One estimate before Trump won last November’s (9)____(elect) calculated his return to the White House could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030. Gina McCarthy, a former EPA administrator under Barack Obama, said that Trump “abdicated” his (10)____(responsible) to Americans by leaving the Paris accord.
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second 2.an 3.which/that 4.what 5.giving 6.from 7.to be formalized 8.after 9.election10.responsibility
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Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has reached a plea agreement (1)____ the US government, agreed to pay $1.6 billion and plead guilty to deceiving U.S. regulators about the amount of emissions (2)____(produce) by its diesel engines.
The company will be prohibited from (3)____(export) any diesel engines it produces to the United States for five years, and it will recall the heavy-duty trucks it produced (4)____ sold with excessive emissions, and it will spend approximately $155 million (5)____(replace) marine and automotive engines in the United States to compensate for the air pollution caused by its (6)____(excess) emissions. Furthermore, the plea agreement includes approximately $520 million in criminal fines, $440 million in civil penalties, $240 million in penalties imposed by California.
According to the US Justice Department, Hino submitted false and fraudulent emission testing and fuel (7)____(consume) data to evade regulations. “Hino Motors engaged in a years-long scheme to alter and fabricate emissions data in order to get a leg up over (8)____(it) competitors and boost their bottom-line,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray.
“We (9)____(deep) apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers and stakeholders. In order to prevent a (10)____(recur) of this kind of issue, we have implemented company-wide reforms, including meaningful improvements to our internal culture, oversight, and compliance practices,” CEO Satoshi Ogiso said.
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1.with 2.produced 3.exporting 4.and 5.to replace 6.excessive 7.consumption 8.its 9.deeply10.recurrence
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Amid growing concerns over a potential TikTok ban in the US, Chinese social media app RedNote – the international version of Xiaohongshu – has surged in (1)____(popular), claiming the top spot on the Apple App Store’s free downloads chart as of Jan. 13’s night (US time).
Acursory scroll through RedNote’s Explore page shows English-language (2)____(post) scattered among those written in Chinese. Many American users call (3)____(they) “TikTok refugees” in videos, while others write in text posts (4)____ they’re in search of a new community because of(5)____ potential TikTok ban.
At Chinese A-share market’s opening on Jan. 14, RedNote-related stocks surged, (6)____ companies like Foshan Yowant Technology and Inly Media Co reaching their (7)____(day) limit during pre-market bidding.
The US Supreme Court conducted a two-hour session on January 10 (8)_____( deliberate) TikTok’s future in the US, according to an audio livestream on the court’s website. On December 6, 2024, a US federal appeals court upheld a law (9)____(require) ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, (10)____( divest) the app in the US by January 19, 2025 or face a ban, Reuters reported.
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1.popularity 2.posts 3.themselves 4.that 5.the 6.with 7.daily 8.to deliberate 9.requiring 10.to divest