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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Kim Cobb, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, is one of a small but growing  (minor) of academics who are cutting back on their air travel because of climate change. Travelling to conferences, lectures, workshops, and the like — frequently by plane —  (view) to be important for scientists to get together and exchange  (inform). But Cobb and others are now questioning that idea — pushing conferences to provide more chances to participate remotely and  (change) their personal behavior to do their part in dealing with the climate change crisis. On a website called No Fly Climate Sci, for example,  (rough) 200 academics — many of them climate scientists —  (promise) to fly as little as possible since the effort started two years ago. Cobb, for her part, started to ask conference organizers who invited her to speak  she could do so remotely; about three-quarters of  time, they agreed. When the answer was no, she declined the invitation. That approach brought Cobb's air travel last year down  75%, and she plans to continue the practice. "It has been fairly  (reward)," she says — "a really positive change."     答案:【1】minority【2】is viewed/has been viewed【3】information【4】changing【5】roughly【6】have promised【7】whether/if【8】the【9】by【10】rewarding
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