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广西壮族自治区“贵百河”2024届4月高三新高考模拟二模英语试题
When Tom Blake was a young boy, watching a jet（喷气式飞机） streak across the sky, he knew flying was what he wanted to do when he grew up.
After five years' training, he finally 1 his dream job in his late twenties—working as an airline pilot. But in 2019, the travel firm he was 2 for collapsed.
By this time Mr Blake had become increasingly 3 the growing threat of climate change, and the aviation industry's carbon emissions. "I had an uncomfortable4 ," he says. "I was really eager to get involved in 5 protest groups, but I knew it would be career suicide, and I had a lot of 6 . It would be easier to return to the industry and pay them off."
Yet with the COVID-19 pandemic grounding aircraft, Mr Blake decided to quit his flying 7 for good. "I prefer flying and 8 interesting destinations, and earning a decent 9 ."says Mr Blake. "But when we are 10 the climate and ecological emergency, how could I possibly 11 my needs? We need to think about how to 12 the biggest threat to humanity."
Giving up his dream job was a 13 decision, he says. "Financially I've been really 14 . It's been challenging." But he adds, "Taking action has 15 my anxiety."
Mr Blake is now a climate activist.
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