It is reported that China uses 20 million trees each year to feed the country'sdisposable chopstick habit. At about 4,000 chopsticks per tree, that's roughly 80 billionchopsticks per year--far more than the 57 billion__1___by the country's national forestbureau.
    While this is hardly the first time that the chopstick issue has come up in China, thenew numbers make the problem look particularly__2___. The country's last forest survey,published in 2009, documented rampant ( 猖獗的 ) deforestation and forest quality farbelow the global__3__. Greenpeace has even dedicated a campaign to the chopstickproblem,__4__it for the destruction of 1.18 million square meters of forest every year.
    China has tried to clamp down on chopsticks before-- __5__by taxing them andwooden floor boards, another environmental offender. In 2008, the Wall Street Journal'sJane Spencer reported on a cultural backlash against the chopsticks, led by celebrities,activists and___6___minded youth.
    "Disposable chopsticks are__7__China's forests," a 26-year-old activist, dressedas an orangutan ( 猩猩 ) reportedly said at a protest at Microsoft's Chinese__8__. "Wemust protest this pointless waste!"
    But protest does not appear to have done the trick. In 2010, a__9___mudslide ( 泥石流 ) that killed 700 was blamed on deforestation, reports the Wall Street Journal. Perhapsthe activist's appeal to the government represents an appeal to more transparently confrontthe issue.
    "We must change our__10__habits and encourage people to carry their owntableware," he said.
A．average   
B．blaming  
C．chiefly 
D．consumption  
E．deed
F．destroying
G．environmentally
H．estimated
I．fi'iendly
J．headquarters
K．massive
L．overcome
M．unfairly
N．urgent
O．utmost