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My hometown used to be a beautiful place. Thick trees and green grass could be seen ____(到处). In ____to build houses and grow more crops, people cut down more and more trees. ___ time going on, the whole forest was almost ____(毁灭). Gradually the green hills have c_____ into wasteland. As a result, sandstorms strike us now and then, from ___ we suffer a lot. So, I do hope all the people will r___the terrible result of ___caring about our environment. What's_____, we should take good care of the forests and plant trees instead of cutting them down to improve our living c______.