2023年6月英语四级（第1套 · 含听力）选词填空

You probably haven't taken the time to think of all the work that went into creating the shirt on your back. I mean, how hard it could be to create fabric and __26__ it into a shirt shape. Don't machines do all that? Well, creating fabric from cotton, which is the most __27__ clothing material, is actually a process that involves a lot of water, 2,700 liters per shirt to be __28__. Take a look at the video below from National Geographic for some more mind-blowing __29__ about cotton clothing production.
Clean water is __30__ becoming one of the most sought-after resources in the world. Given how large the __31__ and cotton industries are, they take up a lot of our fresh water demands across the world, according to The Huffington Post. The video from National Geographic was created to spread __32__ of how environmentally harmful cotton is. But the situation can be made better. Through better water management and farming practices, water usage in cotton production can be cut down by __33__ 40 percent.
Called "Better Cotton", this environmentally conscious product will save millions of liters of water a year simply from __34__ the demands of cotton production. Cotton doesn't have to go, since it is, after all, one of the most useful cash crops across the globe. However, as water supplies __35__, farmers and consumers need to be more conscious of the effect that these products have on the environment as a whole.