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Located in Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Kubuqi Desert (库布齐沙漠) is the closest desert to China's capital Beijing. It was once known as the "sea of death". However, in the past 30 years, the government, social organizations and local farmers (work) together to control desertification (沙漠化) in Kubuqi Desert.

Historically, Kubuqi was a rich city filled with water and grass. But due climate change and over-exploitation from humans, the farmlands gradually turned to desert. Controlling desertification was the only way out for people still living in Kubuqi. With the first highway going through the desert (build) here, people started planting trees in whole desert. It was common for planted trees to die. But the next year, people just continued to plant more trees. (ultimate), their hard work inspired the term "Kubuqi spirit", encouraging local people (devote) themselves to the desert greatly. Over three decades, tree planting technology saw further (improve) in Kubuqi. Now workers can plant a tree in just ten (second), and the survival rate of trees is over 80 percent.

The 102,000 residents in the desert have enjoyed the benefits of managing with desertification. Meng Keda,  family has lived deep in Kubuqi Desert for generations, began a tourism business in 2006  earned about 300,000 yuan last year.

"I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!" I 1 to my mother as we moved boxes.2 , going home was not easy because my home was 1,100 miles away.

I was born and 3 in Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never expected that to 4 . Last year, my parents decided to move to my mom's hometown, New Orleans.

Only three months after my parents made the 5  to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. My announcement to my mother that I 6  the new environment was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down. Far away from almost everyone and everything I had ever known, I was 7 . To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Starting high school is a scary 8  on its own.

I spent my first few months in New Orleans, 9  wanting to go back to Virginia. But after that, I 10  that I had a choice. I could continue missing my old home, or I could start trying to build a new home right here. I 11  the latter.

As soon as I stopped giving all my 12  to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that local people were giving me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbors taught me how to cook some local food, and I found a wonderful 13  of neighbors. Overall, I seized every possible opportunity to 14  myself and to rebuild my life.

Because of my resilience (适应力) in creating a new home for myself and the 15  that local people have shown to me, home is right here.