题目内容
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water 1. (use) on coastal farms. As a result, farmers are 2. (gradual) unable to use fields close to the sea.
However, Marc Van Rijsselberg, a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a 3. (mix) of sea and fresh water 4. (grow) healthy and tasty vegetables.
He teamed up with scientists from the Free University and divided a farm 5. eight negated areas. Separate pipes pumped fresh and sea water, and a computer program created water with eight levels of salinity (含盐度).
The water levels and the levels of salinity was 6. (control) by computerized measuring devices called “sensors”. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said he was able to harvest vegetables from most of the eight testing areas. He said the vegetables were smaller than 7. grown in fresh water. But he said they also had more sugar and salt, so they tasted much 8. (good).
He found that potatoes grew better than the other vegetables in the combination of sea and fresh water. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said four kinds of these potatoes would be sent to Pakistan 9. thousands of hectares of land 10. (damage) by salinization last year.
书面表达
最近,某中学英语报向学生征文,主题为New Look of My Hometown。请你根据以下内容提示,用英语为该报写一篇短文,介绍家乡的情况并发表自己的看法。
概况 | 1.气候宜人,常年绿树成荫; 2.近年经济发展迅速,城市面貌焕然一新,高楼林立,道路宽阔,环境优美; 3.人民生活条件不断改善,不少人搬进新居,拥有私家车。 |
你的看法 | 家乡人民将更加努力工作…… |
注意:1.可适当增加细节,使短文连贯、通顺;
2.词数100左右。
参考词汇:economy经济