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1/5 盈学科网书城■ 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com● 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 Section ll 课时业 一、主题下的语篇训川练 1阅读理解 (2023·菏泽高三联考)The first great agricultural revolution happened 10,0oo years ago,when humans settled on farms.The second was the "green revolution" from the 1930s to the 1960s,in which advances in fertilization,mechanization, and irrigation dramatically increased global food production.The third is likely to come from information,as digital technology and big data help farmers make better decisions and drive up crop production. Michael Stern,president and chief executive officer of Climate Corp,said that the ability to gather detailed information about farmers'fields,coupled with advances in weather forecasting,computing power,and artificial intelligence,will change farming from a business that often reacts to the past-applying insecticide this year because of a disease outbreak last year to one that uses real-time data and weather forecasts to make more accurate decisions for the season to come. Over the course of a growing season,farmers make 40 to 50 key decisions that affect crop performance.Recent trends that have swept other areas of society -such as cheap data storage,the ability to transfer data witlessly,and dramatic increases in computing power-have the potential to transform the farm. Stem offered the example of a farmer preparing for the regular fall fertilizing of his fields who delays the application after being informed of a coming storm.That decision reduces runoff,keeps fertilizer on the field,and helps control farmers'costs.As data gathers season after season,computer models will help farmers better manage fertilizer and other additions to optimize production and minimize runoff. Remote sensing is another way that modern technology can help farmers know what's going on in their fields.Many farmers drive around to monitor growth and watch for pests and diseases.But these surveys are typically random and don't cover more than 2 percent of a field.Remote sensing can pr