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高考专项训练:语法填空-2023-2024学年英语译林版(2019)
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Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country 1. (grow)more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over 2. past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
A taste for meat is 3. (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 4. (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water 5. rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased 6. (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.
According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 7. (globe) fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005 — when the government 8. (start) a soil-testing program 9. gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers — and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while 10. (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.
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The Bai people are famous for the 11. (generous) they show to all guests. The San Dao Cha or Three-Course Tea ceremony is perhaps the finest example of 12. (they) friendliness.
The first course begins by baking bitter tea leaves (烘烤苦茶叶) over a small open fire. When boiled water is added, it creates such a loud sound that this course is 13. (common) referred to 14. "LeiXiang Cha"or"Thunderous Tea". The water bubbles violently(剧烈地冒泡) on contact but, once it has stopped bubbling, the tea is ready to drink.
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