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2015年5月30日雅思阅读预测部分内容:
Passage 2
新旧情况:新题
题材:农工业类
题目:新方法解决洪都拉斯农业问题。
文章大意:
讲的是Honduras的农业,前面一半讲种植,过去人们采用刀耕火种的方式(slash-and-burn):就是先把一片树林砍伐成平地,半年以后再在上面种植植物,这就是造成了土地肥力下降,所以人们就不得不再砍伐新的树林来开辟耕地。后面讲的是政府推广了一种新的种植方法(L方法具体名字不记得),具体方法就是先在原耕地上种一种能快速生长的树,而且优点是不需要经常照料(attention填空题答案),之后把树的叶子(leaves填空题答案)看下来做肥料,一段时间之后在堆肥的地方挖洞(holes填空题答案)中庄家进去。
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