七、短文填空(10分)
The Taklimakan(塔克拉玛干) Desert, known 1.
as
the "Sea of Death", is the world's second-largest moving desert. It covers 2.
an
area of about 337 600 square kilometres. To protect the environment, a 3 046-kilometre green belt(防护带) has been built around it in the past forty years by planting trees in Yutian County.
3.
Building
(build) this green belt was difficult. First, the desert is so huge that it makes 4.
up
76% of Xinjiang's desert area. Second, its sand dunes(沙丘) are surprisingly high, with some reaching 300 metres! This task needed a lot more time and money than usual. Moreover, the weather there is 5.
terribly
(terrible) dry. What's worse, sandstorms happen very often, making the work even 6.
harder
(hard).
However, completing the green belt is now seen as a great 7.
success
(successful). Experts say it is one of the most important achievements(成绩) in human history. It not only protects water and plants from sandstorms, but also 8.
improves
(improve ) the environment and helps farming. Most importantly, it shows China has tried its best 9.
to protect
(protect) the environment.
Xinjiang plans to make the green belt 10.
twice
(two) its area by 2030. Their goal is to recover 2.34 million hectares of desert land.