(四)(2025·南通市如皋市期末)
Seeds are like the "chips" of farming. In Shouguang, Shandong Province, things changed in the seed field. In the 1990s, foreign vegetable seeds in Shouguang took up 70 to 80 percent of the market. These seeds had a good 1. (quality), but they also brought problems. They were too expensive and often late, and sometimes even caused 2. (safe) problems like bad harvests. Liu Shusen, a manager of one seed company, thought it was important 3. (do) something to help. He made his mind to breed(培育) his own high-quality vegetable seeds in 2012.
With the help of the government and the 4. (raise) of people's awareness(意识), people realized it was time to breed our own seeds! So more seed companies began to open. In 2015, Shouguang welcomed its 5. (ninety) seed companies of its own. Some of them 6. (fail) at first, but they didn't give up. Now 15 of these companies breed vegetables and have developed 178 new seed types. "We used to spend a lot on seeds from other countries but now some of our own seeds are even better than 7. (they)," Liu said. Shouguang has become the largest seedling place in China.
The seed revolution brings happiness to Chinese people. Home seeds are cheaper and better. For example, tomato seeds can save farmers 20 million yuan a year. 8. (luck), more people can buy different vegetables at home. However, there are still challenges. China starts late, so it's too hard for small Shouguang seed companies to enter the world. But we do believe with more 9. (create) people working on seed development, farming will become more productive and sustainable. If we work together, amazing things 10. (happen). We can surely develop more excellent seeds of our own.