六、最后,Mr Wang 以塔克拉玛干沙漠的治理案例结尾,告诉同学们生态保护势在必行,升华了竞赛的宗旨。阅读他的介绍,回答短文后的问题。
When you think of a desert, what comes to your mind first? Maybe a huge sea of golden sand, where the wind blows and nothing grows. But guess what? Recently, something amazing has happened in the Taklimakan Desert. It has a new colour—pink—100, 000 rose plants are blooming(开花)there, turning the “golden giant” into a beautiful painting.
Last November, in Yutian County, Xinjiang, desert workers finished a big job. They planted 100, 000 roses along the desert's edge. These roses are like green scarves around the desert. It's a new wonder of China's sand control work. Planting roses shows how much the workers care about the desert.
“People usually think of roses as flowers in vase, but our roses are protectors of the sand hills!” said Maitusun Yibulayimu, a villager from Yutian County. He's right—these roses are beautiful, and their strong roots also hold the sand in place, stopping it from blowing away.
For over ten years, people in Qiemo County, another place in Xinjiang that sits along the desert's edge, have also been working hard. They have built 93, 700 mu(about 8, 700 football fields)of grass grids(草方格)in the desert.
Planting roses along the desert's edge is not the end. The real goal is to stop the sand from spreading forever. Once it was “sand coming, people leaving”. Now it’s “green coming, sand leaving”—and soon, people and sand will live together happily. Each generation works to build a “Green Great Wall”. These blooming roses show that with hard work, even the desert can become a place of life.
1. How many roses did workers plant in the Taklimakan Desert?
They planted 100,000 roses.
2. What do the roses look like around the desert?
They are like green scarves around the desert.
3. Do the roses only make the desert beautiful?
No, they don't. They are protectors of the sand hills. Their strong roots also hold the sand in place, stopping it from blowing away.
4. How did people in Qiemo County work to stop the desert from spreading?
They have built 93,700 mu of grass grids in the desert.
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新考法 开放性设问 What do you think will happen to the desert in the future?
People and sand will live together happily.(言之有理即可)