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A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being l
A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being l
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2024-01-24
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A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24bn tonnes a year, according to a new United Nations-backed study that calls for a shift away from destructively intensive agriculture. The alarming【C1】______, which is forecast to continue as demand for food and productive land increases, will add to the risks of conflicts unless【C2】______actions are implemented, warns the institution behind the report.
"As the ready supply of healthy and productive land dries up and the population grows, competition is【C3】______for land within countries and globally," said executive secretary of the UN Convention to CombatDesertification (UNCCD) at the launch of the Global Land Outlook. " To【C4】______the losses, the outlooksuggests it is in all our interests to step back and rethink how we are managing the pressures and thecompetition. "
The Global Land Outlook is【C5】______as the most comprehensive study of its type, mapping the interlinked impacts of urbanization, climate change, erosion and forest loss. But the biggest factor is the【C6】______of industrial farming. Heavy tilling, multiple harvests and【C7】______use of agrochemicals have increased yields at the【C8】______of long-term sustainability. In the past 20 years, agricultural production has increased threefold and the amount of irrigated land has doubled, notes a paper in the outlook by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European commission. Over time, however, this【C9】______fertility and can lead to abandonment of land and【C10】______desertification.
A) absorb I) limited
B) abundant J) minimize
C) billed K) occasionally
D) decline L) optimizes
E) diminishes M) rate
F) expansion N) remedial
G) expense O) ultimately
H) intensifying [br] 【C3】
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答案
H
解析
空格前是系动词is,分析句子结构可知,空格处可以填入形容词作is的表语,也可以填入动词的分词形式与is一起构成句子的谓语。上文提到,健康、多产的土地供应枯竭,而人口在不断增长,这就势必会导致各国乃至全球对土地的竞争日趋激烈,因此H)intensifying“(使)增强,(使)加剧”为本题答案。
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