2 . Last month, Dongxiang County in Gansu Province was officially removed from the “List of Poorest Counties in China”.
Landlocked in China’s northwest, Dongxiang County is_______to 256,828 Dongxiang people, one of China’s 55 ethnic (民族的) minorities. In 2013, nearly a third of its _______ was still living under the absolute poverty line.
So, how did they do it?
Most of Dongxiang people are _______who grow wheat and potatoes. Then it is _______that anti-poverty projects the county often _______ food.
The potatoes here are_______. Dongxiang people have many ways of _______ potatoes for the table, including spicy potato slices, sour potato rolls, whole potatoes _______ under a bed of hot rocks, and even potato noodles. Now these potato _______are sold all over China.
Fan Chenyang, who works in the Dongxiang potato industry, said that one of the ________ways potatoes helped lift the area out of poverty was through education and ________. It includes topics like latest planting methods and disease________. “These sessions have helped a lot in ________ both the quality and quantity of the potatoes being produced here,” he said.
Dongxiang County is also famous for its ________. Five years ago, Mada Wude, who left at the age of 17 in order to raise sheep in other areas of northwest China, was encouraged to ________ to his county to set up company, which is now taking care of around 1,800 sheep owned by 25 families in his village. Over the five years, he has helped the villagers raise more and better lambs. The profit is distributed to the participating families. The sheep there are given organic food and monitored continuously by AI systems. Therefore, consumers all over China can eat with peace of mind.
1. A.witness | B.access | C.home | D.entry |
2. A.crew | B.population | C.police | D.children |
3. A.farmers | B.fishermen | C.singers | D.hunters |
4. A.unbelievable | B.acceptable | C.avoidable | D.understandable |
5. A.center on | B.apply for | C.give up | D.suffer from |
6. A.small | B.sweet | C.famous | D.expensive |
7. A.cleaning | B.cutting | C.planting | D.preparing |
8. A.rotten | B.baked | C.fried | D.hidden |
9. A.rocks | B.products | C.chips | D.tools |
10. A.wrong | B.different | C.main | D.tough |
11. A.training | B.exhibition | C.festival | D.export |
12. A.damage | B.development | C.spread | D.prevention |
13. A.reducing | B.meeting | C.improving | D.judging |
14. A.lamb | B.architecture | C.dancing | D.rice |
15. A.appeal | B.return | C.decline | D.stop |