2 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Communist Party has made great progress in reducing China’s pollution, but 1 perfect storm of northern winds and an industrial rebound has created dangerously high levels of pollution countrywide.
Sandstorms used 2 (be) a regular occurrence in spring. In previous decades, each May saw at least two rounds of sandstorms, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. The 3 (frequent) and severity of sandstorms was partly due to drought, 4 (grow) population pressure and poor progress in revegetation, 5 caused rapid desertification of land in the north and northwest. 6 , sandstorms have since decreased dramatically. The annual number of sandstorm 7 (impact) days in Beijing fell from a peak of 26 in the 1950s to just three days after 2010, Xinhua reported.
Since 2000, the Chinese government 8 (invest) billions of dollars toward sandstorm prevention. Authorities have launched 9 (variety) reforestation and ecological projects, and installed satellites to monitor sandstorms and alert weather agencies 10 of time.