The Lake District in north-west England
is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal
activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a thousand years, and many
ancient words like "fell" for "hill" and "tam" for "lake" are still in daily
use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special
atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England’s
favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still
gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks
and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than
ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile
infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks
before. But every Lakeland farmer knows that one ca A. (A) its special atmosphere B. (B) the Industrial Revolution C. (C) the spectacular natural beauty D. (D) the Lake District [单项选择]The road from Mildura to Merbein, in north-west Victoria, is a sad sight. Many of its farms are covered with wine grapes, dying on the vines. Farmers planted the vines hoping to cash in on the seemingly endless boom in Australian wine. But in 2007 the boom turned to bust, forcing many farmers to walk away from grapes and land they cannot sell.
Over the past 15 years Australia’s wine industry has been one of its great success stories. Export revenues last year reached A$3 billion ($2.4 billion), four times the figure from 1997. Britain, America and Canada, among the most competitive markets for wine, are Australia’s three biggest customers. But the suffering in places like Mildura and nearby Renmark in South Australia is a sign that the industry fell victim to its own success. Flushed with a growing demand for Australian wines, a grape shortage, and soaring grape prices, growers rushed to plant more vines in the late 1990s. In 1998 they put in a record 16,000 new hectares, dou A. 3,600 hectares B. 3,400 hectares C. 8,000 hectares D. 16,000 hectares 我来回答: 提交
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