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  3. A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is 【B1】______ of trees

A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is 【B1】______ of trees

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问题     A serious threat to farmers in many parts of the world is erosion. Erosion occurs if a large area of land is 【B1】______ of trees and is then badly treated by the farmers. The rain and wind may 【B2】______ wash away, or blow away much of the topsoil. When this happens, 【B3】______ of wheat or corn become weaker and weaker until nothing grows well. If erosion continues, it will turn good land into a desert.
    In the past when erosion 【B4】______ , farmers sometimes moved to a new place to farm. Sometimes they could not move, but continued to try to grow food in the 【B5】______ soil. This caused them to sink into 【B6】______ . Soon some people 【B7】______ that there was little rich, 【B8】______ soil in the world, so the government began to try to stop erosion.
    One of the first experiments to stop erosion began in the United States in 1933. The experiment was carried out in the area of the Tennessee River. 【B9】______ As a result, most of the people living around the Tennessee River were very poor.
    【B10】______ The government workers also helped farmers to fertilize their soil and to learn new farming methods which could stop erosion.
    At the beginning, the farmers were not interested. But soon, good healthy crops began to appear on the land where new methods were used. 【B11】______ The great success of this experiment had led to similar projects in the other parts of the world.
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答案The government built big dams across the river and stored the water for use during the dry season when there was no rain．
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