Ch3.4

Question 1

極端

Answer 1

extreme

Question 2

高地和山脈

Answer 2

Highlands and mountains

Question 3

分佈不均勻

Answer 3

Not evenly distributed

Question 4

缺水

Answer 4

Water shortage

Question 5

自然限制

Answer 5

Physical limitations

Question 6

自然災害

Answer 6

natural hazards

Question 7

作物失收

Answer 7

Crop failure

Question 8

經濟損失

Answer 8

Economic loss

Question 9

食品供應

Answer 9

food supply

Question 10

城市發展

Answer 10

urban development

Question 11

有害氣體

Answer 11

Harmful gases

Question 12

重金屬

Answer 12

Heavy metals

Question 13

污染物

Answer 13

pollutants

Question 14

有毒的

Answer 14

Toxic

Question 15

環境污染

Answer 15

environmental pollution

Question 16

邊際土地

Answer 16

Marginal land

Question 17

半乾旱

Answer 17

Semi -arid

Question 18

植被

Answer 18

Vegetation

Question 19

表土

Answer 19

Topsoil

Question 20

土壤侵蝕

Answer 20

Soil erosion

Question 21

非生產性

Answer 21

Unproductive

Question 22

荒漠化

Answer 22

Desertification

Question 23

鄉下地方

Answer 23

Rural areas

Question 24

城市地區

Answer 24

urban areas

Question 25

What physical limitations affect the food production in China ?

Answer 25

Climate is extreme (Northeast - long winter; Northwest - too dry );

The highlands and mountains are unsuitable for farming(west China);
Water resources is not evenly distributed ans cause the water shortage in north part(North China).

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Question 26

a) Give some examples of the natural hazards in China.

b) How they affect the crops?

Answer 26

a) Flooding ; pests ; drought

b) Flooding & pests will damage the crops. Drought makes the soil too dry and can’t grow crops.

Question 27

a) Natural hazards can destroy crops and lower crop yields , _____ ________ may occur
b) According to (a) , what will it cause?

Answer 27

a) Crop failure

b) economic loss and decrease the food supply

Question 28

_______ ___________ reduce lots farmland .For example, railway , highways, factories have taken up large areas of farmland

Answer 28

Urban development

Question 29

Which three pollutants are toxic and cause the environmental pollution?

Answer 29

Harmful gases ; sewage & heavy metals

Question 30

_________ land ,such as semi-arid areas and grassland, has low productivity.They are not suitable for farming.

Answer 30

Marginal

Question 31

People remove the _____________. Let the wind easy to carry away the topsoil and ________ _____________ occurs . The land becomes __________ and leads to _____________.

Answer 31

Vegetation ; Soil erosion ; unproductive ; desertification

Question 32

Why there have a shortage of farm labour?

Answer 32

Cities provide many jobs and maske more people want to move from rural area to urban area.Therefore not enough farm labour for work.

Question 33

_________ __________ are serious in North and North-east China. Farmers do not have enough water to farm.

Answer 33

Water shortages