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Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather. Now, hoop houses are gaining popularity. Some hoop houses are rounded; others are Shaped more like a traditional house.
A hoop house is basically a metal frame covered with plastic or other allweather material. A common design looks like a high tunnel. Unlike a greenhouse, which uses a heating system, a hoop house is heated by the warmth of the sun.
Now, the United States Department of Agriculture has announced a programme to help farmers who want to build hoop houses. The department has been supporting a project in Michigan. That state has a short growing season. As part of the research project, nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house. The results showed that wellmanaged hoop houses can grow highquality crops.
However, crops are not the only things that grow well. The research found that weeds grow faster in a hoop house. Weeding(除草), seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air. The researchers also advise growers to add compost(堆肥) material to the soil in hoop houses to build nutrients.
Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of fourseason farming. His ideas about hoop houses sounded good to John Biernbaum in the Horticulture(園藝) Department at Michigan State University.
Professor Biernbaum tried hoop houses on the Student Organic Farm at Michigan State and had success. Project director David Conner says it was a “test drive(試車)” for the research on private farms. The agricultural economist points to the demand for locally grown crops. “People are hungry for good, fresh vegetables，” he says.
Topic: Hoop Houses
Design | ||
(45)______ | ● Like a high tunnel ● Some round; others like a (46) ______ house | |
Material | ● Metal frame ● Plastic or other allweather material | |
(47) ______ | The warmth of the sun | |
Research project in Michigan | The programme | ● It is (48) ______ by the US Department of Agriculture ● Michigan was chosen due to its short (49) ______ season ● Nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house ● It is greatly (50) ______ by the ideas from Eliot Coleman |
(51) ______ | ● Highquality crops can grow in wellmanaged hoop houses ● Weeds also grow faster in hoop houses | |
(52) ______ | ● Weeding, seeding and watering needs as much work as naturally grown crops ● (53) ______should be added to the soil | |
Significance | Demand for locally grown crops (54) ______ further research on private farms | |
【回答】
(45) Shape (46) traditional (47) Heating
(48) supported/helped (49) growing (50) inspired/popularized (51) Results (52) Advice/Suggestions/Tips
(53) Compost (54) requires/needs/encourages
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