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1、2016高考英语二轮：科普环保类阅读理解选编（1）及答案黑龙江省人庆市喇屮2016高考英语阅读练习——科普环保类Strawberry（芹•莓）fieldsdottedwithhunched・overworkerspickingandpackaging,thenpushingthedelicateredfruittowaitingtrucks—itisatypicalwintersceneembeddedinthepatchworkofhomesandfarmsthatmakeupeasternHillsboroughCounty.Tha
2、tseeneischanging,though,asthelaborpoolshrinksandtechnologycomesknocking.WishFarmsownerGaryWishnatzkiandhisengineerpartnerBobPitzerarebankingontechnology.AsstrawberryseasonwrappedupinFebruary,theirdriverlessstrawberry-pickingmachinedroveintothefieldsforsometestruns.Theres
3、ultswereimpressiveandenlightening（方•启］山作用的）,Wishnatzkisaid.Forsomethreeyearsnow,farmershavebeenforcedtoabandonmillionsofdollarsworthofstrawberriesinfields,mostlyinHillsboroughandManateecounties,becausetheylackedlaborers,industryexpertssay.Theproblemhasbeenjustasseriousin
4、California,Arizonaandotherfarmcommunities.Thereasonsfortheshrinkingworkerpoolarenumerous・Migrant（禾多民）workerswhohavepickedthefieldsforyearsareaging.YoungadultsinmigrantfamiliesalreadyintheUnitedStatesaregettingbettereducationsandhavemorechoicesthesedays,includingtheconstr
5、uctionindustry,whichagainisontheupswing.StrictersecurityisallowingfewerundocumentedworkerstocrosstheborderfromMexico.AndMexicansarehavingmuchsmallerfamiliesnow—justovertwochildrenperfamily,comparedwith7.3perfamilyin1960,accordingtoaPewHispanicCenterreportreleasedin2012・A
6、ndsinceMexico'seconomybouncedbackfasterthanthatoftheU.S.,moreMexicanshavebeenabletofindworkclosertohome,accordingtothestudy."Wecameupwithaconceptweperceiveasanecessity/7Wishnatzkisaid・"Thelaborpoolhasbeenshrinkingforover10yearsnow.Ithasbeenprettyharmful."Soin2012,heandPi
7、tzerformedtheirpartnership,HarvestCROORobotics,todevelopamechanicalpicker・TheHarvestCROOdesignhasmultiplepickingheadsthatwillmoveacrossafield,picking25acresoverathree-dayperiod,thetypicaltimeforpickingfruitasitripens.Ithasa"visionsystem"todistinguishbetweenredandgreenstr
8、awberriesandisabletogetundertheleavestofindandpicktheripeberries・Pickingstrawberriesisnothinglikeusinga
