六级They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.
它们可能能够应对一定长度的干旱，许多人用“耐旱”一词来形容这种植物，但它们从来没有停止过用水，所以Farrant更愿意称它们为抗旱植物。
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
考研Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.
自2010年以来，干旱和昆虫已经在加利福尼亚州杀死了1亿多棵树木，其中大部分是在2016年，野火烧毁了数十万英亩。
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
高考A multi-year drought (干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse.
多年干旱(干旱) 在巴西东南部，情况正在恶化。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
高考Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought (干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.
即使这种增长也可能使一些岛屿沉没，使旱情恶化(干旱) 并导致物种数量下降多达三分之一。
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
高考Droughts become more harmful than floods.
干旱比洪水危害更大。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
考研That's only a small share of the total acreage that could benefit, about half a million acres in all, so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought.
这只占可能受益的总面积的一小部分，总共约50万英亩，因此，将火灾或干旱风险最大的地区优先考虑是至关重要的。
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
高考Though heavy rains brought about by el nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters.
虽然厄尔尼诺带来的暴雨可能会缓解加利福尼亚州的干旱，但它们可能会导致地表洪水和其他灾难。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
六级"The yield is never going to be high," Farrant says, so these plants will be targeted not at Iowa farmers trying to squeeze more cash out of high-yield fields, but subsistence farmers who need help to survive a drought like the present one in South Africa
法兰特说：“产量永远不会很高”，因此这些植物的目标不是爱荷华州试图从高产田榨取更多现金的农民，而是需要帮助才能在像目前南非这样的干旱中生存的自给自足的农民
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
四级California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system.
加州多年来一直面临干旱，某些地区甚至不得不向数百英里的分配系统输送淡水。
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
六级Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland.
随着温度的升高，树木需要更多的水，但长期的干旱剥夺了它们的水分，使得整个森林很容易被砍伐，变成农田。
2013年6月阅读原文
六级Uncommonly severe droughts brought on by global climate changes have led to forest-eating wildfires from Australia to Indonesia, but nowhere more acutely than in the Amazon.
全球气候变化带来的罕见的严重干旱导致了从澳大利亚到印度尼西亚的森林大火，但最严重的莫过于亚马逊地区。
2013年6月阅读原文
四级New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis.
新的研究发现，该州的深水储备有助于解决干旱危机。
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
高考Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically.
穷国在经济上受干旱影响较小。
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
六级Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies.
一些植物储存了大量的水来帮助它们度过干旱；另一些则把根深深地扎入地下水源。
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
六级The picture worsens with each round of El Nino, the unusually warm currents in the Pacific Ocean that drive up temperatures and invariably presage (预示) droughts and fires in the rain forest.
随着厄尔尼诺的每一轮出现，情况变得更糟。厄尔尼诺是太平洋中异常温暖的洋流，导致温度升高，并总是预示着未来(预示) 雨林中的干旱和火灾。
2013年6月阅读原文
六级Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland
随着温度的升高，树木需要更多的水，但长期的干旱剥夺了树木的水分，使得整个森林很容易被砍伐，变成农田
2013年6月阅读原文
六级By 1963 wheat production in Mexico stood six times more than that of 19
Green Revolution in India
During the 1960s, South Asia experienced severe drought condition and India had been importing wheat on a large scale from the United States.
到1963年，墨西哥的小麦产量是19年的6倍
2013年6月六级考试真题（三）
六级"The yield is never going to be high,"Farrant says, so these plants will be targeted not at Iowa farmers trying to squeeze more cash
out of high-yield fields, but subsistence farmers who need help to survive a drought like the present one in South Africa.
Farrant说：“产量永远不会高。”因此，这些工厂将不会针对试图榨取更多现金的爱荷华州农民
2018 年 6 月6级真题第2套
四级Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies.
然而，短缺和干旱的发生(干旱) 正在一些地区造成饥荒和苦难，工业和农业副产品正在污染供水。
2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题
四级California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system.
加州多年来一直面临干旱，某些地区甚至不得不将淡水输送到数百英里外的配送系统。
2018年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套）
考研Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.
也许正是人类长期遭受洪水和干旱的折磨，才使得迫使水服从我们的命令的想法如此迷人。
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