The Lake District in north-west England
is an area remarkably little affected by industrialization. The principal
activity is still sheep-farming, as it has been for a thousand years, and many
ancient words like "fell" for "hill" and "tam" for "lake" are still in daily
use. In spite of its heavy rainfall and relative inaccessibility, its special
atmosphere and spectacular natural beauty combine to make this one of England’s
favourite holiday areas at all seasons of the year. But at Christmas 1968, still
gripped by the fear that foot-and-mouth disease could spread to the hill flocks
and sweep like wildfire right up to the Scottish border, it was quieter than
ever before in this century. Luckily not a single farm had caught tile
infection, the nearest case having been an isolated one at Kendal several weeks
before. But every Lakeland farmer knows that one ca A. (A) its special atmosphere B. (B) the Industrial Revolution C. (C) the spectacular natural beauty D. (D) the Lake District 更多"The Lake District in north-west Eng"的相关试题: [单项选择]
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