by Kevin Lustig Cold Greenland is experiencing global warming.
寒冷的格陵蘭島正歷經全球暖化。
Greenland has always maintained a unique culture with its own language, music, and social customs. This is because explorers from Norway were the first Europeans to _(1)_ Native Americans, and they did so on the island that they later named Greenland. Since _(2)_, Greenland has
been home to an interesting
mixture of Europeans and natives.
Greenland is also a unique
location for natural reasons; it
is covered with ice all year, _(3)_ regions on the
coastline. In fact, the Greenland
ice sheet is the second largest area of ice on land in the world. Due to global warming, however, the ice sheet is beginning to _(4)_. Since
living conditions in Greenland are made difficult by the icy countryside, it might seem that a temperature increase would be a
positive thing. Is global warming really good for Greenland?
Actually, it _(5)_ whom you ask. For Greenland's native majority, life
revolves around hunting. The country's Northern European
immigrants,
on the other hand, are farmers and
businesspeople. Global warming is proving to be very positive for the _(6)_ group. The smaller ice sheet means that there is more _(7)_ for
crops. Furthermore, Greenland has
valuable natural
resources like oil and gas that are becoming easier to
access. However, warmer ocean waters and a changing
landscape are causing the animals the natives hunt to become
scarcer. This is harming not only the Greenlanders' diet _(8)_ their culture.
In the end, global warming's _(9)_ may prove to be more important for Greenland. With increased wealth from natural resources, Greenland might even become a
self-sufficient,
independent nation. Yet, Greenlanders will have to work to _(10)_ their native way of life. If they don't, global warming might make it disappear
along with the ice sheet.
(A) room (B) preserve (C) melt (D) benefits (E) except for (F) latter (G) encounter (H) then (I) but also (J) depends on
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