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2 How do we know that in the desert in north Africa used to be farmland. A It looks as if it used to grow crops. B There used to be lots of rain. C There used to be a lake there. D It produced wheat in the first century AD. 3 How does Leng Jianli turn the desert back into farmland? A She lets animals live in the desert. B She waters the sand. C She plants trees in the sand. D. She puts more soil on the desert. 3. Answer this question. What advantages do you think there are in turning desert back into farmland? Firstly, there is more land that can be used to grow food; Secondly, the desert can be stopped from expanding. Listening text Do you think deserts have always been there? Is it possible for farmland to become a desert? Can deserts become farmland again? These are important questions that need some answers. Deserts have not always been there. Possibly a desert was once land where plants grew. For example, one of the biggest deserts in the world in North Africa was a corn growing area in the first century BC. All the bread for the city of Rome came from wheat grown in North Africa. Now we know this area is a desert. But how did this happen? Well, farmland can become a desert. If there is little rain, plants die. The land gets so dry that no more plants can grow. The soil is blown away by the wind and the dry land turns into sand. As a result, deserts take the place of the farmland. This has happened in many parts of the world including China. But deserts can become farmland again if grass or trees are planted in the sand. In one part of China an area of desert is turning back into farmland. When Leng Jianli, a girl in Xinjiang, married a farmer she started planting trees in the desert near her farm. She missed the trees of her hometown. She made up her mind to plant trees in the desert near her farm. She missed the trees of her hometown. She made up her mind to plant trees in the desert with her husband. They grew trees, bush