Apples are the second most valuable fruit crop in the United States, after oranges. Autumn is a time when
fresh apples are everywhere. They are _____41_____ native to the country. Research shows that apples came from Central
Asia. But _____42_____ believed to have been grown in America since the early sixteen hundreds.
Washington State, in the Pacific Northwest, produces the country’s biggest apple crop. New York and
Michigan are also big _____43_____ . Among nations, China is the biggest grower, _____44_____ by the United States and Turkey.
This year, American growers expect to _____45_____ nearly four thousand five hundred million kilograms of apples.
That is a little less than last year’s record harvest. 【題組】45. (A) increase (B) harvest (C) import (D) recover