Unit 7A - The Flower Trade Fill in the Blanks

People often (a)   that the fresh-cut flowers they buy were grown somewhere nearby.

Thanks to high-tech cooling systems, flowers can be (a)   and sold at a florist shop thousands of miles from where they were grown.

The Netherlands is the country that (a)   the flower trade.

The Netherlands (a)   around half of the world's cut flowers.

The government of the Netherlands (a)   a considerable amount of money in flower research.

The government of the Netherlands invests a (a)   amount of money in flower research.

Scientists in the Netherlands look for ways to (a)   flowers from being damaged and ways to strengthen their natural fragrance.

Scientists in the Netherlands look for ways to prevent flowers from being damaged and ways to strengthen their natural (a)   .

It is easy to grow flowers in Equador because the rainy periods are (a)   .

The flower (a)   has helped to improve Equador's economy.