Today is the first day of spring. It's 5:30 and the sun has not yet 1________ (rise). Mist extends on the fields and the grass is wet underfoot. As the light grows stronger, I can make out shapes: small birds 2________ (sing) their hearts out from rooftops and branches. But the dawn chorus is becoming more and more silent because the numbers of so many songbirds have been 3________ (drastic) reduced. There are many reasons for this. One is modern farming methods: fields are sprayed, fertilized and ploughed up by machines for 4________ maxi output. Hedgerows (灌木丛), 5________ wildlife flourishes, were destroyed because, at the time, no one really knew the effects of pulling them down. The result is that there is nowhere for the birds to nest. So what are we going to do for it? Government officials say there is going to be 6________(increase) funding in this area. We still expect of the countryside as 7________(be) full of natural beauty, of footpaths, woods and fields. But 8________ the proper protection, these will gradually disappear. Naturally, we all want jobs, enough to eat, and somewhere to live. 9________ , we also want to hear the nightingale sing and the swallows coming home for spring. So unless we take action now, we will be putting our countryside at10________ dang .