Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased {A. an amount of; B. the amount of; C. a number of} salt in fresh water used on coastal farms. As a result farmers are increasingly {A. unable; B. able; C. possible} to use fields close to the sea. Scientists call this process “salinization” which means a mixture of salt and water. Salinization is reducing the world’s irrigated lands {A. to; B. by; C. at} 1 to 2 percent every year. But a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a mixture of sea and fresh water to grow healthy and tasty vegetables. Marc Van started with an {A. investment; B. examination; C. experiment}. “We put in a lot of plants in the fields and then we put in, put them in fresh water and in sea water and all the varieties between it, and then we see which variety is surviving and which variety is {A. living; B. dead; C. dying}.”