Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage. As the recent courgette( 密生西葫芦 )cr and shortages of lettuce, eggplants and broccoli( 绿花椰菜 )have shown, Spain ’ s fame as the vegetable garden of Europe is well deserved. The country ’ s huge agricultural sector — courgettes, lettuces, tomatoes and strawberries — 26 a huge demand. There has been a major 27 towards mechanization since the 1950s, but just as in the UK, many crops still need to be harvested by hand, and many farmers rely on