【编者按】精品学习网小编总结归纳，2013年职称英语《卫生类》补全短文：TheImportanceofAgricultureinChina，希望对考生备考有帮助。
TheImportanceofAgricultureinChina
ThedevelopmentofagricultureandthebalancebetweenfoodandpopulationareChina’sfundamentaleconomicproblems.TheclassicalhistoriespraiseemperorsfordevotiontoagricultureandmuchofChina’smodernhistoryis____(1)____,whichhasbeengrowingsteadily.
Today,althoughagricultureaccountsforonlyaquarteroftheGrossNationalProduct,itisstillthemaindeterminantofthestandardoflivingandtheprincipaloccupationofatleast70percentofpopulation.
Agriculturealso_____(2)____becauseindustryneedsbothagriculturalrawmaterialsandfoodforitsworkforce.Thefailureofagriculturetosupplyrawmaterialandfoodhaltedandlaterreversedtheindustrialprogressofthe1950’s,After1960newemphasiswasplacedonagriculture,andtheslogan"Agricultureisthefoundationoftheeconomy"hasremainedacentralChineseeconomicpolicyeversince.
___(3)___,thereisanindirectlinkduetotherelationshipbetweenagricultureandforeigntrade.ManyofChina’sexportsare___(4)___orconsumergoodsbasedonthem.Flourishingagriculture,therefore,promotesexports.Italsoreducestheneedtospendforeignexchangeonimportsofgrainandcotton,therefore__(5)___.
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Adeterminestheprogressofindustry
Bthestoryoftheunfoldingstruggletofeedapeasantpopulation
Ceitheragriculturalrawmaterials
Denlargingthecapacityoftheeconomytoimportmachineryandcommoditiesforindustry
EInadditiontothedirectlinksbetweenagricultureandindustry
Fthuspromotingbothimportandexport
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