第二阶段真题

Britain was the first highly industrialized country and for a long time it led the world in industrial production. In 1870 Britain made one third of all the world's manufactured goods.

From about 1870, however, Britain began to lose its lead. Today Britain produces 11% of the world's exported manufactured goods. Britain needs to expo~ to pay for all the foods it needs.

The country is the fifth most densely populated in the world. It has a population of 59 million people on a number of islands.

There just is not enough room to grow food for all these people even though British agriculture is one of the most mechanized and most advanced in the world.

参考答案
参考答案

英国曾经是第一个高度工业化的国家。在很长的一段时间里，她领导了世界的工业生产。1870年，英国的成品生产占世界的三分之一。

然而，大约从1870年起，她失去了领头(羊)的地位。如今，英国只生产全世界出口成品的11％。英国需要出口以支付她所需的所有食品。

英国是世界上第五大人口(最)密集国家，有五千九百万人口生活在诸岛上。

尽管英国的农业堪称世界上机械化程度最高也是最先进的之一，但缺乏足够的土地生产能满足所有人所需的粮食。