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　　1.Automakers plan to seek low-interest loans from the government to help them modernize their assembly plants and develop next-generation fuel-efficient vehicles.

　　2.The booming automobile industry and increasing demand from the local market presents great potentials to the foreign companies.

　　3.Automobile industry is the backbone industry of Chinese national economy. It is playing a major role in the development of national economy and improvement of people's living level.

　　4.Electronic products require skilled labor, electricity for power, a well-established machinery industry, and sufficient capital for investment.

　　5.The location of the industry in the "Silicon Valley" of northern California is due largely to the initial research and development conducted in the laboratories of universities and corporations in the San Francisco Bay area.

　　6.Although most industrialized nations manufacture airplanes, the United States is the major supplier to world market.

　　7.The new international agreement will accelerate research into new-generation plastics that are biodegradable and environmentally friendly.

　　8. The ideal location for a transportation industry is in a country that has a developed steel industry and a large home market.

　　9.With the hike in textile prices in Europe and North America, more and more international buyers turned their attention to Asian manufacturers.

　　10. The past three decades in the 20th century have witnessed the rapid industrial growth in China.

　　答案

　　1.汽车制造商们计划向政府申请低息贷款，实现汽车装配工厂的现代化，开发新一代低油耗车型。

　　2.不断发展的汽车工业以及日益增长的本地市场需求为国外公司提供了巨大的潜在市场。

　　3.汽车工业是中国民族经济的支柱产业，它在发展国民经济和提高人民生活水平方面发挥重大作用。

　　4.电子产品需要熟练工人、电力、良好的机械工业以及足够的投资。

　　5.加里福尼亚北部“硅谷”的工业选址在很大程度上归因于旧金山湾地区大学以及公司实验室所进行的发端性研究与开发。

　　6.尽管多数工业化国家都生产飞机，但美国是世界市场的主要供应商。

　　7.这份新的国际协议将促进新塑料产品的研究，开发可生物降解的环境友好型塑料产品。

　　8.运输工业的理想选址是在拥有发达的钢铁工业和巨大的国内市场的国家。

　　9.随着欧洲、北美地区纺织业成本的上涨，越来越多的国际采购商将目光转向了亚洲的生产商家。

　　10.在20世纪最近30年里，中国工业飞速发展。