托福TPO阅读48原文+题目+答案文档格式.docx
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growthinscience,technology,industry,transport,communications,social
change,andthelikethatwegroupunderthebroadtermof“development.”
However,themassiveincreaseinpopulationthatinEuropewasatfirst
attributedtoindustrializationstartingintheeighteenthcenturyoccurredalso
andatthesameperiodinChina,eventhoughtherewasnocomparable
industrialization.
ItisestimatedthattheChinesepopulationby1600wascloseto150
million.ThetransitionbetweentheMingandQingdynasties(theseventeenth
century)mayhaveseenadecline,butfrom1741to1851theannualfiguresrose
steadilyandspectacularly,perhapsbeginningwith143millionandendingwith
432million.Ifweacceptthesetotals,weareconfrontedwithasituationin
whichtheChinesepopulationdoubledinthe50yearsfrom1790to1840.If,with
greatercaution,weassumelowertotalsintheearlyeighteenthcenturyandonly
400millionin1850,westillfaceastartlingfact:
somethinglikeadoubling
ofthevastChinesepopulationinthecenturybeforeWesterncontact,foreign
trade,andindustrializationcouldhavehadmucheffect.
Toexplainthissuddenincreasewecannotpointtofactorsconstantin
Chinesesocietybutmustfindconditionsoracombinationoffactorsthatwere
newlyeffectiveinthisperiod.Amongtheseisthealmostcompleteinternal
peacemaintainedunderManchuruleduringtheeighteenthcentury.Therewasalso
anincreaseinforeigntradethroughGuangzhou(southernChina)andsome
improvementoftransportationwithintheempire.Controlofdisease,likethe
checkingofsmallpoxbyvariolationmayhavebeenimportant.Butofmost
criticalimportancewasthefoodsupply.
Confrontedwithamultitudeofunreliablefigures,economistshavecompared
thepopulationrecordswiththeaggregatedataforcultivatedlandareaand
grainproductioninthesixcenturiessince1368.AssumingthatChina’s
populationin1400wasabout80million,theeconomistDwightPerkinsconcludes
thatitsgrowthto700millionormoreinthe1960swasmadepossiblebya
steadyincreaseinthegrainsupply,whichevidentlygrewfiveorsixtimes
between1400and1800androseanother50percentbetween1800and1965.This
increaseoffoodsupplywasdue
perhapshalftotheincreaseofcultivatedarea,particularlybymigration
andsettlementinthecentralandwesternprovinces,andhalftogreater
productivity—thefarmers’successinraisingmorecropsperunitofland.
Thistechnologicaladvancetookmanyforms:
onewasthecontinual
introductionfromthesouthofearlier-ripeningvarietiesofrice,whichmade
possibledouble-cropping(theproductionoftwoharvestsperyearfromone
field).Newcropssuchascorn(maize)andsweetpotatoesaswellaspeanutsand
tobaccowereintroducedfromtheAmericas.Corn,forinstance,canbegrownon
thedrysoilandmarginalhilllandofNorthChina,whereitisusedforfood,
fuel,andfodderandprovidessomethinglikeone-seventhofthefoodenergy
availableinthearea.Thesweetpotato,growinginsandysoilandproviding
morefoodenergyperunitoflandthanothercrops,becamethemainfoodofthe
poorinmuchoftheSouthChinaricearea.
Productivityinagriculturewasalsoimprovedbycapitalinvestments,first
ofallinirrigation.From1400to1900thetotalofirrigatedlandseemsto
haveincreasedalmostthreetimes.Therewasalsoagaininfarmtools,draft
animals,andfertilizer,tosaynothingofthepopulationgrowthitself,which
increasedhalfagainasfastascultivatedlandareaandsoincreasedtheratio
ofhumanhandsavailableperunitofland.Thustherisingpopulationwasfedby
amoreintensiveagriculture,applyingmorelaborandfertilizertothe
land.
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