**The backbone of the UK economy in the early 1900s was agriculture. Back then approximately 50 per cent of the “kingdom” was supported by farming.
**Agriculture and manufacturing were the major earners in the first half of the century accounting for close to, if not over, 90 per cent of the contribution.
**The trend shifted in the last five decades of the 20th century.
**Manufacturing showed a gradual decline.
**Agriculture took a drastic fall between 1950 and 1975. It later shrunk to a mere 2 to 3 %.
**However, businessmen in the finance sector of the UK markets took off on a path that provided vivid contrast to the bumpy ride of the farmers.
**Great Britain, once an agricultural empire revolutionized itself into a business nation in the course of 100 years.
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還有些比較不適合IELTS T1的詞彙
不知道有沒有typo,加油