填空题   If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain   ---|||________|||---  consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family   ---|||________|||---  he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed sowing, as an insurance   ---|||________|||---  the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to   ---|||________|||---  old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to   ---|||________|||---  the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation   ---|||________|||---  and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be   ---|||________|||---  . He must either sell some of his property or   ---|||________|||---  extra funds in the m of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low   ---|||________|||---  of interest, but loans of this kind are not   ---|||________|||---  obtainable.
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【答案解析】replace是“代替;取代”。