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Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Main cash crop for Belize was sugar, but in recent years, citrus fruits have become the leading source of crop income.
  1. Main cash crop
  2. A main cash crop
  3. The main cash crop
  4. An main cash crop
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “The main cash crop”

The sentence should begin with the definitive article “the” because “cash crop” refers to a one specific thing - sugar. “A” and “an” are indefinite articles.
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