Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuro

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问题     Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuroscientists have Neuron, and so forth. Science and Nature, (1)_____, are the only two major journals that (2)_____ the complete range of scientific (3)_____. As a result, journalists look (4)_____ them each week for the (5)_____ of new science papers. And scientists look to the journals (6)_____ to reach journalists. Why do they care? Competition for (7)_____ has gotten so fierce that scientists have sought popular (8)_____ to gain an advantage over their (9)_____. Publication in specialized journals will win the honor of academics and satisfy the publish-or-perish (10)_____, but Science and Nature come with the added bonus of potentially getting your paper written up in The New York Times and other publications.
    Scientists are also trying to (11)_____ other scientists through Science and Nature, not just the public. The line between popular and professional notoriety is not (12)_____. Scientists tend to pay more attention to the Big Two than to other journals. (13)_____ more scientists know about a particular pa per, they are more apt to cite it in their own papers. Being often-cited will increase a scientist’s "Impact Factor", a measure of how often papers are cited by (14)_____. Funding agencies use the Impact Factor as a (15)_____ measure of the influence of scientists they are considering supporting. (16)_____ Science and Nature papers have more visibility, the number of’ submissions is growing, say the editors. Nature now gets 10,000 (17)_____ a year, and that figure is rising, says editor-in-chief Philip Campbell via email. In his opinion, this partly reflects the increase (18)_____ scientific activity around the word. It also (19)_____ reflects the increasing and sometimes (20)_____ emphasis amongst funding agencies and governments on publication measures, such as the typical rates of citation of journals.

选项 A、distinction
B、publicity
C、renown
D、esteem

答案C

解析 语义衔接题。本句讲到科研经费的竞争异常激烈,因此科学工作者要想被优先考虑,无疑要具有高度的大众知名度。正确选项为renown,意为"名望,名声"。distinction意为"荣誉,荣耀,对成就或优等的承认";publicity意为"公众信息,宣传";esteem意为"尊敬,尊重",均不符合原句含义。
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