2. 外语
  3. The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth 【C1】______ of an enormous 【C2】______ reassessing the Chinese cont

The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth 【C1】______ of an enormous 【C2】______ reassessing the Chinese cont

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问题      The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth 【C1】______ of an enormous 【C2】______  reassessing the Chinese contribution to science and technology is to be published next year. The first volume, 【C3】______ was published twenty years ago,  【C4】______  the tone of the whole work. In it, evidence was given to show that many inventions which 【C5】______ western historians had claimed for Europe, were made 【C6】______ in China. The attempt to rewrite the intellectual history of the world was not received  【C7】______  protest by some reputable historians. 【C8】______ , the evidence that has been presented so far in the first four volumes has persuaded many historians who were 【C9】______ at first. China’s invention of paper, printing, the magnetic compass and  gunpowder 【C10】______ disputed, but this, new history has added 【C11】______  bridge design, mechanical clocks, paddleboats and many 【C12】______ inventions to the list.
     In the four volumes published so far no attempt has been made to explain 【C13】______  China has not kept up with the West in science and technology in modern【C14】______ . It is probable that the answer【C15】______ in the social and economic history of China, where a static society  【C16】______ a relatively benevolent regime of scholar-gentry contrasts 【C17】______ the potentially revolutionary and dynamic society of the West at the end of the Middle Ages. In recent years; the Chinese government has been making every effort to【C18】______ the West again, and there is【C19】______ doubt that the gap is being【C20】______ year by year. But will China avoid the West’s mistake?
【C9】
选项 A、skeptical
B、cynical
C、irrational
D、hesitant
答案A
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