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  3. Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level pl

Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level pl

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问题     Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level plateau.【B2】______its very principle of operation, it ceaselessly innovates and changes. Having largely【B3】______the agricultural work force, it moves on manufacturing【B4】______by creating new automated technology that increases manufacturing productivity【B5】______displacing workers. Manufacturing, from【B6】______a half or more of the employed population of industrial societies, shrinks to between a quarter and a third. Its place is filled by the service sector.
    The move to a service society is【B7】______by a great expansion in education, health, and other private and public welfare【B8】______. The population typically becomes not just healthier, better housed, and better fed but also better educated. Professional and scientific knowledge becomes the most marketable【B9】______The link between pure science and technology, loose and uncertain in the early【B10】______of industrialization, becomes pivotal.
    Struck by these changes, as【B11】______with the classic forms of industrial society of the 19th and early 20th centuries, some theorists have discerned a【B12】______to a new postmodern or postindustrial society. Such【B13】______may be premature. Most of the changes【B14】______late industrialism can be seen as the results of long-term developments【B15】______in the process ofindustrialization from the start. The rise of service industries has【B16】______in part from the increase in leisure and in disposable wealth and in part from the【B17】______process of mechanization and technical innovation,【B18】______constantly raises manufacturing productivity【B19】______replacing human labour with machines. It can also be seen as the【B20】______of the growth of multinational corporations.
【B6】
选项 A、consisting of
B、accounting for
C、taking in
D、amounting to
答案B
解析 本题考查固定短语。consist of意为“由……构成”；account for意为“(在数量、比例方面)占”；take in意为“接受”；amount to意为“总计”。句意是：“制造业由占工业社会就业人口的一半或一半以上缩减到占四分之一和三分之一之间。”因此，B符合句意。
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