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  3. The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth【C1】______of an enormous【C2】______reassessing the Chinese contr

The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth【C1】______of an enormous【C2】______reassessing the Chinese contr

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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【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?
【C10】
选项 A、was never
B、were never
C、have never been
D、has never been
答案D
解析 篇章题。上下文理解题。首先，本句的主语为invention，单数名词；其次，从本句后一个分句的时态has added来看，前后时态应一致，而文章中没有时态变化的任何暗示，因此，此处的时态应为现在完成时的单数形式。另外，中国的四大发明一直为世界所公认，是众所周知的事，这一常识也可帮助我们确定此处为现在完成时态。因此选has never been。have never been与were never为复数形式，不能与单数主语搭配。was never不能满足整个句子时态的相应性要求，同时也与常识相抵触。因此，均不能选。
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