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  3. The promise of finding long-term technological solutions to the problem of world food shortages seems difficult to【S1】______. Ma

The promise of finding long-term technological solutions to the problem of world food shortages seems difficult to【S1】______. Ma

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问题     The promise of finding long-term technological solutions to the problem of world food shortages seems difficult to【S1】______. Many innovations (改革, 创新) that were once heavily supported have since fallen by the wayside. The proposals themselves were technically【S2】______. but they proved to be economically unavailable and culturally unacceptable to their consumers.
    One characteristic【S3】______to unsuccessful food innovations has been that, even with extensive support, they often have not been technologically adapted or culturally acceptable to the people for whom they had been developed. A successful new technology, therefore, must【S4】______the entire social-cultural system in which it is to find a place.
    The adoption of new food technologies depends on more than these technical and cultural【S5】______. economic factors and governmental policies also strongly influence the ultimate success of any innovation. Economists in the Anglo-American tradition have taken the【S6】______in investigating the economics of technological innovation. (Although they exaggerate in【S7】______that profitability is the key factor guiding technical change — they completely disregard the substantial【S8】______of culture — they are correct in【S9】______the importance of profits). Most technological innovations in agriculture can be【S10】______used only by large landowners and are only adopted if these profit-oriented business people believe that the innovation will increase their incomes.
[A] fully [F] considerations [K] common
[B] stressing [G] lead [L] largely
[C] attempt [H] average [M] visible
[D] claiming [I] fit [N] fulfill
[E] adapting [J] feasible [O] effects
【S3】
选项
答案K
解析 通过分析句子结构可知，盟to unsuccessful food innovations作characteristic的后置定语，they指代unsuccessful food innovations。结合语境，后面提到，即使得到广泛的支持，它们也常常很难在技术上适合或在文化上被它们所要服务的人们接受。由此可以推断出，这应该是不成功的粮食创新一个普遍的、共有的特点，故答案为[K]comlnon“共同的，公共的”。
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