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A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards K. c
A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards K. c
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2020-06-05
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A. what B. deserve C. turning into D. unlike E. virtually
F. endangered G. safe H. decline I. remember J. standards
K. combining L. sense M. ideally N. rules O. that
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed due to increasingly cash-rich Asia’s belief【C1】______ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beast’s【C2】______ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it is not only our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The world’s thinkers are now also a gravely【C3】______ species. And yet,【C4】______ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not even the most hasty plan in place to protect them.
Once thinkers were everywhere, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also【C5】______ disappeared. No one under 40 can be expected to【C6】______ the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once characterised our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams, as if it never were.
Today, all our universities are【C7】______ book-balancing business schools or results-driven scientific research centres, treating students as customers who【C8】______ to see an investment return in the form of increased living【C9】______ and higher salaries in exchange for spending their student loans, and funded by patrons and public bodies wanting to see practical results. Once you joined a university to service the global advancement of ideas. Now you employ it to make you more employable. We are unconvinced as to the actual practical value of rhinos, but we have a 【C10】______ that it reflects badly on us if these things are allowed to disappear on our watch. The same is true of thinkers.
【C2】
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答案
H
解析
空格前为名词所有格,此处需要填入名词作主语。空格前的beast“兽”指的正是前面讲到的rhino“犀牛”,根据上文提到的doomed“难逃一劫的”来推断,犀牛的数量在减少,故用decline“减少”。
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