2. 外语
  3. The Miss America celebration【C1】______as a beauty contest in 1921, but now prefers to avoid such【C2】______since beauty is no lon

The Miss America celebration【C1】______as a beauty contest in 1921, but now prefers to avoid such【C2】______since beauty is no lon

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问题     The Miss America celebration【C1】______as a beauty contest in 1921, but now prefers to avoid such【C2】______since beauty is no longer the primary【C3】______used to judge contestants. Each year in September, the celebration was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey,【C4】______for the year 2000, when it was held on October 14. In January 2006 the celebration moved to its new home and time in Las Vegas, Nevada. The celebration【C5】______itself as a "scholarship celebration ",  and the【C6】______prizes for the winner and her runners-up are scholarships to the institution of her choice. The Miss America Scholarship program, along with its local and state programs,【C7】______to be the largest provider  of scholarship money to young women in the world, and in 2006 made【C8】______more than $ 45 million in cash and scholarship【C9】______Since most of the contestants are college graduates  already, or on the【C10】______of graduating, most of their prize money is【C11】______to graduate school or professional school, or to pay【C12】______student loans for courses already taken. The event has long【C13】______criticism mainly because that it degrades woman and implies beauty is a principle【C14】______for females. The first protests【C15】______the Miss America celebration were held at Atlantic City in 1968, when the televised【C16】______was disrupted by a group of protesters. Many people,【C17】______feminists, still object【C18】______the Miss America celebration as "forcing monolithic, racist, often【C19】______standard of beauty into the nation’s【C20】______."
【C6】
选项 A、leading
B、primary
C、major
D、important
答案B
解析 形容词辨义题。句意为“提供给冠军和其他获胜选手的主要奖励为向她所选择的大学提供奖学金”。primary意为“主要的，首要的”，符合句意。outstanding“突出的，显著的”，一般用于修饰人，排除； specific“明确的，详细的”和inlportant“重要的”与句意不符，也排除。
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