首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an inter
The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an inter
admin
2013-01-19
64
问题
The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an internal combustion engine. Transactions and gain【1】a new and startling【2】force.
What forces could have been【3】powerful to smash a comfortable and【4】world and institute in its place this new society? There was no single massive【5】It was not great events, single adventures, individual laws, or charming【6】which【7】about the economic revolution. It was a process of internal growth.
First, there was the gradual emergence of national political【8】in Europe. A second great current of change was to be found in the slow decay of the religious spirit under the【9】of the skeptical, inquiring, humanist views of the Italian Renaissance. Still another【10】current lies in the slow social changes that eventually【11】the market system possible. In the【12】of this change, power naturally began to gravitate into the hands of those who understood money matters—the merchants.
Perhaps most important of all in the pervasiveness of its effect was a rise in scientific curiosity.【13】the world would wait until the age of Adam Smith for its【14】burst of technology, the Industrial Revolution could not have taken place had not the ground been prepared【15】a succession of basic sub-industrial discoveries.
No single one of these currents, acting by itself, could have turned society【16】Indeed, many of them may have been as much the【17】as the causes of a great convulsion in human organization. History turns no【18】corners, and the whole vast upheaval sprawled out over time. Evidences of the market way of life sprang up side by side with older traditional ways, and remnants of the former day【19】long after the market had for all practical purposes taken over the【20】principle of economic organization.
选项
A、prejudice-free
B、upside-down
C、worldly-wise
D、accident-prone
答案
B
解析
“upside-down颠倒的,乱七八糟的”符合题意。根据文章一致性的原则,该词与上文的“run down”和下文的“convulsion”,“upheaval”形成一种照应。而选项A“没有偏见的”,选项C“善于处世的,老于世故的”和选项D“易遭遇意外的”均不符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/MC2O777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
AnAmericanliterarycritic,humorousjournalist,essayist,whosecomicskepticismabouthumanprogress,expressedwithpenetrat
Confirmingwhatwomenhavelongknown,anAmericanstudyreleasedonWednesday-showsmenaredraggingtheirfeetongettingmarr
Thebusinessofadvertisingistoinventmethodsofaddressingmassiveaudiencesinalanguagedesignedtobeeasilyaccessible
Itistheinteractionbetweenpeople,ratherthantheeventsthatoccurintheirlivesthatarethemainlocusofsocialpsychol
Myworkisnotveryprofitable______money,butI’mgettingvaluableexperienceoutofit.
InatotalofsixstatesinthemiddleofAmerica,15,000assembly-lineworkersare【1】Japanesecarstogether.Theseautoworkers
InatotalofsixstatesinthemiddleofAmerica,15,000assembly-lineworkersare【1】Japanesecarstogether.Theseautoworkers
TheEskimoisperhapsoneofthemosttrustingandconsiderateofallIndiansbutseemstobe______thewelfareofhisanimals.
Forthispartyouareallowedthirtyminutestowriteacompositiononthetopic:StudentUseofComputers,Youshouldwrite160
Computersareoftenhardtorelateto,frustratingalotofpeople.AppleComputerInc’sMacintosh,withitsgraphicalsymbols,
随机试题
讨论函数f(x)=在x=0点是否可导?
()是在把握世界发展大势、应对全球共同挑战、维护人类共同利益、完善全球治理体系的过程中,在对科学社会主义理论与实践的深邃思考、深刻总结,对坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的不懈探索、砥砺前行中创立并不断丰富发展的。
下列心律失常处理时可应用兴奋迷走神经方法纠正的是
病人,女性,43岁。重度烧伤体重50kg,烧伤面积80%,第一个24h补液总量为
苯巴比妥中毒时静脉滴注碳酸氢钠的目的是
筒中筒结构的建筑平面形状应优先选择()。
根据我国有关法律、法规,权益投资主要有( )。
对n个元素的有序表A[1..n]进行二分(折半)查找(除2取商时向下取整),查找元素A[i](1≤i≤n)时,最多与A中的(57)个元素进行比较。
请选出正确答案。例如:她很活泼,说话很有趣,总能给我们带来快乐,我们都很喜欢和她在一起。★她是个什么样的人?A幽默√B马虎C骄傲D害羞我以前最喜欢吃米饭了,但是后来报纸上说多吃米饭对减肥没有好处,所以现在我
TheJapanesetakeprideindoingajobandgettingitdone_____muchtimeisrequired.
最新回复
(
0
)