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  3. Read the article below about monopoly. Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D. For each question (21-30), ma

Read the article below about monopoly. Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D. For each question (21-30), ma

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问题 Read the article below about monopoly.
Choose the correct word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D.
For each question (21-30), mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
There is an example at the beginning, (0).
    Monopoly is one (0) ............ the peculiar (21) ............which can affect the sale and purchase of certain commodities. In some markets, there may be only one seller or a (22) ............of sellers working very closely together to control prices. The result of such monopolistic activity is to fix prices at a level (23) ............to the seller, a level which may bring him artificially high profits. Many governments dislike this procedure and have taken legal actions to (24) ............or halt such business activities. In the U, S. anti-trust laws operate to limit cartels and mergers, (25) ............ in Britain the Monopolies Commission examines all special arrangements and mergers referred to them by the Board of Trade.
    This type of monopoly is not the only (26) ............, however. There are three other forms; state, legal and natural. State monopolies are quite common nowadays, where the (27) ............ in a particular country control industries like steel and transport or important and prestigious revises like national airlines. Legal monopolies are rather different, because the law permits certain individuals to (28) ............ solely from their special inventions, discoveries or processes. No other person may infringe their rights in respect to (29) ............monopolies.
    Finally, natural monopoly (30) ............ where a nation or individual possesses most of a particular mineral for reasons of geography and geology.

选项 A、government
B、agency
C、authorities
D、departments
答案C
解析 结合前后文，此句是说一些特剐的国家利用权利对某些行业进行管制，形成政府垄断形式。C符合文意。authorities指的是权力机构，一个被授予权力的机构，特别是政府或政府官员；government指的是政府，<英>内阁，政体等。
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