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  3. Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuro

Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuro

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问题     Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuroscientists have Neuron, and so forth. Science and Nature, (1)_____, are the only two major journals that (2)_____ the complete range of scientific (3)_____. As a result, journalists look (4)_____ them each week for the (5)_____ of new science papers. And scientists look to the journals (6)_____ to reach journalists. Why do they care? Competition for (7)_____ has gotten so fierce that scientists have sought popular (8)_____ to gain an advantage over their (9)_____. Publication in specialized journals will win the honor of academics and satisfy the publish-or-perish (10)_____, but Science and Nature come with the added bonus of potentially getting your paper written up in The New York Times and other publications.
    Scientists are also trying to (11)_____ other scientists through Science and Nature, not just the public. The line between popular and professional notoriety is not (12)_____. Scientists tend to pay more attention to the Big Two than to other journals. (13)_____ more scientists know about a particular pa per, they are more apt to cite it in their own papers. Being often-cited will increase a scientist’s "Impact Factor", a measure of how often papers are cited by (14)_____. Funding agencies use the Impact Factor as a (15)_____ measure of the influence of scientists they are considering supporting. (16)_____ Science and Nature papers have more visibility, the number of’ submissions is growing, say the editors. Nature now gets 10,000 (17)_____ a year, and that figure is rising, says editor-in-chief Philip Campbell via email. In his opinion, this partly reflects the increase (18)_____ scientific activity around the word. It also (19)_____ reflects the increasing and sometimes (20)_____ emphasis amongst funding agencies and governments on publication measures, such as the typical rates of citation of journals.
选项 A、counterparts
B、allies
C、rivals
D、matches
答案C
解析 词汇辨析题。该句包括由so…that连接的结果状语从句，主句意思是科研经费的竞争异常激烈，从句为其结果，科学家们力争提高自己的大众知名度，动词不定式to gain an advantage over表示："胜过，优于"，其后所接介词宾语必是竞争对手，因此选rivals，意为"竞争者，对手"。counterpart意为"极相似的人或物，配对物"；ally意为"联盟国，同盟者"；match意为"比赛，竞赛"。
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