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  3. 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

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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 【51】 a new and startling 【52】 force.
    What forces could have been 【53】 powerful to smash a comfortable and 【54】 world and institute in its place this new society? There was no single massive 【55】 . It was not great events, single adventures, individual laws, or charming 【56】 which 【57】 about the economic revolution. It was a process of internal growth.
    First, there was the gradual emergence of national political 【58】in Europe. A second great current of change was to be found in the slow decay of the religious spirit under the 【59】 of the skeptical, inquiring, humanist views of the Italian Renaissance. Still another 【60】 current lies in the slow social changes that eventually rendered the market system possible. In the course of this change, power naturally began to gravitate into the hands of those who understood money matters--the merchants.
选项 A、catered
B、created
C、ebbed
D、traded
答案B
解析 “created创造，创作”。根据上下文的逻辑关系，符合题意。而A选项“catered投合，迎合”，后常跟介词to，C选项“ebbed减少，衰落”，后常与副词away形成搭配，D选项“traded互相交换，用……进行交换”均不符合题意。
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