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  3. Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1)_____ have professional soldi

Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1)_____ have professional soldi

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问题     Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1)_____ have professional soldiers, (2)_____ not as many as the United States. For thousands of years, it was (3)_____ that professional soldiers were superior to (4)_____ timers. But (5)_____ most of history, few nations could (6)_____ an army of professionals, at least not on a permanent basis. It wasn’t (7)_____ the late 20th century that countries began to (8)_____ large, permanent, all-volunteer armed forces that were carefully (9)_____ and trained for combat. Britain was the first, when it phased out conscription in 1962. In 1975, the United States followed (10)_____. For over a century, conscription has been seen (11)_____ the way to remain (12)_____ strong without breaking the bank. But the conscripts did not stay in uniform long enough to get really good at fighting. Britain and American were the first two nations to realize that conscription was so (13)_____ that the voters would pay extra to (14)_____ a professional force. Within a decade, an army of professionals begins to pay (15)_____. The professionals are not only more (16)_____ on the battlefield, but are also, if carefully (17)_____ (for education and aptitude) more likely to constantly develop better ways to (18)_____ This produces a tremendous battlefield (19)_____ It doesn’t make you (20)_____, but it does make you very difficult to defeat.
选项 A、establish
B、integrate
C、intervene
D、facilitate
答案A
解析 选项"establish"(建立)与其前后的部分构成一个完整的"主谓宾"结构，其含义是"各国开始组建(establish)…部队"。本句前面的一句显示："以前没有几个国家能够负担得起职业军队"。本句话与上句话实际上是一种对比对照关系，说的是近来的事情，即：近来各国开始行动起来花钱组建(establish)军队。在解题时要注意上下句之间的对立对比关系所给出的暗示。
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