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  3. In any society, no matter how【C1】______, some individuals have authority【C2】______others, at least within a limited sphere. Obed

In any society, no matter how【C1】______, some individuals have authority【C2】______others, at least within a limited sphere. Obed

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问题     In any society, no matter how【C1】______, some individuals have authority【C2】______others, at least within a limited sphere. Obedience is particularly relevant as societies get more【C3】______, where the spheres【C4】______authority can be【C5】______, become much more differentiated. Teachers assign homework, doctors order intravenous feedings, and policemen stop automobiles【C6】______pupils, nurses, and motorists generally【C7】______. Their obedience is based on an【C8】______recognition that the persons who【C9】______the orders are operating within their【C10】______domain of authority. If this domain is【C11】______, obedience is unlikely. Policemen can’t order motorists to【C12】______lists of irregular French verbs or to【C13】______two aspirins and go to bed.
    Some tendency to obey authority is a vital cement that holds society together; without it, there【C14】______chaos. But the atrocities of this century — the slaughter of the Armenians, the Nazi death camps — give terrible proof that this disposition to obedience can also become a corrosive poison that destroys our sense of humanity. Some of these atrocities could not have been 【C15】______【C16】______the obedience of tens or hundreds of thousands and the acquiescence of many more. How could such obedience have come【C17】______? Attempt to answer this question has focused on【C18】______of the two factors. One【C19】______the personality structure of the blindly obedient individual; the other emphasizes the【C20】______situation in which the obedient person finds himself.
【C1】
选项 A、prime
B、primary
C、primitive
D、prominent
答案C
解析 词汇题。词义辨析题。primitive“原始的，早期的”，如：This book deals with the primitive culture in this region．这本书论述了这一地区的原始文化。此处选primitive，意为“原始的或早期的社会”，符合题意，为正确答案。prime“最重要的，主要的”，如：You cannot ignore it for it’s a matter of prime importance．你可不能忽视这事，它可是头等重要的事情。本句主要说时间的早晚，和重要性没有关系，因此，不合题意。primary也指“原始的，最早的”，但其含义为在时间或发展顺序上初始的、最早的、第 一个出现的，如：We encountered numerousobstacles in the primary stage of its development．在发展的最初阶段，我们遭遇了很多阻碍。本句没有具体指“最早”出现或存在的社会，而且与how搭配表示“多么的最早”也不合情理，因此，为错误答案。prominent“著名的，凸起的”，如：He is stillyoung；however，he’s already got a prominent paunch．他还年轻，却已经长出了罗汉肚。显然，此选项也不合题意。
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