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Peek through the inspection windows of the nearly 100 three-dimensional (3D) printers quietly making things at RedEye, a company

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问题     Peek through the inspection windows of the nearly 100 three-dimensional (3D) printers quietly making things at RedEye, a company based in Minnesota, and you can catch a glimpse of how factories will work in the future. It is not simply that the machines run day and night【C1】________by just a handful of technicians.【C2】________it is what they are making that shows how this revolutionary production process is【C3】________the manufacturing mainstream.
    3D printers make things by building them up, a layer at a time,【C4】________a particular material, rather than【C5】________it by cutting, drilling or machining—which is why the process is also called additive manufacturing. There are many ways in which this can be done, and with only a【C6】________adjustment of software each item can be different,【C7】________the need for costly retooling of machines. This has made 3D printing a【C8】________ way to make one-off items, especially prototype parts, mock-ups, small mechanical【C9】________and craft items.
    And that is about all that 3D printers are good for,【C10】________the doubters. Chief among them is Terry Gou, the boss of Foxconn. He thinks 3D printing is just "a trick" without any【C11】________value in the manufacture of real finished goods, and he has vowed to start spelling his name backwards if【C12】________wrong.
    Mr. Gou is right about one thing: additive manufacturing is not about to replace mass manufacturing.【C13】________the technology is improving, the finish and durability of some printed items can still【C14】________ what producers require. And nor can 3D printers produce millions of【C15】________parts at low cost, as mass-production lines can.【C16】________3D printers have their【C17】________which is why they are starting to be used by some of the world’s biggest manufacturers, such as Airbus, Boeing, GE, Ford and Siemens.
    The market for 3D printers and【C18】________is small, but growing fast. Last year it was worth $2.2 billion worldwide, up 29％ from 2011. As producers become more【C19】________with the technology, they are moving from prototypes to final【C20】________.
【C9】
选项 A、energies
B、failures
C、devices
D、structures
答案C
解析 空格处缺少的名词与其前后的prototype parts，mock-ups和craft items并列，与形容词mechanical“机械的”应一起构成类似物品。C项devices“装置”。多指为某一特殊用途或解决某一特定机械问题而设计或改装的精巧的仪器或装置，符合语境。A项energies、B项failures、D项structures和mechanical搭配分别表示“机械能”、“机械故障”和“机械结构”，均不能表示3D打印机制造出来的产品，意思上不与前后并列。
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