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By the end of the Middle Ages the technological systems called cities had long since become a central feature of Western life. I
By the end of the Middle Ages the technological systems called cities had long since become a central feature of Western life. I
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By the end of the Middle Ages the technological systems called cities had long since become a central feature of Western life. In 1600 London and Amsterdam each had【B1】______ of more than 100,000, and twice that number【B2】______ in Paris.【B3】______,the Dutch, English, Spanish, and French were beginning to establish, 【B4】______ empires. Colonialism and trade【B5】______ a powerful merchant class that helped to create an increasing【B6】______ for such luxuries as wine, coffee, tea, cocoa, and tobacco. These merchants【B7】______ a style of life aspired to by the wider populace.【B8】______ the beginning of the 18th century, capital resources and banking systems were well enough【B9】______ in Great Britain to initiate investment in mass-production techniques that would【B10】______ some of these middle-class aspirations.
The Industrial Revolution commenced in England, 【B11】______ that nation had the technological 【B12】______, government encouragement, and a large and varied trade network. The first factories appeared in 1740,【B13】______ textile production. In 1740 the【B14】______ of English people wore woolen garments, but【B15】______ the next 100 years the rough, often unhealthy woolens were【B16】______ by cotton—especially【B17】______ the invention of the machine by Eli Whitney, an American, in 1793.
One of the most important innovations in the weaving process was【B18】______ in France in 1801 by Joseph Jacquard. This use of punched cards inspired the British mathematician Charles Babbage to attempt to【B19】______ a calculating machine based on the same principle.【B20】______ this machine never became fully practical, it foretold the great computer revolution of the 20th century.
【B12】
选项
A、method
B、means
C、medium
D、measure
答案
B
解析
Mean的英文意思为“an action,an object or a system by which a result is achieved”,可以与原文technological搭配,而且也符合原文上下文的因果分析。选项[A]method侧重于“做事的某一方式;条理性”,不如[B]恰当。选项[C]medium(媒体)和[D]measure(措施)显然不符合文章。
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