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A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helpin
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helpin
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A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 【22】______ they were not enough. Something 【23】______ was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men, 【24】______ individuals who could invent machines, find new 【25】______ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 【26】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution 【27】______ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 【28】______ inventors than scientists. A man who is a 【29】______ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 【30】______ . He is not necessarily working 【31】______ that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 【32】______ trying to make something that has a concrete 【33】______ . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories 【34】______ science or by experiencing through trail and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 【35】______ result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a tight bulb, or one of 【36】______ other objectives.
Most of the people who 【37】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 【38】______ or no training in science might not have made their inventions 【39】______ a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 【40】______ .
【29】
选项
A、genuine
B、practical
C、pure
D、clever
答案
C
解析
本题考查上下文理解。从搭配上来看,四个选项里的形容词都可以用来修饰scientist,但从上下文来看,只有pure“纯理论的,从事纯理论研究的”是答案。因为,只有从事纯理论研究的科学家才对准确的研究感兴趣,也才不一定应用自己的发现。genuine的意思是“真正的”,用在这里也不正确,因为,无论是pure scientist还是practical scientist都可能是genuine scientist。clever的意思在这里与上下文的意思大相径庭。
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