The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an inter

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问题     The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an internal combustion engine. Transactions and gain 【51】 a new and startling 【52】 force.
    What forces could have been 【53】 powerful to smash a comfortable and 【54】 world and institute in its place this new society? There was no single massive 【55】 . It was not great events, single adventures, individual laws, or charming 【56】 which 【57】 about the economic revolution. It was a process of internal growth.
    First, there was the gradual emergence of national political 【58】in Europe. A second great current of change was to be found in the slow decay of the religious spirit under the 【59】 of the skeptical, inquiring, humanist views of the Italian Renaissance. Still another 【60】 current lies in the slow social changes that eventually rendered the market system possible. In the course of this change, power naturally began to gravitate into the hands of those who understood money matters--the merchants.

选项 A、complained
B、speculated
C、argued
D、brought

答案D

解析 brought,本题考查词组搭配和词义辨析。“bring about导致,引起;使发生,带来……的结果”。根据文章的意思:“不是大事件,一个个的冒险,个别的法规或者极有魅力的人物导致了经济改革”,因此此处bring为正确选项。而A选项“complained抱怨,发牢骚,诉苦”,B选项“speculated推测,猜测,推断”和C选项“argued争论,争辩”,虽都可以和about构成搭配,但是意思不合题意。
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