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  3. The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth【C1】______o

The West has begun to take more notice of the East. The fifth【C1】______o

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问题     The West has begun to take more notice of the East.
    The fifth【C1】______of an enormous【C2】______reassessing the Chinese contribution to science and technology is to be published next year. The first volume,【C3】______was published twenty years ago,【C4】______the tone of the whole work. In it, evidence was given to show that many inventions which【C5】______, western historians had claimed for Europe, were made【C6】______in China. The attempt to rewrite the intellectual history of the world was not received【C7】______protest by some reputable historians.【C8】______, the evidence that has been presented so far in the first four volumes has persuaded many historians who were【C9】______at first. China’s invention of paper, printing, the magnetic compass and gunpowder【C10】______disputed, but this new history has added【C11】______bridge design, mechanical clocks, paddleboats and many【C12】______inventions to the list.
    In the four volumes published so far no attempt has been made to explain【C13】______China has not kept up with the West in science and technology in modern【C14】______. It is probable that the answer【C15】______in the social and economic history of China, where a static society【C16】______a relatively benevolent regime of scholar-gentry【C17】______the potentially revolutionary and dynamic society of the West at the end of the Middle Ages. In recent years, the Chinese government has been making every effort to【C18】______the West again, and there is【C19】______doubt that the gap is being【C20】______year by year. But will China avoid the West’s mistake? [br] 【C9】
选项 A、skeptical
B、cynical
C、irrational
D、hesitant
答案 A
解析 篇章题。上下文理解题。前文已交待西方历史学家最初将这些发明归功于欧洲，是因为这套巨著才“使得他们相信”(has persuaded)这些发明为中国所有，从而改变了看法。本句主要讲本著作出版前后历史学家们的观点的改变。空格后的at first“最初”指历史学家最开始的看法，与出书后的情况相反，应为“怀疑”，因此，选skeptical。skeptical“怀疑的”，如：No matter how strong the proof I provided，he was still skeptical．不管我提供的证据多么有力，他还是持怀疑态度。cynical“愤世嫉俗的，怀疑的”，指对人性、动机的怀疑，如：He is cynical about recovering his watch．他不相信能找回丢失的表。本句暗指他对世间真诚和善意等的怀疑，不相信有人会归还失主丢失的物品。文章此处不含有西方历史学家的人生态度的意义，因此，不能选择。irrational“不理智的，不听从理性的，缺乏正确判断的”，如：an irrational dislike不理智的憎恶。出书前后历史学家持两种相反的态度——“信”或“不信”(即怀疑)，非理智与“相信”不构成对立；而且如果他们“非理智”，那么再多再有说服力的证据都不可能让他们改变看法，这与本文存在矛盾，所以本项也不能选。hesitant“犹豫的，迟疑的”，如：The general is hesitant to court-martial him．将军对是否将他交与军事法庭审判还犹豫不决。hesitant也不能与“相信”形成对立的含义，另外，后面也没有再交待他们又经过了其他的事情才相信此事实，所以不是最佳答案。
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