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

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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 isto be published next year. The first volume,【C3】______ was published twenty years ago,【C4】______ the tone of the whole work. In it, evidence was to show that many inventions which【C5】______ , western historians had claimed for Europe, were then made【C6】______ in China. The attempt to rewrite the intellectual 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, 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 in science and technology in modern【C14】______ . It is probable that the answer【C15】______ in the social and economic history of China, found where a static society【C16】______ a relatively benevolent regime of scholar-gentry contrasts【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

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