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  3. Rather than using custom machine tools to build early models of new parts, F

Rather than using custom machine tools to build early models of new parts, F

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问题     Rather than using custom machine tools to build early models of new parts, Ford is now using 3-D printing technology to design and test its engineers’ latest ideas. The new method allows product developers to have a【C1】______in their hands in as little as a week after they create a new design— compared with having to wait three to four months【C2】______"We’re building more and more parts every day using this【C3】______,"says Harold Sears, a technical expert in rapid manufacturing at Ford’s design facility in Dearborn, Mich. Ford’s new hybrid transmission was developed on a 3-D printer that costs about $300,000 and which can turn a pile of aluminum powder into a working prototype in a day or two.
    While low-cost 3-D printing by consumers and small businesses looks like a market now ready for takeoff, large businesses have already【C4】______advanced versions of the technology. The result has been a【C5】______improvement in the product-development process across a wide range of industries, including the【C6】______of cars, consumer electronics, safety equipment and medical devices.
    The process has done more than just save time and money. Engineers say rapid prototyping using 3-D printing is producing more【C7】______higher-quality products—from custom-fitted bicycle helmets to better-sounding ear buds and loudspeakers.
    Instead of waiting for tools and parts to come back from outside machine shops or injection-molding houses, product developers on tight【C8】______now get more hands-on time to test their models. 3-D printers allow them to test and【C9】______more versions of their prototypes—in some cases tripling the number of duplicates of a new product that can be【C10】______before being produced on a large scale.
    A)previously B)thereafter C)process D)elastic
    E)deadlines F)manufacturing G)significant H)innovative
    I)ignited J)embraced K)lubricate L)prototype
    M)refined N)update O)mechanisms [br] 【C8】
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答案 E
解析 空格应填入名词，与on tight…构成介词短语，作后置定语修饰前面的product developers。空格前的tight“紧的”与后面的more hands-on time前后形成对比，由此可见3-D技术出现之前产品研发人员的时间紧迫，deadlines填入文中构成短语on tight deadlines，表示“时间紧迫，限期很短”，符合上下文语境。
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