In the nineteenth century the (i) _____ advanced mechanical printing techniques made it possible for newspaper owners to print newspapers cheaply and in mass quantities, but unlike many other mechanized industries, where machines (ii) _____ workers, the new printing machines required trained compositors to run them,thereby (iii) _____ the demand for skilled printing labor.

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A：wide application of D：marginalized G：ignoring

B：extensive resistance to E：intrigued H：anticipating

C：great expense of F：isolated I：increasing

答案：ADI

It may be that a kind of pendulum is built into United States politics: if a particular interest group scores a major victory, its supporters (i) _____ and its adversaries (ii) _____ their efforts, so that the victory is soon (iii) _____ .

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A：consider new possibilities D：abandon G：reversed

B：grow complacent E：redouble H：augmented

C：become even more focused F：defend I：institutionalized

答案：BEG

If big sums are to be spent on cleaning up environmental disasters, it is better to spend them on unglamorous but _____ problems such as unsanitary water in Third World countries.

A：futile

B：ephemeral

C：pressing

D：controversial

E：transitory

F：critical

答案：CF

The process of establishing a literary canon is seen by some as, in part, an attempt by certain scholars to make their own labors central and to relegate the work of others to_____ status.

A：orthodox

B：marginal

C：mainstream

D：definitive

E：conditional

F：peripheral

答案：BF

The mayor is more ideologically consistent than is widely believed: her long-term commitment to tax reform, for example,is not indicative of_____ .

A：perspicacity

B：capriciousness

C：callousness

D：fickleness

E：clearheadedness

F：insensitivity

答案：BD