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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： K[解析] 形容词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，all the more ______应作宾语a new finding的补...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： L[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前为定冠词the，后为介词短语in 2008 and 2009，因此空格处应填名词。根据本句...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： I[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为failure to，后为it，因此空格处应填动词原形。空格后的it指代句首的a new...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： A[解析] 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，空格所在分句为动词shows的宾语从句，该从句缺少谓语动词，因此空格处应填入一...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： M[解析] 副词辨析题。空格所在的定语从句不缺成分，且空格后为动词，所以空格处应填副词作状语。备选副词中，acciden...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： A[解析] 名词辨析题。空格所填词与and前的connection一起作of的宾语，故空格处应填名词，且该名词意思与co...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： I[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前为annoying，后为that引导的定语从句，故空格处应填具有否定含义的名词。因此，答案...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： F[解析] 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，to which they were ______为定语从句，修饰money，...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： B[解析] 名词辨析题。空格位于that引导的宾语从句的主语部分，其前面为incidents of，后为toward，故...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： N[解析] 副词辨析题。本句基本结构完整，所以空格处应填副词作状语，修饰less。本文的中心意思是：人与人之间积极、和谐...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： D[解析] 名词辨析题。空格位于句子主语部分，其前面为bike，后为turned out for“出席，参加”，故空格处...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： B[解析] 名词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，动词filed缺少宾语，因此空格处应填入名词。结合此处句意“失业且有资格获得此...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： I[解析] 形容词辨析题。空格前为定冠词the，后为effects of love，所以空格处较有可能填形容词，修饰ef...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： G[解析] 动词辨析题。空格所在句缺少谓语动词，且主语The bicycle group为单数，故空格处应为第三人称单数...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： B[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为continues to，后为逗号，故空格处应填动词原形，且该动词能以the pace为...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： O[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为Instead of，后为名词短语the time…，故空格处应填动名词，且该动名词能与...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： H[解析] 副词辨析题。本句基本结构完整，故空格处应填入一个副词作状语。破折号前面提到了$108 billion，破折号...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： N[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为has been strongly，后为by，故空格处应填动词的过去分词，且该动词能接...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： E[解析] 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，句末的代词it指代前面的the human experience；句中的or提...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： E[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为is，后为名词短语the healing values of…，故空格处较有可能填现在分...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： E[解析] 名词辨析题。to settle this ______为后置定语修饰idea，所以空格处应填单数名词，作se...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： O[解析] 名词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，That ______作句子主语，所以空格处应填名词。根据语境及空格后的dwa...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： N[解析] 形容词辨析题。空格前为动词provides，后为名词evidence，因此空格处较有可能填形容词。上一句提到...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： M[解析] 形容词辨析题。空格前面为all，后面为traditions，故空格处较有可能填形容词。结合空格后的as we...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： K[解析] 动词辨析题。从本段段首至本句末是一个倒装句，其中直接引语部分为谓语动词declares的宾语，the web...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： M[解析] 动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知，本句是一个含有as引导的状语从句的主从复合句，其中主句缺少谓语动词，因此空格处...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： C[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前为定冠词the，后为介词短语of human language，因此空格处应填名词。空格后...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： L[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前的both和and提示空格处应填与giver相呼应的词，故recipient“接受者”为...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： C[解析] 形容词辨析题。空格前为an，后为名词program，故空格处较有可能填形容词修饰program，且该形容词以...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： G[解析] 动词辨析题。空格在助动词has之后，因此应填入动词的过去分词。结合此处句意“今年平均失业在40周上下____...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： H[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前为冠词an，后为系动词is，因此空格处应为名词。根据后面的reserve a hotel可...

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题源: The New York Times 题材:社会生活
There"s a battle raging in the streets of America. Anyone who 21 rides a bicycle knows all about this. Some motorists have declared war on bikes as annoying 22 that lead to slow traffic. They honk (鸣笛), shout or curse at two-wheeled travelers. A few will do even worse. The New York Times reports that incidents of 23 toward bicycle riders appear to be growing, as bike riders take to the streets in order to save gas and money and fight global warming.
In Denver, nearly 11000 first-time bike 24 turned out for Bike to Work Day. The bicycle group, Transportation Alternatives 25 that the number of New Yorkers who cycle daily has risen 77 percent since 2000.
Even though virtually every state grants bicyclists the same rights (and responsibilities) as motorists to use the streets, many drivers still refuse to accept this. They view themselves as Kings of the Road—an impression that has been strongly 26 by the transportation planning profession, which has designed our cities and suburbs as if people did not exist outside of their cars. But a big new idea to settle this 27 and improve life in the streets for everyone is now taking root among community activists, urban planners and traffic engineers. "Too many of our streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They"re unsafe for people on foot or bike—and unpleasant for everybody."
"Now, in communities across the country, a movement is growing to complete the streets. States, cities and towns are asking their planners, engineers and designers to build road networks that welcome all citizens," declares the website of a new organization 28 this idea. Complete the Streets—an 29 program of adding bike lanes, pedestrian 30 and traffic calming measures—is the best idea to hit our communities since pizza, or even the bicycle itself.
A. accidentally F. enhanced K. promoting
B. aggression G. estimates L. propelling
C. ambitious H. facilities M. regularly
D. commuters I. nuisances N. strengthened
E. conflict J. owners O. suspicious

答案： H[解析] 名词辨析题。空格所填词与前面的pedestrian构成一个名词短语，与bike lanes和traffic ...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： B[解析] 名词辨析题。该句为全文的总结语。空格前的the wisdom of和and提示空格所填词应是与love并列的...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： M[解析] 副词辨析题。or前后连接了两个并列的不定式结构，故空格处应填副词作状语。根据句意，某人在电脑中查询Paris...

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题源: USA Today 题材:社会生活
About 2 million jobless Americans fear they"ll lose their extended unemployment benefits, which are slated (计划) to end next month unless Congress votes to renew them. Their concerns make a new finding all the more 1 : Many people eligible for unemployment don"t even bother to collect it. In the depths of the 2 in 2008 and 2009, only half of those who qualified for benefits 3 , a study by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank shows.
The portion filing for benefits shot up to 95% in 2010 and 2011, the study says, but that still means about 200000 people didn"t claim money to which they were 4 .
Many unemployed people aren"t eligible for benefits because they worked part-time or weren"t at their jobs long enough, for example. In 2009, about 3 million of the average 14.5 million or so jobless people didn"t qualify for benefits. But of the roughly 11.4 million who were laid off and eligible to collect that year, only about 5.7 million filed 5 , according to Fuller and the BLS. Those who didn"t saved state and federal governments $108 billion— 6 as much as the $121 billion in benefits paid, the study says. That 7 dwarfed the $11 billion in benefit overpayments due to clerical errors or fraud.
The share of people applying for benefits has risen or fallen along with average duration of unemployment. For example, Americans were out of work for an average of 18 weeks in 2008 and 24 weeks in 2009—when only half of those eligible applied. But average joblessness 8 to about 33 weeks in 2010 and 39 weeks in 2011 as the share seeking benefits soared to 95%.
Average jobless duration has 9 near 40 weeks this year. But it should dip to about 37 weeks in 2013, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody"s Analytics. That suggests the portion seeking benefits could 10 slightly.
A. applied F. entitled K. puzzling
B. claims G. hovered L. recession
C. consumed H. nearly M. rose
D. doubtful I. potentially N. stability
E. drop J. profitable O. sum

答案： E[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为情态动词could，后为副词slightly，因此空格处应为动词原形。上一句谈到，平均失...

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题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活
Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 .
In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors.
Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.
Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it.
A. community F. drastic K. rebellion
B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient
C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual
D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially
E. documenting J. protective O. viewing

答案： H[解析] 副词辨析题。空格所在句基本结构完整，所以空格处应填副词修饰后面的形容词isolated。备选副词中，incr...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： K[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为不定式符号to，后为名词短语any job-killing technologies，因...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： L[解析] 名词辨析题。本句结构较复杂，介词短语over the past century and a half为句子的...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： F[解析] 名词辨析题。空格前为is frequently cited as，后为介词of，故空格处应填名词。此处句意为...

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题源: American Scientist 题材:科普知识
For the past four decades that basic tension between artificial intelligence and intelligence augmentation (增加)—A.I. versus I.A.—has been at the heart of progress in computing science as the field has produced a series of ever more powerful technologies that are transforming the world.
Now, as the pace of technological change continues to 31 , it has become increasingly possible to design computing systems that enhance the human experience, or now—in a growing number of cases—completely 32 with it.
Watson is an effort by IBM researchers to advance a set of techniques used to process human language. It provides 33 evidence that computing systems will no longer be limited to responding to simple commands. Machines will increasingly be able to pick out jargon (行话) and even riddles. In attacking the problem of the 34 of human language, computer science is now closing in on what researchers refer to as the "Paris Hilton problem"—the ability, for example, to determine whether an 35 is being made by someone who is trying to reserve a hotel in France, or 36 to pass time surfing the Internet.
Traditionally, economists have argued that while new forms of automation may displace jobs in the short run, over longer periods of time economic growth and job creation have continued to 37 any job-killing technologies. For example, over the past century and a half the 38 from being a largely agrarian (农业的) society to one in which less than 1 percent of the United States labor force is in agriculture is frequently cited as 39 of the economy"s ability to reinvent itself.
That, however, was before machines began to "understand" human language. Rapid progress in natural language processing is beginning to 40 to a new wave of automation that promises to transform areas of the economy that have until now been untouched by technological change.
A. abolish F. evidence K. outpace
B. accelerate G. expenditure L. shift
C. ambiguity H. inquiry M. simply
D. bring I. irrational N. striking
E. dispense J. lead O. unanimously

答案： J[解析] 动词辨析题。空格前为不定式符号to，后为介词to，因此空格处应为动词原形。根据Rapid progress ...

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