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  3. Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level pl

Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level pl

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问题     Industrialism, at least within our experience of it for more than 200 years, never【B1】______a point of equilibrium or a level plateau.【B2】______its very principle of operation, it ceaselessly innovates and changes. Having largely【B3】______the agricultural work force, it moves on manufacturing【B4】______by creating new automated technology that increases manufacturing productivity【B5】______displacing workers. Manufacturing, from【B6】______a half or more of the employed population of industrial societies, shrinks to between a quarter and a third. Its place is filled by the service sector.
    The move to a service society is【B7】______by a great expansion in education, health, and other private and public welfare【B8】______. The population typically becomes not just healthier, better housed, and better fed but also better educated. Professional and scientific knowledge becomes the most marketable【B9】______The link between pure science and technology, loose and uncertain in the early【B10】______of industrialization, becomes pivotal.
    Struck by these changes, as【B11】______with the classic forms of industrial society of the 19th and early 20th centuries, some theorists have discerned a【B12】______to a new postmodern or postindustrial society. Such【B13】______may be premature. Most of the changes【B14】______late industrialism can be seen as the results of long-term developments【B15】______in the process ofindustrialization from the start. The rise of service industries has【B16】______in part from the increase in leisure and in disposable wealth and in part from the【B17】______process of mechanization and technical innovation,【B18】______constantly raises manufacturing productivity【B19】______replacing human labour with machines. It can also be seen as the【B20】______of the growth of multinational corporations.
【B17】
选项 A、continuing
B、increasing
C、growing
D、continuous
答案A
解析 本题考查上下文推理。increasing和growing都表示“增加，增长”的意思，在此处不符合句意；contin—uing意为“持续不断的”，常修饰development，growth等词；continuous意为“连续不断的，接连的”，指中间没有间断，如：a continuous line of cars(络绎不绝的车流)。根据句意，答案是A。
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