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  3. The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an inter

The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an inter

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问题     The great chariot of society, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an internal combustion engine. Transactions and gain 【51】 a new and startling 【52】 force.
    What forces could have been 【53】 powerful to smash a comfortable and 【54】 world and institute in its place this new society? There was no single massive 【55】 . It was not great events, single adventures, individual laws, or charming 【56】 which 【57】 about the economic revolution. It was a process of internal growth.
    First, there was the gradual emergence of national political 【58】in Europe. A second great current of change was to be found in the slow decay of the religious spirit under the 【59】 of the skeptical, inquiring, humanist views of the Italian Renaissance. Still another 【60】 current lies in the slow social changes that eventually rendered the market system possible. In the course of this change, power naturally began to gravitate into the hands of those who understood money matters--the merchants.
选项 A、fostered
B、fumed
C、established
D、updated
答案C
解析 “established已建立的，已设立的”。根据文章一致性的原则，该词与上文的“tradition”形成一种照应。而A选项“fostered收养的，养育的”，B选项“fumed发出的，冒出(烟、汽等)的”，D选项“updated更新，使不过时；使现代化”均不符合题意。
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