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Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical li
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical li
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2023-11-09
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Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed (1)_____ increasingly cash-rich Asia’s belief (2)_____ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beast’s(3)_____ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it is(4)_____ our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The world’s thinkers are now also a gravely(5)_____ species. And yet,(6)_____ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not(7)_____ the most hasty plan in place to protect them.
Once thinkers were(8)______, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also(9)_____ disappeared. No one under 40 can be(10)_____ to remember the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once(11)_____ our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams,(12)_____ it never were.
Today, all our universities are(13)_____ book-balancing business schools or results-driven scientific research centres,(14)_____ students as customers who(15)_____ to see an investment return in the form of increased living(16)_____ and higher salaries in exchange for spending their student loans, and funded by patrons and public bodies wanting to see practical results.(17)_____you joined a university to service the global advancement of ideas. Now you employ it to make you more employable. We are unconvinced as to the actual practical value of rhinos, but we have a(18)_____ that it reflects badly on us(19)_____ these things are allowed to disappear on our watch. The(20)_____ is true of thinkers. [br] (10)
选项
A、recalled
B、expected
C、promised
D、urged
答案
B
解析
从上下文来判断,纯粹的思想现在已经不存在了,因而别指望一个40岁以下的人会记得它。be expected to意为“被指望做……”,选B。recall“回忆”,与remember重复;promise“承诺”;urge“催促”。
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