【C1】______ with money, and then more money, in order to buy the convenience

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问题【C1】______ with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modem life, has 【C2】______ . great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing.
Offices, shops, and factories are discovering the greater【C3】______ of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all【C4】______ of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output.【C5】______ , the "typical" Frenchman produces more, earns more and buys more【C6】______ goods than his【C7】______ of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and【C8】______ of life. What he loses【C9】______ is his sense of personal【C10】______ , or individuality.
Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world【C11】______ of the technological society and its commercial products. Since the late 1950s life in France has indeed 【C12】______ qualities of rush, tension and the【C13】______ of material gain. The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is【C15】______ by the triumph of this competitive, good-oriented culture. 【C14】______ , they have reacted【C16】______ the trend with considerable violence.
【C17】______ the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to 【C18】______ France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more【C19】______ , convenience and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is【C20】______ to the old. [br] 【C7】

选项 A、opposite
B、rival
C、partner
D、counterpart

答案 D

解析考查词义辨析。counterpart是指“(完全)相对应的人或物”。而opposite是指“对立的人或物”，rival指“对手”，partner指“伙伴”，都不符合上下文。

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