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In capital societies, the major means of production capital is privately own

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问题     In capital societies, the major means of production capital is privately owned. The ownership of large amounts of capital can bring extensive profits,【C1】______ economic and political power. Some recent theorists,【C2】______, have argued that our society has moved to a new stage of【C3】______that they call " post industrial" society. One important change in such a society is that the ownership of significant amounts of capital is【C4】______ the only or even the most important【C5】_____ of profits and influence; knowledge as well as【C6】______capital brings profits and influence.
    The above thesis has many problems, not the【C7】______ of which is that wealthy capitalists can buy the experts and knowledge they needed. But this does not 【C8】______ the importance of knowledge in an advanced industrial society, as the emergence of some new industries 【C9】______. For example, genetic 【C10】______ and the new computer technology have created many new firms and made some scientists quite rich. 【C11】______ criticism of the post industrial society thesis, however, it must also be recognized that those already 【C12】______of huge amounts of capital soon【C13】______ to take most profits in these industries【C14】______new knowledge.
    Many new high-tech jobs are being created at the upper-middle-class level, but even more new jobs are being created in the low-skill, low-paying service industries. Something like a rank line is 【C15】______ centered around knowledge. Individuals who【C16】______in the pursuit of knowledge at a young age will find it almost impossible to catch up later, 【C17】______hard they try.【C18】______ in the English language has been a severe handicap for many years in the United States, but we are also moving【C19】______ when computer illiteracy will hinder many more people and【C20】______ them to a life of low-skill and low-paid labor. [br] 【C16】
选项 A、keep ahead
B、fall behind
C、move forward
D、hold off
答案 B
解析 语义衔接题。由于本句后半句提到“impossible to catch up later”，显然这里应填入catch up的反义词组，所以[B]fall behind是答案。
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