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中国考博辅导首选学校 福州大学考博英语模拟真题及其解析 Section Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark A, B, C orD onANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) One of the basic characteristics of capitalism is the private ownership of themajor means of production capital.The ownership of largeamounts of capital canbring 1profits, aswell as economicand political power. Some recent theorists, 2 , have argued that our society has moved to a new stage of 3 that they call “post Geng duo yuan xiao wan zheng kao bo ying yu zhen ti ji qi jie xi qing lian xi quan guo mian fei zi xun dian hua: si ling ling liu liu ba liu jiu qi ba ,huo jia zi xun qq: qi qi er liu qi ba wu san qi industrial” society.One importantchange insucha society isthat theownership of4amountsofcapitalisnolongertheonlyoreventhemost important 5 of profits and influence; knowledge as well as 6 capital brings profits and influence. There aremany 7with the thesisabove,not the leastof8 isthat wealthy capitalists canbuy the experts and knowledge they needed to keep their profits and influence.But this does not 9 the importance of knowledge inan advanced industrialsociety,as the 10of somenew industrial indicates. 11, genetic engineering and the new computer technologyhave 12manynewfirmsandmade somescientistsquiterich. In13with criticism of the post industrial society thesis, however, 中国考博辅导首选学校 it must also be 14 that those already in control of huge amounts of capital (i.e.,major corporations) soon 15 to take most profits in these industries based on new knowledge. Moving down from the level of wealth and power, we still find knowledge increasingly 16.Many new high-tech jobsarebeing created at the upper-middle-class level, but even more new jobs are being created in the low-skill, low-paying service 17. Something like a caste line is