During the 1980s, unemployment (失业人数) and underemployment (不充分就业) in some countries was so high as 90 per cent. Some countries did not 【B1】 enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not 【B2】 . Many of these countries looked 【B3】 the industrial processes of the developed nations for solution. 【B4】 , problems cannot always be solved by 【B5】 the industrialized nations. Industry in the developed nations is highly automated and very 【B6】 . It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial 【B7】 , and highly skilled workers are needed to 【B8】 and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained, 【B9】 many nations do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the 【B10】 of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to receive vocational and 【B11】 training. 【B12】 , just to begin training, the students must 【B13】 learn English, French, Germans, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and 【B14】 do not return home. All nations agree that science and technology should be shared. The point is: countries 【B15】 the industrial processes of the developed nations need to look carefully 【B16】 the costs, be cause ninny of these costs are 【B17】 Students from these nations should 【B18】 the problems of the industrialized countries closely. 【B19】 care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, 【B20】 the benefits.
A.adopting
B.conducting
C.adapting
D.adjusting
参考答案:A
解析:语义衔接题。所填词后面再次出现industrial processes,这个短语首次出现在第一段最后一句。第三段第二句的countries就是第一段最后一句的Many of these countries,即那些失业率很高的国家,因此所填词和71题的copying一样,也和look to 形成了暂时的同义关系。只有选项[A]adopting最符合这种同义关系。