Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1)_____ have professional soldi

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问题     Currently, the American armed forces are the largest professional military on the planet. Other (1)_____ have professional soldiers, (2)_____ not as many as the United States. For thousands of years, it was (3)_____ that professional soldiers were superior to (4)_____ timers. But (5)_____ most of history, few nations could (6)_____ an army of professionals, at least not on a permanent basis. It wasn’t (7)_____ the late 20th century that countries began to (8)_____ large, permanent, all-volunteer armed forces that were carefully (9)_____ and trained for combat. Britain was the first, when it phased out conscription in 1962. In 1975, the United States followed (10)_____. For over a century, conscription has been seen (11)_____ the way to remain (12)_____ strong without breaking the bank. But the conscripts did not stay in uniform long enough to get really good at fighting. Britain and American were the first two nations to realize that conscription was so (13)_____ that the voters would pay extra to (14)_____ a professional force. Within a decade, an army of professionals begins to pay (15)_____. The professionals are not only more (16)_____ on the battlefield, but are also, if carefully (17)_____ (for education and aptitude) more likely to constantly develop better ways to (18)_____ This produces a tremendous battlefield (19)_____ It doesn’t make you (20)_____, but it does make you very difficult to defeat.

选项 A、notified
B、provoked
C、selected
D、manifested

答案C

解析 选项"selected"(选择,挑选)与其前后的部分结合在一起构成一个完整的条件状语从句,即:if (the professionals are)carefully selected for education and aptitude(如果职业军人根据教育与能力的标准经过认真地挑选)。原文括号中的"for education and aptitude"(就教育和能力)暗示了本题应该选择"selected",因为"教育和能力"是"选拔"(select)人才的一般标准。在解题时要注意深入理解原文的内容,以便做出合理且迅速的推断。
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