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The United States became a rich industrial nation toward the end of the 1800s. There were more goods, more services, more jobs,

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问题     The United States became a rich industrial nation toward the end of the 1800s. There were more goods, more services, more jobs, and a higher【S1】______of living. There was more of everything, including problems. ’One problem was monopoly(垄断)-- that is, be the only seller of a certain line of【S2】______or a service. In some cases, several companies that manufactured the same product would agree not to【S3】______with one another. They would all agree to charge the same price. These arrangements made it impossible for【S4】______to shop around for lower prices for certain products.
    Some people decided that【S5】______corporations had too much power and controlled too many markets. Because of their wealth and power, they could see to it that governments passed laws【S6】______to them. Many people believed that monopoly and price fixing were bad for customers and bad for the country so that they should be broken up.
【S7】______, the national government and some states passed laws that placed limits on corporations and big companies. These laws made it illegal for companies to make agreements to charge only a certain price. Later on the【S8】______government forced monopoly to be broken up. Such laws and government actions didn’t【S9】______do away with monopolies. Nor did they stop the growth of huge corporations. But they did【S10】______that American people had decided that some of the changes that had occurred were harmful.

A)favorable                                                 I)compete
B)finally                                                   J)huge
C)national                                                  K)products
D)entirely                                                  L)standard
E)show                                                      M)look
F)cooperate                                                 N)most
G)customers                                                 O)special
H)anywhere
【S10】
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解析 根据句法分析，我们可以看出该空为一个谓语动词，谓语前面出现了表示强调的助动词did。根据句意：这些法律确实(反映了)美国人民认识到“垄断”导致的某些变化是有害的。综上所说，我们可以确定[E]为该题答案。
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