The American patent system, provided for in the Constitution, was designed to encourage the creation and use of new technology.

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问题     The American patent system, provided for in the Constitution, was designed to encourage the creation and use of new technology. An inventor would describe the invention, both in writing and with drawings, and【B1】______the description with a model to a government official. If the invention was judged to be【B2】______and beneficial, the official would give the inventor a patent. The patent meant that for 14 years the inventor owned the new invention. Inventors could【B3】______their ideas to manufacturers or just use them themselves. The government would not【B4】______any other patent for the same idea, and the inventor could【B5】______anyone of using the patented idea with - out paying the owner of the patent for【B6】______to use it.
    A useful patent meant that the inventor could make a lot of money. In exchange for this governmental protection, the government published the patent【B7】______, which had to provide enough information so that other people could understand the invention - thus adding to the general【B8】______technological knowledge. And at the end of the 14 years, anyone could use the invention for【B9】______The idea behind the patent system was twofold: it would increase the amount of technology, by providing a way for people to make money out of new ideas, and it would make new technology widely available, by publicizing ideas that might【B10】______be kept as trade secrets.
[A]license[B]however[C]accuse[D]submit[E]convenient
[F]permission[G]enable[H]free[I]specifications[J]yield
[K]issue[L]charge[M]available[N]otherwise[O]original
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解析 句子主谓结构完整,空格处可以填入一个副词。publicizing ideas和定语从句中的be kept as trade secrets之间是对比关系,因此需要填入一个表示转折意义的副词otherwise。otherwise和however都可以表示引导意义的转折,但however常用插入语,其前后需要加逗号,而otherwise不需要。
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