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A) scrape B) scratch C) explore D) exploited E) consent F) consultant G) bribe H) positively I) exchange J) investigation K) accounting L) undiscovered M) unveiled N) shielded O) negatively In the past several years, many news stories about corporate greed have come to surface. The illegal practices of some executives have (1) impacted our economy. What makes this worse is that these executives seem to have the (2) of some political leaders. Some of the executives even (3) lawmakers. Recently a member of Congress from California was caught demanding gifts from interest groups in (4) for supporting new laws. A few top leaders in the government are under (5) for illegal activities. This doesn't even (6) the surface of the problem. A few years back a company made many purposeful (7) errors to fool investors. Many believe that one reason the problem became so big was that our nation's top leaders (8) the company. By the time the truth was (9) , many innocent people had lost their entire savings. There seems to be more and more companies that (10) the public's trust for their own interests. This calls for laws and strict regulations to put the illegal practice to an end.
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【正确答案】
1、O E G I J B K N M D
【答案解析】此处需要副词，主语“非法勾当”表示这些事对经济的影响是负面的，消极的，故选O项negatively“负面的，消极的”。 从句意判断，这些从事非法勾当的主管们还获得了一些政治领导的…，这使得情况更加糟糕。此处填入名词，故选E项consent“赞同”，官商勾结，使情况更糟糕。 根据句意，这些主管贿赂别人，所以此处选G项bribe“贿赂”。 本句是上句的例子，指加利福尼亚议会的议员向利益集团索要报酬，作为支持新法律的…，此处的名词应是I项exchange“交换”。 此处需要名词。在短语be under…中，需填入名词investigation，意为“正在接受调查”。 此处需要动词，scratch the surface of the problem意为“触及问题的表面”，符合句意。 根据句意，此公司故意制造错误是用来蒙骗投资者的，投资者最关注的当然是以数字表示的投资效益了，故选K项accounting“计算”。 此处需要动词，从文章的意义判断，应选N项shielded“保护”，符合上文“官商勾结”的信息。 此句需要一个过去分词，且该过去分词能与truth“真相”构成合乎逻辑的语义搭配。选M项，unveiled意为“揭开面纱，真相大白”。 此句需要动词，应选D项，exploited意为“利用”。