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Modern____perhaps causes more problems than it solves.

A、technique
B、technology
C、tactics
D、tendency
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B

答案解析:

「句意」现代技术所引发的问题也许比它所能解决的要多。

「难点」technique意为“技法;具体的技术”;technology意为“工业技术“;tactics意为”战术,兵法,策略“;tendency意为”倾向“。

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