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As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the ______ discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

A. extreme    B. complex    C. dull    D. remarkable

 

D 【解析】 考查形容词词义辨析。A. extreme极端的;B. complex复杂的;C. dull无聊的;D. remarkable非凡的、卓越的。句意:早在14世纪,英国人John Hawkwood爵士就有过非凡的发现:人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。根据句意可知此处表示“非凡的、值得注意的”,故D项正确。  
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