B……  Half of the singers at the festival had already heard the music they were to perform before they began to practice for the festival.

　　C……  Because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival.

　　D……  Each copy of music that was performed at the festival was shared by two singers.

　　E. As a result of publicity generated by its performance at the festival, the type of music performed at the festival became more widely known.

　　Select and indicate one answer choice from among the choices provided.

　　Directions for questions 21 through 23:

　　Each of the following questions includes a short text with two or three blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. You will be asked to select the word or phrase that best fits the corresponding blank in the text.  Fill all of the blanks in the way that best completes the text.

　　Question 21.

　　This question has two blanks.

　　New technologies often begin by BLANK what has gone before, and they change the world later.  Think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam.  Instead, power could be BLANK their processes.  In that sense, many of today's computer networks are still in the steam age.  Their full potential remains unrealized.

　　Now consider the text with the three options inserted in place of each blank.

　　New technologies often begin by (a. uprooting, b. dismissing, c. mimicking) what has gone before, and they change the world later.  Think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam.  Instead, power could be (d. transmitted to, e. consolidated around, f. incorporated into) their processes.  In that sense, many of today's computer networks are still in the steam age.  Their full potential remains unrealized.

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　　Answer Choices in Context:

　　A, D…… uprooting, transmitted to

　　New technologies often begin by uprooting what has gone before, and they change the world later.  Think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam.  Instead, power could be transmitted to their processes.  In that sense, many of today's computer networks are still in the steam age.  Their full potential remains unrealized.

　　A, E…… uprooting,  consolidated around

　　New technologies often begin by uprooting what has gone before, and they change the world later.  Think how long it took power-using companies to recognize that with electricity they did not need to cluster their machinery around the power source, as in the days of steam.  Instead, power could be consolidated around their processes.  In that sense, many of today's computer networks are still in the steam age.  Their full potential remains unrealized.