Question

大学英语完形填空 Finally, it has provided.....求大神帮忙解答！

Finally, it has provided the means for the United states to be a world power on a scale that has not been( 1. )before, using its power for influence, (2.) conquest
(1) A.known B. met 正确答案是A.为什么不填met
(2)A.not B.rather 正确答案是A 为什么不填rather

Answer 1

(1)that has not been known before,修饰前面的means(方法)，意思是这种之前不知道的方法，met表示遇到的意思，相比之下用known更合适。
（2）用rather要用rather than的固定搭配，此处没有，只能用not，选A

Answer 2

你提问的时候能不能每个单词隔开呢，根本看不起来