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Which of the following best fits in the blanks (A), (B) and (C)?
Modern online disinformation exploits the attention-driven business model that powers most of the internet as we currently know it. Platforms like Google and Facebook make (A)________ amounts of money grabbing and capturing our attention so they can show us paid advertisements. That attention is gamed using algorithms that measure what content we engage with and automatically show us more content like it. The problem, of course, emerges when these algorithms automatically recommend and (B)________ our worst tendencies. As humans, we evolved to respond more strongly to negative stimuli than positive ones. These algorithms detect that and (C)________ it, selecting content that sends us down increasingly negative rabbit holes.

staggering / - / abridge / - / underestimate

astounding / - / compress / - / enunciate

staggering / - / amplify / - / reinforce

astounding / - / enlarge / - / revamp

awesome / - / compress / - / underpin

빈칸에 알맞은 조합은 “staggering”(엄청난), “amplify”(증폭하다), “reinforce”(강화하다)이다.
(A)는 플랫폼이 버는 막대한 돈이고, (B)는 “recommend”와 나란히 “our worst tendencies”를 키운다는 뜻이다. (C)는 부정적 자극에 끌리는 성향을 감지해 강화하고 “increasingly negative rabbit holes”로 이끈다는 뜻이다.
“staggering / abridge / underestimate”: “abridge”(축약하다)와 “underestimate”(과소평가하다)는 강화의 흐름과 반대이다.
“astounding / compress / enunciate”: “compress”(압축하다)와 “enunciate”(또렷이 말하다)가 (B)·(C)에 맞지 않는다.
“astounding / enlarge / revamp”: “revamp”(개조하다)는 성향을 강화한다는 (C)의 뜻이 아니다.
“awesome / compress / underpin”: “compress”가 (B)의 증폭과 반대이다.