Theword"eccentric"inthesecondpar
问题：
[单选,材料题]Theword"eccentric"inthesecondparagraphmostprobablymeans__________根据以下材料回答下面的题目：
AcademicMobility
Scholarsandstudentshavealwaysbeengreattravelers."Academicmobility"isnowoftenstatedasafundamentalnecessityforeconomicandsocialprogressintheworld,butitiscertainlynothingnew.Seriousstudentswerealwaysreadytogoabroadinsearchofthemoststimulatingteachersandthemostfamousacademies;insearchofthepurestphilosophy,themosteffectivemedicine,thelikeliestroadtogold.
Mobilityofthiskindmeansalsomobilityofideas,theirtransferenceacrossfrontiers,theirsimultaneousimpactuponmanygroupsofpeople.Thepointoflearningistoshareit,whetherwithstudentsorwithcolleagues;onepresumesthatonlyeccentricshaveaninterestinbeingcreditedwithastartlingdiscovery,oranewtechnique.Itmustalsohavebeenreassuredtoknowthatotherpeopleinotherpartsoftheworldwereabouttomakethesamediscoveryorwerethinkingalongthesamelines,andthatonewasnotquitealone,confrontedbyinquisition,ridiculeorneglect.
Inthetwentiethcentury,andparticularlyinthelasttwentyyears,theoldfootpathsofthewanderingscholarshavebecomevasthighways.Thevehiclewhichhasmadethispossiblehasofcoursebeentheaeroplane,makingcontactbetweenscholarseveninmostdistantplacesimmediatelyfeasible,andprovidingfortheveryrapidtransmissionofknowledge.Apartfromthevehicleitself,itisfairlyeasytoidentifythemainfactorswhichhavebroughtabouttherecentexplosioninacademicmovement.Someofthesearepurelyquantitativeandrequirenofurthermention:therearefarmorecentersofleaming,andafargreaternumberofscholarsandstudents.
Inaddition,onemustrecognizetheveryconsiderablemultiplicationofdisciplines,particularlyinthesciences,whichbywideningthetotalareaofadvancedstudieshasproducedanenormousnumberofspecialistswhoseparticularinterestsalepreciselydefined.Thesepeoplewouldworkinsomeisolationiftheywerenotabletokeepintouchwithsimilarisolatedgroupsinothercountries.
Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat"academicmobility"__________
A.aratherstrangeperson
B.apersonofnoexceptionalability
C.anambitionsperson
D.peculiarorunusual
参考答案：A
参考解析：
【解析】词义推断题，“eccentric”出现的句子和上一句形成对比，通过比较，排除B、C选项，而D选项中的词为形容词，与“eccentric”在句中为名词不符，故确定答案为A。
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