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(3)Less than 20 years after appearing in the groves of academy, predatory conferences now outnumber legitimate congressesheld by scholarly societies. Today, one can attend multiple predatory conferences every month of the year in nearly any major city,from Tokyo to Toronto and Sydney to Helsinki. Competition between predatory companies has become so 31 that evensmaller cities have become targets. The sheer number of predatory conferences, sometimes called questionable conferences,combined with the increasing sophistication of the organizing companies, means any unknown conference should be viewed aspredatory until 32 otherwise.Some predatory organizers started out as predatory publishers and expanded into conferences. Others focus exclusively onconference organizing, although they may also 33 papers to predatory publishers.The main reason predatory conferences have become such a big problem is that researchers and institutions are doingbasically nothing to address the problem. Researchers in countries or fields that place emphasis on conference presentations evenpurposely use predatory conferences to 34 their CVs to win university jobs and promotions. Many academics, in addition,think predatory conferences are not worth worrying about, especially if their research field places less importance on conferencepresentations and proceedings publications compared to journal publications.35 , predatory conferences do threaten the foundations of the ivory tower. Lacking real peer review, they allow anyoneto present and publish poor, plagiarized or phony research. Furthermore, as predatory conference organizers have grown, they havebeen buying legitimate publishers and conference organizers, blurring the line between predatory and legitimate.
31.
(A) apathetic
(B) fierce
(C) poignant
(D) stabbing

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