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We are witnessing diminishing faith in institutions of all kinds. People don’t trust the government. They don’t trust banks and
We are witnessing diminishing faith in institutions of all kinds. People don’t trust the government. They don’t trust banks and
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2018-06-06
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问题
We are witnessing diminishing faith in institutions of all kinds. People don’t trust the government. They don’t trust banks and other corporations.
At the same time, we are 【C1】______ a period of profound technological change. 【C2】______ the rise of bio-engineering, networked devices, space exploration, and machine learning, the mobile internet is recontextualizing how we 【C3】______ one another, dramatically changing the way people seek and share information, and 【C4】______ how we express our will as citizens in a democratic society.
But trust is a 【C5】______ for democratic governance. And now, many are growing 【C6】______ with democracy itself. That’s why we asked more than two dozen people 【C7】______ think deeply about the intersection of technology and civics to 【C8】______ two questions:
Is technology hurting democracy? And can technology help save democracy?
We received an(a) 【C9】______ response. They are 【C10】______ many aspects and put a spotlight 【C11】______ particular on correcting institutional failures that have contributed most to inequality of access 【C12】______ to ideological divisiveness and the spread of misinformation. They also offer concrete solutions for 【C13】______ citizens, corporations, and governmental bodies can improve the free flow of reliable information, pull one another 【C14】______ ever-deepening partisan echo chambers, and 【C15】______ the integrity of the voting process itself. 【C16】______ the unanimous sense of urgency, the authors of these essays are cautiously optimistic, too. Everyone who participated in this series believes there is hope yet—for democracy, and 【C17】______ the institutions that support it. They also believe that technology can help, 【C18】______ it will take time and money. Democracy can still 【C19】______ in this uncertain age, but not without 【C20】______ and immediate action from the people who believe it is worth protecting.
【C15】
选项
A、set up
B、shore up
C、take up
D、make up
答案
B
解析
词组辨析题。根据上文可知人们对民主缺乏信任,并提出了很多建议,根据the integrity of the voting process,可推测人们建议要完善投票过程,四个选项分别为:A项set up“建立”,B项shore up“支持、加固”,C项take up“开始从事”,D项make up“弥补”,根据语境本题应选择B项shore up,意为“为建立完善的投票过程提供支持”。
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考研英语一
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