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  3. 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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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.
【C9】
选项 A、objective
B、generous
C、overwhelming
D、negative
答案C
解析 语义辨析题。根据下文的各种反馈以及many aspects，they also offer...．等词可知，大家的反馈结果是非常多的，因此C项overwhelming“势不可挡的"一词形象生动地体现出大家的response之多。其他选项均不合题意。
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