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.
【C2】

选项 A、Thanks to
B、Instead of
C、Apart from
D、Along with

答案D

解析 词组辨析题。由上文可知,科技正经历着巨大的变革,四个选项的含义分别为:A项Thanks to“多亏了”,B项Instead of“而不是”,C项Apart from“除……之外”,D项Along with “连同……一起”,根据语境可知D项Along with较符合题意,可译为“移动互联网与逐渐兴起的生物工程、网络设备、太空探索以及机器学习一道,正令我们重新构建与他人关联的方式”。
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