2. 外语
  3. Public officials and candidates for public office routinely use public opinion【C1】______ to keep【C2】______ of what the people ar

Public officials and candidates for public office routinely use public opinion【C1】______ to keep【C2】______ of what the people ar

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问题      Public officials and candidates for public office routinely use public opinion【C1】______ to keep【C2】______ of what the people are thinking. An important question is the degree【C3】______ which these polls should guide leaders【C4】______ their actions. There are arguments【C5】______ and against the use of polls as the basis for policy【C6】______ .
     Polls can【C7】______ to effective government by keeping political leaders from getting too far【C8】______ line with the public’s thinking. In a democratic society, the effectiveness of a public policy often depends on the【C9】______ of its public【C10】______ .when a policy is【C11】______ the public’s desires, people may choose to【C12】______ or undermine it, thus making it counterproductive or inefficient.【C13】______ , when government【C14】______ a course of action with which a large proportion of the public disagrees, it【C15】______ a loss of public confidence, which can have a negative effect【C16】______ its ability to lead. The Reagan administration, flying high from 1981 to 1985,【C17】______ was brought low in 1986 by public reaction to news of its secret sales of weapons to Iran. The administration had not paid【C18】______ attention to polls that【C19】______ the deep antagonism Americans still felt toward Iran because the Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime had held three American hostages.
     However, leaders can also do a disservice to the public they represent by using poll results as a【C20】______ for policy judgment. Effective government, as Walter Lippmann wrote, cannot be conducted by legislators and officials who, when a question is presented, ask themselves first and last not what is the truth and which is the right and necessary course.
【C3】
选项 A、with
B、to
C、for
D、in
答案B
解析 to some degree (extent) 意为“在一定程度上”，这里考查定语从句中介词的用法。
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