Question

One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign(競選)finance reform(改革). The people who are1for reform usually want the2to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates(候選人)and their3can spend.
One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to4for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort5money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must6so many money raising events.
Another7is the fear that candidates will be owned or8by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the9.
On the10side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really11just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is12if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.
If one person or a group of people want to tell the13what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy14on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of15.
Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of16or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control17discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make18.
What do you think about this19? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates20the most sense to you?

1. 1.
   1. A.
      waiting
   2. B.
      calling
   3. C.
      standing
   4. D.
      preparing
2. 2.
   1. A.
      government
   2. B.
      president
   3. C.
      candidates
   4. D.
      citizens
3. 3.
   1. A.
      leaders
   2. B.
      bosses
   3. C.
      supporters
   4. D.
      states
4. 4.
   1. A.
      pay
   2. B.
      compete
   3. C.
      wait
   4. D.
      work
5. 5.
   1. A.
      raising
   2. B.
      earning
   3. C.
      giving
   4. D.
      getting
6. 6.
   1. A.
      notice
   2. B.
      report
   3. C.
      guard
   4. D.
      attend
7. 7.
   1. A.
      event
   2. B.
      cost
   3. C.
      reason
   4. D.
      office
8. 8.
   1. A.
      encouraged
   2. B.
      forced
   3. C.
      controlled
   4. D.
      ordered
9. 9.
   1. A.
      joke
   2. B.
      purpose
   3. C.
      case
   4. D.
      example
10. 10.
    1. A.
       other
    2. B.
       same
    3. C.
       another
    4. D.
       different
11. 11.
    1. A.
       worse
    2. B.
       better
    3. C.
       easier
    4. D.
       harder
12. 12.
    1. A.
       meaningless
    2. B.
       unimportant
    3. C.
       unnecessary
    4. D.
       impossible
13. 13.
    1. A.
       reporters
    2. B.
       truth
    3. C.
       story
    4. D.
       public
14. 14.
    1. A.
       time
    2. B.
       copies
    3. C.
       rights
    4. D.
       advertising
15. 15.
    1. A.
       energy
    2. B.
       effort
    3. C.
       time
    4. D.
       money
16. 16.
    1. A.
       argument
    2. B.
       opinion
    3. C.
       speech
    4. D.
       election
17. 17.
    1. A.
       common
    2. B.
       political
    3. C.
       general
    4. D.
       special
18. 18.
    1. A.
       profit
    2. B.
       trouble
    3. C.
       plans
    4. D.
       decisions
19. 19.
    1. A.
       quarrel
    2. B.
       problem
    3. C.
       issue
    4. D.
       affair
20. 20.
    1. A.
       find
    2. B.
       make
    3. C.
       create
    4. D.
       produce

Answer 1

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36 根據(jù)第二段第一句話可得知答案。call for號召。
37 根據(jù)下文支持改革和持反對意見的人的觀點(diǎn)及其原因可知答案。
38 根據(jù)常識可知，西方國家每次競選，候選人及其支持者都會花大量的錢進(jìn)行宣傳。
39 候選人及其支持者花費(fèi)如此多的錢就是為了競爭政府的某個職位。
40  raise money募集資金。競選者要競選成功，得需要大量的資金用于宣傳。因此競選之前要想方設(shè)法募集資金。根據(jù)后一句中的money raising events也可得知答案。
41 候選人在募集資金的過程中會出現(xiàn)很多問題，出現(xiàn)問題政府工作人員就要進(jìn)行協(xié)調(diào)，他們可能因?yàn)榻鉀Q這些問題而無暇顧及自己的主要工作。attend此處為負(fù)責(zé)，處理。
42 上文提到了改革的一個原因，本段是解釋另一個原因。
43  own與control同義，控制。
44  case情況。本段解釋的是一些人主張改革的原因，是擔(dān)心候選人因?yàn)殄X而受到某個組織的控制。他們之所以擔(dān)心是因?yàn)橛袝r候情況就是這樣。
45 上文所列舉的是一些人主張改革的原因。本句起承上啟下的作用，引出站在另一方立場上的人的觀點(diǎn)及其原因。
46 本句句意為：你稱呼某些東西為改革，而改革未必就是好的。
47 如果政府能限制人對外界進(jìn)行宣傳，那么人的言論自由權(quán)就變的名存實(shí)亡，毫無意義了。
48 聯(lián)系上文及常識可知，如果要想競選成功，候選人或某個組織必須對公眾進(jìn)行宣傳，獲得群眾的支持和選票。
49 結(jié)合句意及常識可知，要想宣傳自己的觀點(diǎn)或看法，必須在媒體上大肆宣傳，而宣傳的主要途徑就是廣告。
50 要想在媒體上宣傳，必須做大量的廣告，而廣告勢必需要大量的資金做后盾。
51 根據(jù)第四段最后一句話可得知答案。
52 本篇介紹的是關(guān)于候選人所用獎金的改革問題，都是關(guān)于政治方面的問題。反對人士認(rèn)為政府不能限制人的言論自由，不能限制人們在政治方面的談?wù)撟杂伞?br>53 本句與上一句為遞進(jìn)關(guān)系。意為：政府更不能干涉人們決定贊成哪位候選人。
54 本句為本段的總結(jié)句，與第一段首句相對應(yīng)。
55  make sense有意義，有道理。