英語等級考試《PETS四級》試題真題及答案四[問答題]1.Directions:Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayoni（江南博哥）t.Inyouressay,youshould(1)describethepicturebriefly,(2)analyzethissituation,and(3)giveyourcomments.Youshouldwrite160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.正確答案：詳見解析參考解析：【參考范文】LoveisPressureFromthecartoonwecanseethatayoungboyiscrying,pressedbyaheavybagoflotsofbooksonhisback,andalittletreeiscurvedbyaheavyplate,too,ironicallysaying“LooksaftertheTrees.”Whatwecanlearnfromthiscartoonisthatexcessivepressureinmodernsocietygivestoomuchburdenonchildrenandistorturingthemasaheavyplatedotothelittletree.Childrenareunderpressuregivenbyparents,schoolandsociety.Someparentsjustreplacechildren’dreamswiththeirs,ignoringwhattheirkidsreallywant.Someexpecttheirchildrentobecomesuccessfulmeninthefuture.Sotheirchildrenareforcedtolearnmanymorecoursesatanearlyage.Theyalsohavetofacethecompetitionamongschoolkidssothattheycouldsurvivethefiercecompetitioninemploymentmarketinthefuture.However,asanoldsayingsays,“Goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough”.Thelittletreeinthepicturenearlybreaksbecauseoftheheavyboardmeaningprotectingitnominally.Childrenareinthesamecase.Loveispressureforthemiftheloveisexcessive.Therefore,Isuggestparentsreleasesomepressurefromtheirchildrenandgivetheirchildrensomesparetimetodowhattheywanttodo.Onlyinthiswaycantheyinvestmoreenergyinstudyandstudymoreefficiently.【范文點評】寫此類文章關鍵在于領悟圖片的深層含義。本文條理清晰，內容充實。第一段對圖片進行客觀描述；第二段分析圖片所影射的社會現(xiàn)象，現(xiàn)在的孩子承擔了太多以愛的名義施加的壓力，明確中心；第三段表達出你自己對該社會現(xiàn)象的看法并提出合理化的建議?！鹃W光詞匯】curved彎曲的nominally名義上地forcesb.todosth.強迫某人做某事Goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough.過猶不及共享題干題Inthepastdecade,newscientificdevelopmentsincommunicationshavechangedthewaymanypeoplegatherinformationaboutpolitics.Themostimportantofthesenew(21)______istheInternet.RecentresearchsuggeststheuseoftheInternetforpoliticalinformationincreasesthe(22)______ofparticipation.Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]1.______.A.technologiesB.materialsC.conceptsD.devices正確答案：A參考解析：technology技術；material資料；concept概念；device裝置。根據(jù)空后的Internet和文章第一句中提到的“通訊交流方面新的科學發(fā)展”可推斷出，該句表達的是在這些新技術中，最重要的就是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的發(fā)展，而不是裝置、資料或者概念之類的，故答案為A項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]2.______.A.practicabilityB.feasibilityC.probabilityD.stability正確答案：C參考解析：practicability實用性，可行性；feasibility可行性，可能性；probability可能性；stability穩(wěn)定性。feasibility和probability都有“可能性”的意思，但有一定區(qū)別，feasibility強調事情最終能夠做到，完成或者取得成功，而原文中并沒有特別強調是否能成功完成，只是強調可能性的存在，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)在政治信息方面的應用增加了政治參與，故答案為C項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]3.______.A.criticalB.analyticalC.empiricalD.technical正確答案：D參考解析：critical批評的；analytical分析的；empirical經(jīng)驗的；technical技術的。文章第一句提到“通訊交流方面新的科學發(fā)展已經(jīng)改變了許多人獲得政治方面信息的方式”，由此可知，此處表達的是網(wǎng)絡新聞和政治參與這兩者在技術方面的關系，故答案為D項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]4.______.A.specificB.uniqueC.particularD.peculiar正確答案：C參考解析：specific具體的；unique獨特的；particular特別的；peculiar奇特的。unique，particular和peculiar意思相近，但三者又有一定區(qū)別：unique側重于表達獨一無二，particular側重于表達脫穎而出，peculiar側重于表達奇怪的，奇異的。根據(jù)句意，此處說的是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)絡為什么會從所有的媒體形式中脫穎而出，故答案為C項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]5.______.A.builtB.losingC.missingD.connected正確答案：A參考解析：build建立；lose失??；miss錯過，漏掉；connect連接。由句意“關于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)為什么會從所有的媒體形式中脫穎而出的理論關系也…”可知，與“關系”搭配的動詞只有“建立”符合文意，根據(jù)原文中的主語atheoreticallink與動詞built之間為邏輯上的動賓關系，可知此處需要使用被動語態(tài)，表示被動意義，即build的過去分詞形式built，故答案為A項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]6.______.A.unpackB.unrollC.untieD.unfold正確答案：D參考解析：unpack打開包裹，從包中取出；unroll鋪開，展開；untie解開，松開；unfold打開，呈現(xiàn)。后面接的賓語是blackbox“即黑匣子”，根據(jù)常識，匣子應該是被打開的，可推斷出這句話的意思是“這項因試圖揭開連結互聯(lián)網(wǎng)與政治參與的‘黑匣子’而進行的研究，是建立在兩種理論方法上的”。故答案為D項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]7.______.A.experimentsB.commentsC.approachesD.investigation正確答案：C參考解析：experiments實驗；comments評論；approaches方法，途徑；investigations調查，研究。由下文提到“政治科學的此消彼長理論”“通信交流的媒體系統(tǒng)依賴理論”可推知，此處表達的是這項研究建立在兩種理論方法之上，故答案為C項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]8.______.A.orientatesB.initiatesC.correlatesD.originates正確答案：D參考解析：orientate給……定位；initiate開始；correlate使有相互關系；originate發(fā)源。前文提到“Thefirst…comesoutofpoliticalscience…”，類比可知，此處需要一個能夠表達與“comeoutof”意思相同的詞，originatefrom為固定搭配，表示“發(fā)源于，來自于……”，符合句意“第二種是來源于通信交流的媒體系統(tǒng)依賴理論”，故答案為D項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]9.______.A.alterB.decreaseC.induceD.cover正確答案：B參考解析：alter改變；decrease減少；induce引起；cover覆蓋。第二段最后一句提到鼓勵參與政治活動，可知此處表示的意思是通過降低信息成本的方式，故答案為B項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]10.______.A.informedB.acceptedC.understoodD.diversified正確答案：B參考解析：informed可被告知的；accepted可被接受的；understood可被理解的；diversified多樣的。由空前提到的“媒體通過提供豐富的信息”可推斷出，利用豐富的信息，人們會更了解選舉者的資料，從而保證最終的投票決定可以被人們接受，降低投票決定的溝通成本。故答案為B項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]11.______.A.declaresB.deniesC.promisesD.argues正確答案：D參考解析：declare宣布；deny否認；promise許諾；argue證明?？蘸蠼o出了一個觀點，即網(wǎng)絡可通過減少成本的投入使公眾收益，由此可推斷出，以前的研究是證明了這樣一個觀點，即research與argue搭配，故答案為D項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]12.______.A.databanksB.resourcesC.sourcesD.costs正確答案：B參考解析：databank數(shù)據(jù)庫；resource資源；source來源；cost花費。根據(jù)句意可知本空表達的是“information”是媒體最大的什么，而信息對于媒體來說應該是一種資源，此處選“resource”資源最為合適。信息不單單包含數(shù)據(jù)，所以databank用在此處不合適，故答案為B項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]13.______.A.baseB.actC.relyD.live正確答案：C參考解析：base以……做基礎，act扮演；rely依靠；live經(jīng)歷。句子的主語是公眾，空后指的是媒體提供他們所需要的信息，結合上文理解可知，只有rely符合文意，公眾是依賴這些信息做出投票決定的。relyon依賴；baseon以.……做基礎；acton對……起作用；liveon以食……為生，靠……生存，故答案為C項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationtheyneed.(34)______theInternetiscapableofprovidinginformation(35)______,andfromamultitudeofsources,onewouldexpectitto(36)______politicalactionthroughloweringthecostofin-formation.Besidesloweringparticipationcosts,themediacan(37)______increasethebenefitsofparticipation.Intensemedia(38)______ofaneventsuchasanelectioncan(39)______excitementthatincreasestheperceived“benefit”ofparticipating.TheInternetmayencourageauniqueparticipationbenefit(40)______increasedmobilizationefforts.[單選題]14.______.A.BecauseB.WhileC.IfD.Although正確答案：A參考解析：because因為；while而；if如果；although盡管。由于前后都是完整的句子，所以此處應選擇一個連詞，because表示因果關系，while表示轉折關系，if表示條件關系，although表示讓步關系。主要要分析前后兩句的關系，根據(jù)“網(wǎng)絡可以憑借眾多的資源快捷而方便的提供大量信息”以及“人們希望通過降低信息成本來鼓勵參與政治活動”可知兩者之間是因果關系，故答案為A項。Whilea(n)(23)______relationshipbetweenInternetnewsandpoliticalparticipationhasbeenfound,atheoreticallinkastowhytheInternetis(24)______fromothermediaformsislargely(25)______.Thisresearchisanattemptto(26)______the“black-box”linkingtheInternetandpoliticalparticipationbybuildingontwotheoretical(27)______Thefirst,surgeanddeclinetheory,comesoutofpoliticalscienceandthesecond,mediasystemsdependencytheory,(28)______fromcommunications.Bothexplanationsfocusonindividualcostsandbenefitsofpoliticalparticipation.Themediacan(29)______the“costs”byprovidingsufficientinformationtomake(30)______decisionsaboutvoting.Previousresearch(31)______thattheInternetbenefitsthepublicthroughthecostsideoftheequation.Oneofthemedia’sgreatest(32)______isinformationandthepublic(33)______onmediatoprovidethemwiththein-formationth