Questions 1-2 are based on the following.

We have heard a good deal in recent years about the declining importance of the two major political parties. It is the mass media, we are told, that decide the outcome of elections, not the power of the parties. But it is worth noting that no independent or third-party candidate has won any important election in recent years, and in the last nationwide campaign, the two major parties raised and spent more money than ever before in support of their candidates and platforms. It seems clear that reports of the imminent demise of the two-party system are premature at best.

原文的no independent or third-party candidate has won any important

election in recent years

答案c就是再重复一遍这句话

有人说两党制会玩完，

哦，作者就说不是这样的，是吧啦吧啦吧啦

要命的是：最后一句话 reports of the imminent demise of the two-party system are premature at best偶看不明白。有一个关键生词，demise，所以，心中惴惴不安，不知这句话倒底起什么作用，它前的It seems clear that会不会说明它是一个结论，……

所以，只能放弃最后一句话来做题；但心中又老想最后一句话，于是就会障碍思维，难免出错。做对了，也是猜测出来的。

最郁闷~~~

最后一句话是结论, 说这种理论是不正确的, "媒体决定了大选的结果"

答案A, B,C是不相关因素, 答案 E 是起到了削弱作用, 说两党大选的结果是由第三

党决定的,

只有D说明了, 大选的结果是有两党自己的AFFILIATION 决定, 而并非由他因决定的

e应该是不对的

错在前面有两个莫名其妙的修饰词 the outcome of several statewide elections

而原文要说明的问题应该是有更广的范围，不应该仅仅是这几次选举

个人认为"reports of the imminent demise of the two-party system are

premature at best"是说：那些关于两党制就要消亡的结论未免下得过早了一点。

愚见，请拍砖。