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.
1. Which of the following is an assumption made in the argument above?
(A) The amount of money raised and spent by a political party is one valid criterion for judging the influence of the party.
(B) A significant increase in the number of third-party candidates would be evidence of a decline in the importance of the two major parties.
(C) The two-party system has contributed significantly to the stability of the American political structure.
(D) The mass media tend to favor an independent or third-party candidate over a candidate from one of the two major parties.
(E) The mass media are relatively unimportant in deciding the outcome of most elections.
如果B改成A significant increase in the number of third-party that won elections would be evidence of a decline in the importance of the two major parties.
是不是就对了。。。。作者: nymphl 时间: 2010-10-14 21:30
我觉得这个题是不是要从主旨句来考虑啊。。。自己选了两次都选错了，一次选了D，一次选了E。。。而且觉得从行文逻辑上来讲这两个都是讲的通的。第二句话说明了有一种观点认为mass media可以左右选举结果，第三句的But it is worth noting否定了上文左右选举的说法，因为还没有一个third pary当选过，这个就暗示了作者假设mass media是favor third party了吧，同时我们也可以得出结论，mass media左右选举结果能力十分有限，所以如果D对的话E肯定也对。
