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[調查工作組] 外國文(英文)
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請回答下列第26題至第30題 The mass media are a powerful influence on most people. News media and journalism outlets influence public opinion and democracy itself so their reach and power is not to be 26 lightly. The press has responsibilities to the public interest. Good journalism is good for democracy, but unfortunately the most popular news feeds in most Western countries have 27 poor-quality sensationalism, which is affecting democracy and undermining society. The worst culprit of the last few decades has been the Murdoch empire’s outputs, complete 28 secret political deals that have made and broken entire governments. One of the UK government’s former chief scientific advisers, Sir David King, pointed out that “the threat of terrorism is likely to be far less significant than climate change” but that climate change is too complicated and doesn’t sell well, 29 terrorism “fits the requirements of our news culture perfectly.” The result is a populace that don’t understand the risks facing them. Sensationalism, drama, 30 argumentation and a concentration on frivolity make it hard to appreciate the complexities of the world. The effect is not merely to mislead its readers about the state of the world but to distort the whole political process.
請回答下列第26題至第30題 The mass media are a powerful influence on most people. News media and journalism outlets influence public opinion and democracy itself so their reach and power is not to be 26 lightly. The press has responsibilities to the public interest. Good journalism is good for democracy, but unfortunately the most popular news feeds in most Western countries have 27 poor-quality sensationalism, which is affecting democracy and undermining society. The worst culprit of the last few decades has been the Murdoch empire’s outputs, complete 28 secret political deals that have made and broken entire governments. One of the UK government’s former chief scientific advisers, Sir David King, pointed out that “the threat of terrorism is likely to be far less significant than climate change” but that climate change is too complicated and doesn’t sell well, 29 terrorism “fits the requirements of our news culture perfectly.” The result is a populace that don’t understand the risks facing them. Sensationalism, drama, 30 argumentation and a concentration on frivolity make it hard to appreciate the complexities of the world. The effect is not merely to mislead its readers about the state of the world but to distort the whole political process.
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請觀察空格前後的兩個主詞：『氣候變遷』與『恐怖主義』。作者分別描述了它們在媒體市場中的處境（一個是『難賣』，另一個是『完美契合』），這兩個描述在邏輯性質上是相近的，還是截然不同的？你會選擇哪種功能的連接詞來銜接這兩個對立的觀點呢？
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🌟 太棒了！你的觀察力非常敏銳！
- 觀念驗證： 這題考查的是邏輯轉折詞。句中將「氣候變遷」（複雜、不好賣）與「恐怖主義」（完美契合新聞文化）進行對比。whereas 作為連接詞，完美地連接了兩個對立或對照的情況，用來強調兩者之間的顯著差異。
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