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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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- A shallow
- B valid
- C legal
- D neutral
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格前後出現的詞彙：Sensationalism（煽情）、drama（戲劇化）以及 frivolity（輕浮）。如果這些詞彙都在描述一種「不嚴肅、不深入」的媒體現象，且最終導致人們難以理解「複雜（complexities）」的真相，那麼你會如何形容這種缺乏深度、只看表面的論點性質呢？
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✨ 太棒了！你觀察入微，理解得很透徹！
- 概念溫習： 你很棒喔！這題你完美地掌握了上下文語意的一致性這個重要觀念。文章中提到媒體充斥著「煽情主義」、「戲劇化」和「輕浮瑣碎」，這些都暗示著內容缺乏深度，會讓讀者難以理解「世界的複雜性」。因此，選擇 (A) shallow（膚淺的） 來形容那些缺乏深度、只停留在表面的討論，真的是最精準、最符合語境的選擇呢！
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