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In the past decade, new scientific developments in communications have changed the way many people gather information about poli

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问题     In the past decade, new scientific developments in communications have changed the way many people gather information about politics. The most important of these new【C1】______is the Internet. Recent research suggests the use of the Internet for political information increases the【C2】______of participation.
    While a(n) 【C3】______relationship between Internet news and political participation has been found, a theoretical link as to why the Internet is【C4】______from other media forms is largely【C5】______. This research is an attempt to【C6】______the "black-box" linking the Internet and political participation by building on two theoretical【C7】______. The first, surge and decline theory, comes out of political science and the second, media systems dependency theory,【C8】______from communications. Both explanations focus on individual costs and benefits of political participation. The media can【C9】______the "costs" by providing sufficient information to make【C10】______decisions about voting. Previous research【C11】______that the Internet benefits the public through the cost side of the equation. One of the media’s greatest【C12】______is information and the public【C13】______on media to provide them with the information they need.【C14】______the Internet is capable of providing information【C15】______, and from a multitude of sources, one would expect it to【C16】______political action through lowering the cost of information.
    Besides lowering participation costs, the media can【C17】______increase the benefits of participation. Intense media【C18】______of an event such as an election can【C19】______excitement that increases the perceived "benefit" of participating. The Internet may encourage a unique participation benefit【C20】______increased mobilization efforts.
【C6】
选项 A、unpack
B、unroll
C、untie
D、unfold
答案D
解析 unpack打开包裹；从包中取出；unroll铺开，展开；untie解开，松开；unfold打开，呈现。四个选项都是动词，因后面的宾语是“black-box”即黑匣子，可推断出此处表示的意思是“打开，揭开”，这句话的意思是“这项因试图揭开连结互联网与政治参与的‘黑匣子’而进行的研究是建立在两种理论方法上的”。故选D。
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