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完形填空One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign(竞选)finance reform(改革). The people who are1for reform usually want the2to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates(候选人)and their3can spend.One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to4for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort5money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must6so many money raising events.Another7is the fear that candidates will be owned or8by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the9.On the10side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really11just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is12if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.If one person or a group of people want to tell the13what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy14on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of15.Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of16or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control17discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make18.What do you think about this19? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates20the most sense to you?1.A.waitingB.callingC.standingD.preparing2.A.governmentB.presidentC.candidatesD.citizens3.A.leadersB.bossesC.supportersD.states4.A.payB.peteC.waitD.work5.A.raisingB.earningC.givingD.getting6.A.noticeB.reportC.guardD.attend7.A.eventB.costC.reasonD.office8.A.encouragedB.forcedC.controlledD.ordered9.A.jokeB.purposeC.caseD.example10.A.otherB.sameC.anotherD.different11.A.worseB.betterC.easierD.harder12.A.meaninglessB.unimportantC.unnecessaryD.impossible13.A.reportersB.truthC.storyD.public14.A.timeB.copiesC.rightsD.advertising15.A.energyB.effortC.timeD.money16.A.argumentB.opinionC.speechD.election17.A.monB.politicalC.generalD.special18.A.profitB.troubleC.plansD.decisions19.A.quarrelB.problemC.issueD.affair20.A.findB.makeC.createD.produce