四六级考试

【单选题】 According to the passage, as compared with televised speeches, traditional political discourse was more successful at ______.
A．allowing news coverage of political candidates
B．making politics seem more intimate to the citizen
C．placing political issues within a historical context
D．providing detailed information on the candidate's private behavior

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 事实细节题。文章第三段在比较电视演讲与传统辩论时指出：电视演讲者无法建立历史的情境 (a speaker cannot establish the historical context)，这从反面说明了传统辩论的一个优越之处，[C]符合题意。 查看试题解析出处>>