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【单选题】Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, theBush administration paid a prominent black pundit $ 240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same.
The campaign, part of an effort to promote NoChild LeftBehind (NCLB、, required commentatorArmstrong Williams "to regularly comment on NCLB、during the course of his broad-casts," and to interviewEducation Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that were aired during the show in 2004.
Williams said Thursday he understands that critics could find the arrangement unethical, but "I wanted to do it because it’s something I believe in. " The topDemocrat on the HouseEducation
Committee, Rep. George Miller ofCalifornia, called the contract "a very questionable use of taxpayers’ money" that is "probably illegal".
The contract, detailed in documents obtained by USA、TODAY through a Freedom of InformationAct request, also shows that theEducationDepartment, through the Ketchum public relations firm, arranged with Williams to use contacts withAmerica’sBlack Forum, a group of black broadcast journalists, "to encourage the producers to periodically address" NCLB、He persuaded radio and TV personality Steve Harvey to invite Paige onto his show twice. Harvey’s manager, Rushion McDonald, confirmed the appearances.
From the context, the word "pundit" underlined in Paragraph 1 is probably similar to all the following termsEXCEPT ______.A．bandit
B．journalist
C．anchorman
D．commentator

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[解析] 本题考查词义辨析。pundit“博学者，评论员”；bandit“强盗”；journalist“新闻记者”；anchorman“新闻节目主播”；commentator“评论员，讲解员”。由此可以看出，答案是A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>