6. Which of the following best completes the passage below? “Government” does not exist as an independent entity defining policy. Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that will result in their own reelection. Therefore, if public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns, it is not because of governmental perversity but because elected officials believe that______ (A) environmentalists would be extremely difficult to satisfy with any policy, however environmentally sound (B) environmental concerns are being accommodated as well as public funds permit (C) the public is overly anxious about environmental deterioration (D) the majority of voters vote for certain politicians because of those politicians’ idiosyncratic positions on policy issues (E) the majority of voters do not strongly wish for a different policy 我觉得答案应该是C,可是他给的答案是E...不懂 啊。
let me try to answer. "Instead there exists a group of democratically elected pragmatists sensitive to the electorate, who establish policies that will result in their own reelection." this means the governmental officials try to please electorate to be reelected. "if public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns," this means the officials made some policy which they thought would please the electorate. so it's not to conclude that those officials must think the public dosen't care the environment too much, which is the answer E. I hope this helps.
"public policy is hostile to, say, environmental concerns" means 公共政策对环境关心不利。 The paragraph says, 实用主义的政客根据被连选而决定公共政策。 于是推出 “公共政策对环境关心不利” 是因为 选民对此并无要求。
I am a mistake the first time by chosing (C) because I did not see "hostile to".
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