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Unlike earlier campaign, the 1960 presidential campaign featured a politically innovative and highly influential series of televised debates in the contest between the Republicans and the Democrats.  Debates that could be viewed by such a wide audience had never before been part of the presidential campaigns, and through these debates, the far-reaching medium of television showed how effective it could be in influencing the outcome of an election.     The two parties to face off in the election selected very different candidates.  John Kennedy, a young senator from Massachusetts without much experience and recognition in national politics, established an early lead among democratic hopefuls, and was nominated on the first ballot at the Los Angeles convention to be representative of the Democratic party in the presidential elections.  The older and more experienced Richard Nixon, then serving as vice president of the United States under Eisenhower, received the nomination of the Republican party.  Both Nixon and Kennedy campaigned vigorously throughout the country and then took the unprecedented step of appearing in face-to-face debates on television.     Experts in the politics of presidential elections contend that the debates were a pivotal force in the elections.  In front of a viewership of more than 100 million citizens, Kennedy masterfully overcame Nixon’s advantage as the better-known and more experienced candidate and reversed the public perception of him as too inexperienced and immature for presidency.  In an election that was extremely close, it was perhaps these debates that brought victory to Kennedy. 
36. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
(A) Kennedy defeated Nixon in the 1960 presidential election.
(B) Television debates have long been a part of campaigning.
(C) Television debates were instrumental in the outcome of the 1960 presidentialelection.
(D) Kennedy was the leading Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election. 4/4

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答案：C
難度：適中0.614035
統計：A(8),B(11),C(35),D(1),E(0)

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