The state is a network of exchanged benefits and beliefs, --------- between rulers and citizens based on those laws and procedures that are --------- to the maintenance of community.
(A) a compromise ... inimical
(B) an interdependence. .. subsidiary
(C) a counterpoint ... incidental
(D) an equivalence ... prerequisite
(E) a reciprocity ... conducive
〖解答〗
空格Ⅰ需代入一名词，与此前的"a network of exchanged benefits"在语法上构成同位语，以突出强调“互惠互利”这一概念。(E) reciprocity最好地体现了这一概念。(A) compromise 和(B) interdependence尽管尚能达意，但针对性不强。当然，在空格Ⅱ处，(A)(B)前后不通，(E) "be conducive to"(有利于…)为正确。