申論題

Over the decades, Cuba’s authoritarian government has relied on that convenient argument to ⑴ exert pervasive control over the lives of its citizens and keep opposition movements from ⑵ gaining enough traction to threaten the state. The message was ⑶ unmistakable: As long as the United States was intent on toppling the island’s leaders and meddling in the country’s affairs, Cubans, ⑷ as a matter of national sovereignty, had to ⑸ close ranks. The era that began in December 2014 when President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba announced an end to more than 50 years of enmity between their governments is (6) a watershed moment for Cuba’s diverse and courageous opposition movement. 

Under Communist Party rule, Cubans endure the austerity of living under a stagnant, centrally planned economy. Their (7) access to the Internet is severely limited and censored. The island’s official press is (8) wholly subservient to the state. Outside (9)the rigid mechanisms of the party, Cubans have (10) few substantive vehicles to challenge their leaders.