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2012 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C
or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently.
The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like
politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court’s reputation for
being independent and impartial.
Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it
less likely that the court’s decisions will be _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is
that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself
_6_to the code of conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary.
This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_between the court
and politics.
The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. They
gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no
need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics
precisely because they are so closely _14_.
Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social
_15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_
is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as
unjust.
The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to the
code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and,
_20_, convincing as law.
1. [A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify [D] recognize
2. [A]when [B]lest [C]before [D] unless
3. [A]restored [B]weakened [C]established [D] eliminated
4. [A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected [D] accepted
5. [A]advanced [B]caught [C]bound [D]founded
6. [A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone
7. [A]resorts [B]sticks [C]loads [D]applies
8. [A]evade [B]raise [C]deny [D]settle
9. [A]line [B]barrier [C]similarity [D]conflict
10. [A]by [B]as [C]though [D]towards
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