(00-12)历年考研英语真题及答案解析_2013考研必备-免积分.pdf

经典考研资料，供大家收藏 2012 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题及答案详解 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 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, j ustices 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 j ustices 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 j ustices 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 unj ust. The j ustices must _18_ doubts about the court s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to