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思睿厦大考研网 　2014厦门大学考研英语冲刺真题下载　　National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM) 　　思睿英语教研室-杨凤芝 　　Section 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 became 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. 　　Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr., 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 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 their rulings more likely to be seen