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2012 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)
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 decisions4 willas impartialbe 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 themselves19to 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
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