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2012 考研英语（一）真题参考答案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 became an important issue recently. The court cannot its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that being independent and impartial。 the court ’s reputation for 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 as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself to the code of conduct that to the rest of the federal judiciary。 This and other cases the question of whether there is still a between the court and politics。 The framers of the Constitution envisioned law having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions they would be free to those in power and have no need to political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely 。 Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it is inescapably political — which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily as unjust。 The justices must doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves to the code of conduct. That would make their rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, , convincing as law 。 1 A emphasizeB maintainC modifyD recognize 2 A whenB bestC beforeD unles 3 A renderedB weakenedC establishedD eliminated 4 4 A challengedB compromisedC suspectedD accepted 5. A advancedB caught C boundD founded 6. A resistantB s