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2012年招生考试英语（一）

SectionⅠUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,

B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)

TheethicaljudgmentsoftheSupremeCourtjusticesbecameanimportantissuerecently.Thecourt

cannot1itslegitimacyasguardianoftheruleoflaw2justicesbehavelikepoliticians.

Yet,inseveralinstances,justicesactedinwaysthat3thecourt’sreputationforbeing

tandimpartial.

JusticesAntoninScalia,forexample,appearedatpoliticalevents.Thatkindofactivitymakesit

lesslikelythatthecourt’sdecisionswillbe4asimpartialjudgments.Partoftheproblemis

thatthejusticesarenot5byanethicscode.Attheveryleast,thecourtshouldmakeitself

6tothecodeofconductthat7totherestofthefederaljudiciary.

Thisandothersimilarcases8thequestionofwhetherthereisstilla9betweenthecourt

andpolitics.

TheframersoftheConstitutionenvisionedlaw10havingauthorityapartfrompolitics.They

gavejusticespermanentpositions11theywouldbefreeto12thoseinpowerandhave

noneedto13politicalsupport.Ourlegalsystemwasdesignedtosetlawapartfrompolitics

preciselybecausetheyaresoclosely14.

Constitutionallawispoliticalbecauseitresultsfromchoicesrootedinfundamentalsocial15

likelibertyandproperty.Whenthecourtdealswithsocialdecisions,thelawit16is

inescapablypolitical—whichiswhydecisionssplitalongideologicallinesaresoeasily17

asunjust.

Thejusticesmust18doubtsaboutthecourt’slegitimacyby