文档介绍：2012 真题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C orD on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have e an important issue recentl y. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politi cians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court ’s reputation for being ind ependent 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 th at the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to th e 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 a nd politics. The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. The y gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have non eed to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisel y because they are so closely _14_. Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _1 5_ like liberty a