文档介绍：2021年考研英语12021年考研英语一真题_答案及详解
20__年考研英语一答案 详解 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following te_t.
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 have bee 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 e_le, 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 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 themselves _19_
to 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]weakene