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1、2012考研英语（一）真题参考答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C orDon ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices became an important issue recently.The courtcannot its legitimacy as guardian
2、of the rule of law justices behave like politicians.Yet,in severalinstances,justices acted in ways that the court s reputation for being independent and impartial oJustices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr.,for example,appeared at political events.That kind ofactivity makes it less likely that the
3、 court*s decisions will be as impartial judgments.Part of the problemis that the justices are not by an ethics code.At the very least,the court should make itself tothe code of conduct that to the rest of the federal judiciary oThis and other cases the question of whether there is still a between th
4、e court and politicsoThe framers of the Constitution envisioned law_ having authority apart from politics.They gavejustices permanent positions they would be free to those in power and have no need topolitical support.Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because the
5、y are soclosely oConstitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social likeliberty and property.When the court deals with social policy decisions,the law it is inescapably political一which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily as unjustoTh
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8、edD though 12.A serveB satisfyC upsetD replace 13.A confirm B expressC cultivate D offer 14 A guardedB followedC studiedD tied15.A concepts B theories C divisions D convenience.A excludes B questions C shapesD controlsl7.A dismissed B released C ranked D distortedl8.A suppress B exploitC addressDign
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