考研英语一 2012年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语一2012年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 276 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
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英语一真题(2012)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become 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 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 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 ]weakened
[ C ]established
[ D ]eliminated
4.
[ A ]challenged
[ B ]compromised
[ C ]suspected
[ D ]accepted
5.
[ A ]advanced
[ B ]caught
[ C ]bound
[ D ]founded
6.
[ A ]resistant
[ B ]subject
[ C ]immune
[ D ]prone
7.
[ A ]resorts
[ B ]sticks
[ C ]leads
[ D ]applies
8.
[ A ]evade
[ B ]raise
[ C ]deny
[ D ]settle
9.
[ A ]line
[ B ]barrier
[ C ]similarity
[ D ]conflict
10.
[ A ]by
[ B ]as
[ C ]through
[ D ]towards
11.
[ A ]so
[ B ]since
[ C ]provided
[ D ]though
12.
[ A ]serve
[ B ]satisfy
[ C ]upset
[ D ]replace
13.
[ A ]confirm
[ B ]express
[ C ]cultivate
[ D ]offer
14.
[ A ]guarded
[ B ]followed
[ C ]studied
[ D ]tied
15.
[ A ]concepts
[ B ]theories
[ C ]divisions
[ D ]conventions
16.
[ A ]excludes
[ B ]questions
[ C ]shapes
[ D ]controls
17.
[ A ]dismissed
[ B ]released
[ C ]ranked
[ D ]distorted
18.
[ A ]suppress
[ B ]exploit
[ C ]address
[ D ]ignore
19.
[ A ]accessible
[ B ]amiable
[ C ]agreeable
[ D ]accountable
20.
[ A ]by all means
[ B ]at all costs
[ C ]in a word
[ D ]as a result
选文出处：The New York Times《纽约时报》2011 年 6月 30 日"观点"板块的一篇题为 Ethics，Politics and the Law（伦理，政治和法律）的社论。