Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word
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.
这个案例和其他类似案例提出了一个问题：法院与政治之间是否仍存在屏障。
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.
解析搭配与语义：maintain its legitimacy as guardian（维护其作为法治守护者的合法性），maintain搭配legitimacy最为恰当。emphasize强调、modify修改、recognize承认均不如maintain准确表达维护合法性的含义。
2.
A) when
B) lest
C) before
D) unless
答案 A
解析语法逻辑：when justices behave like politicians表示当法官表现得像政客时，法院就无法维护合法性。when引导时间/条件状语从句，表达因果关系。lest唯恐、before在...之前、unless除非均不符合语境。
3.
A) restored
B) weakened
C) established
D) eliminated
答案 B
解析语义逻辑：justices acted in ways that weakened the court reputation（法官的行为削弱了法院声誉），weakened符合语境。restored恢复、established建立、eliminated消除均与事实矛盾。
4.
A) challenged
B) compromised
C) suspected
D) accepted
答案 D
解析搭配语义：decisions will be accepted as impartial judgments（判决将被接受为公正的裁决），accepted as表示被接受为。challenged质疑、compromised妥协、suspected怀疑均不符合语境。
5.
A) advanced
B) caught
C) bound
D) founded
答案 C
解析搭配：bound by an ethics code（受道德准则约束），bound by是固定搭配，意为受...约束。advanced推进、caught抓住、founded创立均不搭配ethics code。
6.
A) resistant
B) subject
C) immune
D) prone
答案 B
解析搭配：make itself subject to the code（使自身受准则约束），subject to意为受...支配。resistant抵抗、immune免疫、prone倾向于均不符合自我约束的语义。
7.
A) resorts
B) sticks
C) leads
D) applies
答案 D
解析搭配：the code that applies to the rest of the federal judiciary（适用于其余联邦司法系统的准则），applies to意为适用于。resorts to诉诸、sticks to坚持、leads to导致均不搭配。
8.
A) evade
B) raise
C) deny
D) settle
答案 B
解析搭配：raise the question of whether（引发是否...的问题），raise the question是固定搭配。evade回避、deny否认、settle解决均不符合引发疑问的语义。
9.
A) line
B) barrier
C) similarity
D) conflict
答案 B
解析语义逻辑：whether there is still a barrier between the court and politics（法院与政治之间是否仍有屏障），barrier体现宪法设计者将法律与政治分离的意图。line线、similarity相似性、conflict冲突均不如barrier准确。
10.
A) by
B) as
C) through
D) towards
答案 B
解析搭配：envisioned law as having authority（设想法律具有权威），envision...as...意为将...设想为。by通过、through通过、towards朝向均不搭配envisioned。
11.
A) so
B) since
C) provided
D) though
答案 A
解析逻辑连词：so they would be free to upset those in power（以便他们可以自由地挑战当权者），so表示目的和结果。since因为、provided如果、though虽然均不符合目的关系。
12.
A) serve
B) satisfy
C) upset
D) replace
答案 C
解析语义搭配：free to upset those in power（可以自由地挑战当权者），upset意为推翻、挑战。serve服务、satisfy满足、replace替代均不符合法官独立行使职权的语境。
13.
A) confirm
B) express
C) cultivate
D) offer
答案 C
解析语义搭配：no need to cultivate political support（无需培养政治支持），cultivate意为培养、培植。confirm确认、express表达、offer提供均不如cultivate搭配political support准确。