英语:2012考研英语试题答案：研究生英语二真题答案[1]

describe the picture briefly,

explain its intended meaning, and

give your comments。

You should write neatly on answer sheet 2.

2012年全国硕士 研究生入学考试英语试题National Entrance Test of English for MA/MSCandidates (NETEM) 跨考英语教研室—杨凤芝Section Ⅰ Use of EnglishDirections:

Read the following text. 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 became an important issue

recently. The court cannot_____ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of

law______ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances,

justices acted in ways that_____ the court’s reputation for being independent

and impartial。

Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito Jr., for example, appeared at

political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s

decisions will be____ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that

the justices are not _____ by an ethics code. At the very least, the court

should make itself_______ to the code of conduct that ______to the rest of the

federal judiciary。

This and other cases ______the question of whether there is still a _____

between the court and politics。

The framers of the Constitution envisioned law____ having authority apart

from politics. They gave justices permanent positions ____ they would be free

to ____those in power and have no need to_____ political support. Our legal

system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are

so closely _____。

Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in

fundamental social ______like liberty and property. When the court deals with

social policy decisions, the law it _____is inescapably po