A. selfless B. built C. complex D. but E. execute F. sustained G. cheated H. issues

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问题     A. selfless        B. built        C. complex        D. but          E. execute
    F. sustained       G. cheated      H. issues         I. advantages   J. scholarly
    K. tighter         L. costly       M. looser         N. concerned    O. drawback
    Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults,【C1】________ they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-president trained as lawyers. So did 55% of senators and 100% of Supreme Court justices. There are【C2】________ to having a bit of legal expertise among those who write and【C3】________ the nation’s laws, or assess their constitutionality. But there is also a potential conflict of interest. If florists had such a lock on the levers of power, you might expect subsidies for weddings and a campaign to beautify cities. Lawyers, alas, are no more【C4】________.
    The American legal system is the most lawyer-friendly on Earth. It is dizzily【C5】________. The regulations that accompany the Dodd-Frank law governing Wall Street, for example, are already more than 3 million words long—and not yet half-written. Companies must hire【C6】________ lawyers to guide them through a labyrinth (迷宫) created by other lawyers. They must also hire lawyers to defend themselves against attacks by other lawyers on a playing field【C7】________ by lawyers. The cost—roughly $800 a year for every American—is passed on to consumers. The benefits are hard to detect. Americans are probably no less likely to be injured or【C8】________ than the citizens of countries that spend a fraction as much.
    So it is hard to feel sympathy for lawyers facing a【C9】________ labour market. America’s 250 biggest law firms shed more than 9,500 people last year. Law students are struggling to find the lavishly paid work they expected after graduation. One big law firm even went bust. None of this is nice for the people【C10】________. especially those with large student debts.
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答案K

解析 空格应填入形容词,修饰labour market“劳动力市场”。下文提到法律事务所大幅裁员,故这里应该是说就业市场对求职者的需求减少,tighter“更紧的”填入文中,指就业市场紧缩,符合语境。looser“更宽松的”代入,指就业市场对求职者有利,与文意相反,可排除。
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