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  3. Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults,【C1】______they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-p

Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults,【C1】______they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-p

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问题     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.【C2】______did 55% of senators and 100% of Supreme Court justices. There are【C3】______to having a bit of legal expertise among those who write and【C4】______the nation’s laws, or assess their constitutionality. But there is also a potential conflict of interest.【C5】______florists had such a lock on the levers of【C6】______, you might expect subsidies for weddings and a campaign to beautify cities. Lawyers, alas, are no more【C7】______.
    The American legal system is the most lawyer-friendly on Earth. It is dizzily【C8】______. The regulations that accompany the Dodd-Frank law governing Wall Street,【C9】______are already more than 3 million words long—and not yet half-written. Companies must hire【C10】______lawyers to guide them【C11】______a maze created by other lawyers. They must also hire lawyers to【C12】______themselves against attacks by other lawyers on a playing field【C13】______by lawyers. The cost—roughly $800 a year for every American—is【C14】______to consumers. The【C15】______are hard to detect. Americans are probably no less likely to be injured or cheated than the citizens of countries【C16】______spend a fraction as much.
   【C17】______it is hard to feel sympathy for lawyers facing a【C18】______labour market. America’s 250 biggest law firms shed more than 9500 people last year. Law students are【C19】______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【C20】______especially those with large student debts.
【C12】
选项 A、defend
B、lean
C、fight
D、turn
答案A
解析 根据下文的attacks by other lawyers“其他律师的攻击”可知，这里应该是说聘请律师．保护自己免受其他律师的攻击，故选A项defend“保护”。
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