The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot【C1】______its legit

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问题     The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot【C1】______its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law【C2】______justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that【C3】______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【C4】______as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not【C5】______by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself【C6】______to the code of conduct that【C7】______to the rest of the federal judiciary.
    This and other similar cases【C8】______the question of whether there is still a【C9】______between the court and politics.
    The framers of the Constitution envisioned law【C10】______having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions【C11】______they would be free to【C12】______those in power and have no need to【C13】______political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely【C14】______.
    Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social【C15】______like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it【C16】______is inescapably political—which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily【C17】______as unjust.
    The justices must【C18】______doubts about the court’ s legitimacy by making themselves【C19】______to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and,【C20】______, convincing as law.
【C14】

选项 A、guarded
B、followed
C、studied
D、tied

答案D

解析 考查动词辨析。空格所在的部分是一个原因状语从句,主句说明“我们的法律制度意在准确地将法律独立于政治之外”,从句解释其原因:因为它们…。下文接着指出“宪法带有政治性”。故只有D.tied符合语境,代入句中意为“法律和政治密切相关”。guard“保卫”;follow“跟随”;study“学习”,均与题意不符。
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