Every year about 4,000,000 Americans are arrested and accused of crimes ranging from theft and traffic violations to murder. The

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问题     Every year about 4,000,000 Americans are arrested and accused of crimes ranging from theft and traffic violations to murder. The Supreme Court(最高法院) has ruled that anyone charged with a crime has certain rights under the law. Do you know what your rights are if you are arrested? Here are four of them.
    First, as soon as the police arrest a person, they must tell him of his right to remain silent. Under the taw, he is not required to answer their questions.
    Second, the police must tell him of his right to have a lawyer. The state or city government will pay a lawyer to take the case of a suspect who cannot afford one.
    Third, the Fifth Amendment(修正案) to the Constitution says that no person has to be a wit ness against himself. This means that the suspect does not. have to speak against himself.
    Fourth, a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. ff a person has been found innocent, he cannot be arrested again, brought to court, and retried for the same: crime.
What does the word "ruled" mean?

选项 A、governed
B、guided
C、decided
D、controlled

答案C

解析 文章的开头讲到,每年大约4百万美国人被指控有罪:而最高法院判决,任何被控有罪的人在法律上都有一定的权利。我们从上下文可以推测出ruled意思应为decided。
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