As former colonists of Great Britain, the Founding Fathers of the United States adopted much of the legal system of Great Britai

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问题     As former colonists of Great Britain, the Founding Fathers of the United States adopted much of the legal system of Great Britain. We have a "common law", or law made by courts【C1】______a monarch or other central governmental 【C2】______ like a legislature. The jury, a【C3】______of ordinary citizens chosen to decide a case, is an【C4】______ part of our common-law system.
    Use of juries to decide cases is a 【C5】______feature of the American legal system. Few other countries in the world use juries as we do in the United States. 【C6】______the centuries, many people have believed that juries in most cases reach a fairer and more just result 【C7】______would be obtained using a judge 【C8】______, as many countries do. 【C9】______ a jury decides cases after "【C10】______", or discussions among a group of people, the jury’ s decision is likely to have the 【C11】______from many different people from different backgrounds, who must as a group decide what is right.
    Juries are used in both civil cases, which decide【C12】______among 【C13】______ citizens, and criminal cases, which decide cases brought by the government【C14】______that individuals have committed crimes. Juries are selected from the U.S. citizens and【C15】______. Jurors, consisting of 【C16】______numbers, are called for each case requiring a jury.
    The judge【C17】______to the case【C18】______the selection of jurors to serve as the jury for that case. In some states,【C19】______jurors are questioned by the judge; in others, they are questioned by the lawyers representing the【C20】______under rules dictated by state law.
【C6】

选项 A、In
B、By
C、After
D、Over

答案D

解析 考查介词辨析。in,by,after都应与表示具体某个世纪的名词搭配,如in/by/after the twentieth century(在20世纪/到20世纪/20世纪以后)。over接时间名词时相当于during,表示“在…期间”,over the centuries表示“几个世纪以来”,符合语义,故选D.Over。
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