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Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults, (1)_____ they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-p
Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults, (1)_____ they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-p
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Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults, (1)_____ they are well-represented in government. Both the president and the vice-president trained as lawyers.(2)_____ did 55% of senators and 100% of Supreme Court justices. There are(3)_____ to having a bit of legal expertise among those who write and(4)_____ the nation’s laws, or assess their constitutionality. But there is also a potential conflict of interest.(5)_____ florists had such a lock on the levers of(6)______, you might expect subsidies for weddings and a campaign to beautify cities. Lawyers, alas, are no more(7)_____.
The American legal system is the most lawyer-friendly on Earth. It is dizzily(8)______. The regulations that accompany the Dodd-Frank law governing Wall Street,(9)______, are already more than 3 million words long—and not yet half-written. Companies must hire(10)_____ lawyers to guide them(11)_____ a labyrinth(迷宫)created by other lawyers. They must also hire lawyers to(12)_____ themselves against attacks by other lawyers on a playing field(13)_____ by lawyers. The cost— roughly $800 a year for every American—is (14)_____ to consumers. The(15)_____ are hard to detect. Americans are probably no less likely to be injured or cheated than the citizens of countries (16)_____ spend a fraction as much.
(17)_____ it is hard to feel sympathy for lawyers facing a(18)_____ labour market. America’s 250 biggest law firms shed more than 9500 people last year. Law students are(19)_____ 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(20)_____, especially those with large student debts.
(13)
选项
A、restored
B、sustained
C、built
D、maintained
答案
C
解析
空格处所在的a playing field——bylawyers与前文的a labyrinth created by oth—er lawyers结构对称。故空格所填单词应与created意思相近,故确定答案为built“建造”。restore“恢复”;sustain“维持”:maintain“保持”。
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