Read the following text. Choose the best

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问题 Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)  The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot  1 its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law  2 justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that  3 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  4 as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not  5 by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself  6 to the code of conduct that  7 to the rest of the federal judiciary.  This and other similar cases  8 the question of whether there is still a  9 between the court and politics.  The framers of the Constitution envisioned law  10 having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions  11 they would be free to  12 those in power and have no need to  13 political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely  14 .  Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social  15 like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it  16 is inescapably political—which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily  17 as unjust.  The justices must  18 doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves  19 to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and,  20 , convincing as law.19.______A. accessibleB. amiableC. agreeableD. accountable

选项 A. accessible
B. amiable
C. agreeable
D. accountable

答案 D

解析 本题考查短语搭配及相似短语辨析。此空所在后半句为方式状语,承接前半句说明法官怎样来解决有关法庭(裁决的)公正合理的质疑,即通过对行为准则负责,也即是遵循一定的行为准则才可确保其裁决的公正与合理。accountable to意为“对…负责”,符合题意。accessible to易接近的;可得到的。amiable to多指人“和蔼可亲,易于接近”。agreeable to欣然同意的;适合的;适宜的。因此正确答案选D。
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