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Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults, (1)_____ they are well-represen
Lawyers are less than 1% of American adults, (1)_____ they are well-represen
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2023-11-10
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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. [br] (12)
选项
A、defend
B、lean
C、fight
D、turn
答案
A
解析
根据下文的attacks by other lawyers“其他律师的攻击”可知,这里应该是说聘请律师,保护自己免受其他律师的攻击,故选defend。其他三项均可与against搭配。但中间不接sb.。
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