北京外国语大学考博英语模拟试题及其解析
ectionⅠUseofEnglish
Directions：
Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)fromeachnumberedblankandmarkA，B，CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)
AsformercolonistsofGreatBritain，theFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStatesadoptedmuchofthelegalsystemofGreatBritain.Wehavea“commonlaw”，orlawmadebycourts__1__amonarchorothercentralgovernmental__2__likealegislature.Thejury，a__3__ofordinarycitizenschosentodecideacase，isan__4__partofourcommon- lawsystem.Gengduoyuanxiaowanzhengkaoboyingyuzhentijiqijiexiqinglianxiquanguomianfeizixundianhua:silinglingliuliubaliujiuqiba,huojiazixunqq:qiqierliuqibawusanqi.
Useofjuriestodecidecasesisa__5__featureoftheAmericanlegalsystem.FewothercountriesintheworldusejuriesaswedointheUnitedStates.__6__thecenturies，manypeoplehavebelievedthatjuriesinmostcasesreachafairerandmorejustresult__7__wouldbeobtainedusingajudge__8__，asmanycountriesdo.__9__ajurydecidescasesafter“__10__”，ordiscussionsamongagroupofpeople，thejury‘sdecisionislikelytohavethe__11__frommanydifferentpeoplefromdifferentbackgrounds，whomustasagroupdecidewhatisright.
Juriesareusedinbothcivilcases，whichdecide__12__among__13__citizens，andcriminalcases，whichdecidecasesbroughtbythegovernment__14__thatindividualshavecommittedcrimes.JuriesareselectedfromtheU.S.citizensand__15__.Jurors，consistingof__16__numbers，arecalledforeachcaserequiringajury.
Thejudge__17__tothecase__18__theselectionofjurorstoserveasthejuryforthatcase.Insomestates，__19__jurorsarequestionedbythejudge;inothers，theyarequestionedbythelawyersrepresentingthe__20__underrulesdictatedbystatelaw.
1.[A]otherthan[B]ratherthan[C]morethan[D]orrather
2.[A]agency[B]organization[C]institution[D]authority
3.[A]panel[B]crew[C]band[D]flock
4.[A]innate[B]intact[C]integral[D]integrated
5.[A]discriminating[B]distinguishing[C]determining[D]diminishing
6.[A]in[B]by[C]after[D]over
7.[A]that[B]which[C]than[D]as