英语阅读练习题

1. In Democracies and its Critics, Robert Dahl defends both democratic value and pluralist democracies, or polyarchies. Dahl argues convincingly that the idea of democracy rests on political equalitythe equality capacity of all citizens to determine or ___ collective decisions. Of course, as Dahl recognizes, if hierarchical ordering is ___ in any structure of government, and if no society can guarantee perfect equality in the resources that may give rise to political influence, the democratic principle of political equality is ___ of full realization. So actual systems can be deemed democratic only as approximations to the ideal.

A differ profoundly D reverse G distinction

B convergent E conventionality H equilibrium

C slightly differentiate F similarity I dissemination

2. Although the legal systems of England and the United States are superficially similar, they ___in their approaches to and uses of legal reasons: substantive reasons in the United States, whereas in England the ___ is true. This ___ reflects a difference in the visions of law that prevail in the two counties. In England the law has traditionally been viewed as a system of rules; the United States favors a vision of law as an outward expression of the communitys sense of right and justice.

A hamper Bcircumstantial C incapable