【正文】 Favoritism in official access can fan public perceptions of it is not always officials must avoid double standards,or different types of access for average people and the connections can be bought,a basic premise of democratic society–that all are equal in treatment by governmentis government rests on an understanding of the inherent worth of each individual. The court’s ruling is a step forward in the struggle against both corruption and official favoritism. underlined sentence()most probably shows that the court [A]avoided defining the extent of McDonnell’s duties. [B]made no promise in convicting McDonnell. [C]was contemptuous of McDonnell’s conduct. [D]refused to ment on McDonnell’s ethics. to Paragraph 4,an official act is deemed corruptive only if it involves [A]concrete returns for giftgivers. [B]sizable gains in the of gifts. [C]leaking secrets intentionally. [D]breaking contracts officially. court’s ruling is d on the assumption that public officials are [A]allowed to focus on the concerns of their supporters. [B]qualified to deal independently with bureaucratic issues. [C]justified in addressing the needs of their constituents. [D]mpt from conviction on the charge of favoritism. laws in government transparency are needed to [A]awaken the conscience of officials. [B]guarantee fair play in official access. [C]allow for certain kinds of lobbying. [D]inspire hopes in average people. author’s attitude toward the court’s ruling is [A]sarcastic. [B]tolerant. [C]skeptical. [D]supportive. Part B Directions: The following paragraphs are given in a wrong questions 4145,you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list AG and filling them into the numbered B and D have been correctly your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.（10 points） [A]The first published sketch,“A Dinner at Polar Walk“brought tears to Dickens s eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine From then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name“Boz“ in The Evening Chronicle,earned him a modest reputation. [B]The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers,as it is generally known today,secured Dickens s were Pickwick coats and Pickwick cigars,and the plump,spectacled hero,Samuel Pickwick,because a national figure. [C]Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared,a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments,as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the thenfamous artist Robert Seymour,who had originated the idea for the characteristic confidence,Dickens successfully insisted that Seymour s pictures illustrate his own story the first installment,Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct a drawing Dickens felt,was not faithful enough to his made the change,went into his backyard,and expressed his displeasure by mitting and his publishers simply pressed on with a new ic novel,The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club,appeared serially in 1836 and 1837 and was first published in book in 1837. [D]Charles Dickens is probably the bestknown and,to many people,the greatest English novelist of the 19th moralist,satirist,and social reer,Dickens crafted plex plots and striking characters that capture the panorama of English society. [E]Soon after his father s release from prison,Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law taught himself shorthand to get an even better job later as a court stenographer and as a reporter in the same time,Dickens,who had a reporter s eye for transcribing the life around him,especially anything ic or odd,ted short sketches to obscure magazines. [F]Dickens was born in Portsmouth,on England s southern father was此資料由網(wǎng)絡(luò)收集而來，如有侵權(quán)請(qǐng)告知上傳者立即刪除。資料共分享，我們負(fù)責(zé)傳遞知識(shí)