A new study finds that blacks on death row (1) of killing whites are more likely to be executed than whites who kill minorities. It also concludes that blacks who kill (2) minorities are (3) likely to be executed than blacks who kill whites. For example, there is more than a twofold greater risk that an African-American who killed a white will be executed than a white person who kills a (4) victim. A Hispanic is at least 1.4 (5) more likely to be executed (6) such an offender kills a white.
The researchers of the study believe that there are two (7) explanations.. First, prosecutors often win (8) office if they win well-publicized cases. When a black kills a white, such killings gets more (9) and this idea can be (10) by many famous cases. (11) , the court judges at the state level are often (12) to elections, called retention elections. Retention election or judicial retention within the United States court system, is a periodic process, in which the voter (13) approval or disapproval for the judges presently (14) their position, and a judge can be removed from the position if the (15) of the citizens vote him or her out. Just as the researchers (16) out, death penalty is (17) political.
The findings of the study, in short, show that American justice systems clearly (18) white lives more than those of blacks or Hispanics. The researchers also say their findings (19) serious doubts about (20) that the U.S. criminal justice system is colorblind.
3（）
A.even
B.same
C.less
D.more
参考答案：C
解析：
[考点] 上下文逻辑关系+比较结构
本题解题的切入点在于句子结构。代入选项C，句子意思就是“谋杀其他人种的黑人比起谋杀白人的黑人来说，判处死刑的几率相对较小”，显然符合白人拥有特权这一意思。
[干扰项分析] 句子中出现了than，表明是一个比较结构，而句中并无比较级出现。空格之后紧跟likely，证明空格所填的词修饰1ikely，并构成比较级。这样，首先就可以排除选项A、B，因为even、same修饰likely不构成比较级。而选项C、D都可以修饰likely，构成比较级，如何取舍必须根据句子意思而定。本句的also表明第一句和第二句是递进关系，那么两句的意思应当具有连贯性。第一句表明白人的命更金贵，代入选项D，句子意为“谋杀其他人种的黑人比起谋杀白人的黑人来说，判处死刑的几率相对较大”，表明白人地位还不如其他人种，这显然与第一句意思不符合，故排除。