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.
11（）
A.moreover
B.secondly
C.accordingly
D.generally
参考答案：B
解析：
[考点] 上下文逻辑+连词
本题考查连词选择，关键是看前后的语篇关系。选项A、B都可以表示递进关系，但本段第二句话句首为first，从而可以判断出此处secondly更为合适，正好与前文保持连贯。故B为最佳选项。
[干扰项分析] 前面几句话都是在讲检察官，而本句主要讲法官，可以看出并无因果关系，排除选项C；也没有总分关系，排除选项D。