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.
9（）
A.attendance
B.attraction
C.tempt
D.publicity
参考答案：D
解析：
[考点] 同源词复现
本题属于完形填空中最常见的同源词复现，上句话中出现了单词well-publicized，而四个选项中唯有D项publicity是同源词，都是由public变化而来。从意义上看，上一句提到“打赢公众关注度高的案子容易升职”，而本句句首又没有出现表转折的连词，那么我们可以判断本句意思应当是顺接上句。代入选项D“这样的谋杀案关注度高”，显然，选项D所表达的意思与上句“公众关注度高”一致，所以选项D是正确答案。
[干扰项分析] 首先从语法上看，空格处所填单词应当作get的宾语，而选项C是动词，理应排除。代入A选项attendance“这样的谋杀案赢得更高的出席率”；代入B选项attraction“这样的谋杀案更吸引人”，显然不符合上下文逻辑关系。