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.
15（）
A.majority
B.minority
C.priority
D.superiority
参考答案：A
解析：
[考点] 语义理解+词义辨析
本题出自and后面部分，主句a judge can be removed from the position，后面是一个if引导的条件从句。根据句意，很容易判断出选项A是正确答案。另外，majority前常用overwhelming修饰，意思是“压倒性的多数、绝大多数”。
[干扰项分析] 主句意思是“一个法官会离任”，那么条件是“如果……市民投票反对”(if the (15) of the citizens vote him or her out)。显然，从意义上讲，应当是“如果大多数市民投票反对”，而不是“少数市民”，更不会是语法上都没有的搭配“优先市民”、“优越市民(精英市民)”。