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.
8（）
A.previous
B.same
C.lower
D.higher
参考答案：D
解析：
[考点] 单词的同义复现
本题考查单词之间的语义逻辑关系。句中出现了win这个单词，结合全句来看，就是如果“检察官赢得了关注度较高的案子，他们会……”。也就是说win与空格处暗含因果关系，因为赢了案子，所以会……。从语意逻辑出发，很容易判断D是正确答案。
[干扰项分析] 显然，赢得了案件，会升职，获得更高的职位，而不是获得“以前的职位”、“同样的职位”，更不会是获得“更低的职位”，故A、B、C项排除。