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  3. The federal entity created by the Constitution is by far the dominant feature of the American governmental system. (1)_____ the

The federal entity created by the Constitution is by far the dominant feature of the American governmental system. (1)_____ the

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问题     The federal entity created by the Constitution is by far the dominant feature of the American governmental system. (1)_____ the system itself is in reality a mosaic, (2)_____ of thousands of smaller units—building blocks which together (3)_____ the whole. There are 50 state governments (4)_____ the government of the District of Columbia, and further down the ladder are still smaller units, (5)_____ counties, cities, towns and villages. This (6)_____ of governmental units is best understood (7)_____ the evolution of the United States. The federal system, it has been seen, was the last step in the (8)_____ process. Prior to its creation, there were the governments of the (9)_____ colonies (later states) and prior to (10)_____, the governments of counties and smaller units. One of the first tasks (11)_____ by the early English settlers was the creation of governmental units for the tiny (12)_____ they established along the Atlantic coast. Even before the Pilgrims disembarked (13)_____ their ship in 1620, they (14)_____ the Mayflower Compact, the first written American constitution. And as the new nation pushed (15)_____ each frontier outpost created its own government to manage its affairs. The drafters of the U.S. Constitution left this multilayered governmental system (16)_____. While they made the national structure supreme, they wisely (17)_____ the need for a series of governments more directly in (18)_____ with the people and more keenly attuned(合拍) to their needs. Thus, certain (19)_____ such as defense, currency regulation and foreign relations—could only be managed by a strong centralized government. But (20)_____ such as sanitation, education and local transportation—belong mainly to local jurisdictions(管辖权).
选项 A、comprised
B、consisted
C、constituted
D、composed
答案D
解析 该空白处的词必须与后面的of搭配，并且有被动意义，因此只能选择composed；comprised与consisted都不能用于被动态；constituted在被动句中应跟介词by，因此在此不符合语法。
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