新GRE小短文阅读练习题八

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8  A person who agrees to serve as mediator between  two factions at
8 ~* s. ]6 M, K& T$ ]the request of both abandons, by so agreeing, the right later to take
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earlier presumptive impartiality was a sham.
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The passage emphasizes which of the following points about
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1 Q5 u- C+ q  K1 A/ z      They should try to form no opinions of their own about any issue
- f7 b2 N2 E4 b' ~+ D       that is related to the dispute.  
      They should not agree to serve unless they are committed to
/ y* A3 X( U8 q+ V; y       maintaining a stance of impartiality.  
% q' ]; w0 A8 j5 e: D- i0 s      They should not agree to serve unless they are equally accept        -
       able to all parties to a dispute.  
- p' r! T/ M1 Q; s+ R( J      They should feel free to take sides in the dispute right from the
/ A4 }+ v/ J2 p/ E       start, provided that they make their biases publicly known.  
      They should reserve the right to abandon their impartiality so as
       not to be open to the charge of having been deceitful.