An essential purpose of the criminal justice system is to enable purgation to take place; that is, to provide a --------- by which a community expresses its collective --------- the transgression of the criminal.
(A) catharsis ... outrage at
(B) disclaimer ... forgiveness of
(C) means ... empathy with
(D) procedure ... distaste for
(E) document ... disapprobation of
〖解答〗
空格Ⅰ之前的动词不定式"to provide..."无疑是对此前的那个不定式结构"to enable purgation to take place"的复述。据此，可将第一个不定式中的purgation一词直接移入空格Ⅰ，则求得同义的(A) catharsis为正确答案。
