单选题 The court ruled that John was ______ in hitting the man in self-defense punished.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。根据句意，空格应填入与self-defense(正当防卫)意思相近的动词。选项中，justified(证明……正当)符合句意，意为“法院裁定，约翰正当防卫”。故答案为A。