单选题 Eventually the old brutal arrangement was ______ by the laws of the state, which undertook to end the freelance savageries of personal revenge by meting out justice uncomplicated by private passion.
A. superseded B. revised C. permeated D. imposed

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] A选项：superseded意为“取代，接替”，如：No sooner do you buy a computer than they bring Out a new one which supersedes it．(你买电脑后不久他们就会推出新产品取代它。)句意：旧的残酷协议最终为国家法律所取代。故选A。
B选项：revised修订，修改；C选项：permeated弥漫，遍布；D选项：imposed强迫，强加。