单选题
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} {{I}} Read the following passage. For each
numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one
and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.{{/I}}
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to
buy up people involved in prominent cases{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}}
{{/U}}the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant{{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine,
the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
{{/U}}bill that will propose making payments to witnesses{{U}} {{U}}
4 {{/U}} {{/U}}and will strictly control the amount of{{U}}
{{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}that can be given to a case{{U}} {{U}}
6 {{/U}} {{/U}}a trial begins In a letter to Gerald
Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee. Lord Irvine
said he{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}with a committee report this
year which said that self regulation did not{{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}sufficient control. {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a{{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of media protest when he said the{{U}}
{{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}of privacy controls contained in European
legislation would be left to judges{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the
Human Rights Bill, which{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}the European
Convention on Human Rights legally{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}in
Britain, laid down that everybody was{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves
and their families.