单选题
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (31) the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant (32) of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (33) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (34) and will strictly control the amount of (35) that can be given to a case (36) a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he (37) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (38) sufficient control. (39) of the letter came two days after Lord Lrvine caused a (40) of media protest when he said the (41) of privacy controls contained in European Legislation would be left to judges (42) to parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which (43) the European Convention of Human Rights legally (44) in Britain, laid down that everybody was (45) to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. "Press freedoms will be in safe hands (46) our British judges," he said. Witness payments became an (47) after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 1.9 witnesses were (48) to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised (49) witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to (50) guilty verdicts.
单选题
A. as to B. for instance C. in particular D. such as
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 介词短语辨析题。D such as意为“比如，例如”，符合题意。A as to：关于，至于。B for instance也有“比如，例如”之意，但使用时其后需连接逗号或用在句子末尾，而such as可以直接接名词。C in particular：特别地。
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A. tightening B. intensifying C. focusing D. fastening
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析题。A tighten：加紧，拉紧，如：tighten the seatbelts/rules。该句中tighten the control over意为“加强对……的控制”，符合题意。B intensify：强化，集中，如：intensify functions/cooperation加强功效/合作。C focus：集中，聚焦。D fasten：加固，固定。
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义题。A side with意为“与某人站在一边，同意……的观点”，其后接人或事均可，如：side with you/the argument。此项符合题意。B share with：分享，共享。C compile：编纂。D agree：同意，但其后常接人。如：agree with you。如要接事情，常用agree to。如：agree to the bill。
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A. authorized B. credited C. entitled D. qualified
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 形容词词义辨析题。C entitled意为“有权利的”，常用在be entitled to do sth. 或者be entitled to sb. 中，表示有权做某事或者拥有……的权利，符合题意。A authorized：被赋予权利的，被授权的。B credited：被看成的，被相信的，常用在be credited with结构中。D qualified：有资格的，合格的。
单选题
A. with B. to C. from D. by
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 介词词义辨析及固定搭配题。in safe hands with sb. 表示“安全的”，符合题意。其它选项均不正确。
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A. impact B. incident C. inference D. issue
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 名词词义辨析题。D issue意为“热点问题，关注焦点”，符合题意。又如：make an issue引起争端。A impact：阻力，影响。B incident：事情，事件。C inference：推理，推断。
单选题
A. stated B. remarked C. said D. told
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析题。It is said表示“据说”，故C项符合题意。A state：陈述。B remark：评价，评论。D tell：讲，常用在tell a lie/a story/the truth中，表示“撒谎/讲故事/讲出真相”。