单选题Text The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases (26) the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant (27) of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a (28) bill that will propose making payments to witnesses (29) and will strictly control the a mount of (30) that can be given to a case (31) a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he (32) with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not (33) sufficient control. (34) of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a (35) of media protest when he said the (36) of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges (37) to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which (38) the European Convention on Human Rights legally (39) in Britain, laid down that everybody was (40) to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe hands (41) our British judges,” he said. Witness payments became an (42) after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995.Up to 19 witnesses were (43) to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised (44) witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to (45) guilty verdicts.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】四个选择项的含义分别是“关于、例如、特别是、例如”。这里表明的是prominent cases与the trial of Rosemary West之间的关系。可以看出,后者也是一个案件,应该是前者中的一个,所以可以排除[A]项,而[B]项for example经常在其后加“,”这里并没有“,”,所以要排除。从下文可以看出,payments to witness是一件很普通的事情,并不是仅仅出现在the trial of Rosemary West一案中,因此表示特定指示的[C]项也不合适。这里只能选择[D]项,表示例举。
【答案解析】从上文可以看到,政府对于:payments to witnesses…这样的事情持否定和禁止的态度,再从下文看到该法案受到了新闻界的强烈反对,可以知道该法案对新闻界这样的做法也是否定的,因此可以判断出在法律草案中认为这样的做法是非法的,所以应该选择[B]项。[A]项意为“不合理的”,[C]意为“不可能的”,[D]意为“不合适的”,都不是对法律准确的否定。
【答案解析】这里需要谓语动词,分句是个宾语从句self regulation did not…deficient control,意思是“自律并不能……足够的控制”。选择项的含义分别是“提出/呈现、提供/贡献、表明/证明、指明/象征”。显然,“提供”在这里最合适。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】这里需要填写名词。谓语的句子是…of the letter came。而上述选择项的含义分别是“释放/发布、出版/发表、印刷/印制、揭发/陈列”。句子的意思实际是说这封信被公之于众。只有“发表”最为合适,即信件后来发表了。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】需要填写的词语组成的短语是a…of media protest,意为“媒体的强烈抗议”。选择项的含义分别是“暴风雨、狂怒、闪耀、闪光”。但a storm of protests是固定搭配,表示强烈的抗议,其它词语在这里都不合题意。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】这里需要填写的词语在从句中充当主语,the…of privacy controls contained in Europe an,意思是规定在欧洲法律中的隐私权控制的……。而上述选择项的含义分别是“翻译/转化、解释/阐述、显示/展览、示范/说明”。很显然,只有“解释/阐述”最为合适,即隐私权控制的解释。
【答案解析】这里需要填写的句子完整形式是the Human Rights Bill the European Convention on Human Rights legally…in Britain。主句的意思表明引入了人权法案,这就表明该人权公约要在英国生效,即产生法律效力。因此,从动词搭配看,[B]项“使……”最为合适。[A]项意为“改变”,[C]项意为“放置,规定”,[D]项意为“扭转,翻转”。都不符合“及物动词+宾语+形容词补语”的结构。故答案为[B]。
【答案解析】这句话的意思是多达19个证人接受报酬向报纸讲出他们的作证经历。be stated to 意为“据规定”,be remarked to意为“据谈论”,be said to 意为“据说”,be told to 意为“据他人告知”。这里只能选择[C]项,因为句子中并没有表明该信息的来源,不是规定出来的,也不是他人谈论或者告知的。