单选题
{{B}}Text{{/B}} 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 (28) bill that will propose making payments to
witnesses{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}and will strictly control
the a mount of{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}that can be given to a
case{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/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}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}with a committee
report this year which said that self regulation did not{{U}} {{U}}
7 {{/U}} {{/U}}sufficient control.{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}}
{{/U}}of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a{{U}} {{U}}
9 {{/U}} {{/U}}of media protest when he said the{{U}} {{U}}
10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of privacy controls contained in European legislation
would be left to judges{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}to
Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human
Rights Bill, which{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}the European
Convention on Human Rights legally{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}in
Britain, laid down that everybody was{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves
and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe
hands{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}our British judges,” he said.
Witness payments became an{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}after West
was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995.Up to 19 witnesses were{{U}}
{{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}to have received payments for telling their
stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised{{U}} {{U}} 18
{{/U}} {{/U}}witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in
court to{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}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】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。
单选题
A. tighteningB. intensifying C. focusing D. fastening
【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。
单选题
A. Release
B. Publication
C. Printing
D. Exposure
【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。
单选题
A. storm
B. rage
C. flare
D. flash
【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。
单选题
A. translation
B. interpretation
C. exhibition
D. demonstration
【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。