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The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to
buy up people involved in prominent cases {{U}}(26) {{/U}} the trial of
Rosemary West. In a significant {{U}}(27) {{/U}} of
legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce
a {{U}}(28) {{/U}} bill that will propose making payments to witnesses
{{U}}(29) {{/U}} and will strictly control the amount of {{U}}(30)
{{/U}} that can be given to a case {{U}}(31) {{/U}} a trial
begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of
Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he {{U}}(32) {{/U}}
with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not
{{U}}(33) {{/U}} sufficient control. {{U}} (34)
{{/U}} of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a {{U}}(35)
{{/U}} of media protest when he said the {{U}}(36) {{/U}} of privacy
controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges {{U}}(37)
{{/U}} to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction
of the Human Rights Bill, which {{U}} (38) {{/U}} the European
Convention on Human Rights legally {{U}}(39) {{/U}} in Britain, laid
down that everybody was {{U}}(40) {{/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}}(41) {{/U}} our British
judges." he said. Witness payments became an {{U}}(42)
{{/U}} after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19
witnesses were {{U}}(43) {{/U}} to have received payments for telling
their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised {{U}}(44) {{/U}}
witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to
{{U}}(45) {{/U}} guilty verdicts.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是逻辑判断。空格连接了前后两部分：prominent cases和 the trial of Rosemary West，前者包含了后者，后者是前者的一个例证，因此空格处应填入一个表示例证关系的连词，选项A和选项B不表示例证关系，所以排除。选项C一般在句子中做插入语成分，后面不接名词，因此也不合适。选项D是恰当的答案。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是词汇辨析。空格连接前后两部分：left to judges和to Parliament，二者描述的对象都是interpretation of private controls，因此二者只能选一个，空格处填入的词要表达出这种选择的关系。选项A和B表示的程度上的比较，而非选择。选项D“other than”可表示“不同于”，但用于文中表示的意思是“把隐私控制权留给法官不同于留给国会”，这个客观事实是不至于引起新闻界的抗议的。选项C是最恰当的答案，表示“把隐私控制权留给法官而不是留给国会”。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是词汇。本题应和44题联系起来回答较好。从句子的结构可以看出，空格在which引导的非限制定语从句中，从句的主语是前文的“the Human Rights Bill”，空格处应填入动词，第44题的空格应填入一个形容词，由此我们可以判断出本题要填入的动词后接形；容词做宾补，选项A和选项C后面一般不接形容词做宾补成分。选项C“set”后一般不接形容词做它的宾补成分。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是词汇。空格所在的句子是“Press freedoms will be in safe hands ______ our British judges.”从句子的结构来看，空格处填入的介词应可和in safe hands搭配。四个选项中只有A可以和in safe hands搭配，而且符合题意，所以正确的答案是A。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是词汇。文章中空格所在的部分为up to 19 witnesses were to have received payments，由此我们可知这个句子使用的是被动语态，空格处应填入动词的过去分词形式，选项A和B虽然是动词的过去分词形式，但二者无法和后面的to have received payments搭配，因此这两个选项可以排除。选项D在句子中的意思是“被告知做过某事”，和题意不符。选项C在句子中的意思是“据说做过某事”，C是正确的选项。
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题的考点是词义辨析。文章中空格所在的部分是witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ______ guilty verdicts(证人被鼓励在法庭上夸大事实，目的就是……定罪)。由此我们可知空格处填入的动词必须能够和guilty verdicts搭配。选项A“assure”后面一般接人，表示向别人保证。选项B“confide”后面接物时表示的意思是“吐露，托付”，选项D“guarantee”后接物时，意思是“保证……的质量，落实”，常用于褒义。选项C表示“保证，担保”，通常和行为搭配，表示对行为有把握，C是正确选项。