单选题Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D
for each numbered blank. 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.
"Press freedoms will be in safe hands {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}our British judges," he said. Witness payments
became an {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}after West was sentenced
to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were {{U}} {{U}}
18 {{/U}} {{/U}}to have received payments for telling their stories to
newspapers. Concerns were raised {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}}
{{/U}}witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to
{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/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】[解析] A. as to至于；B. for instance例如；C. in particular尤其是；D. such as例如。空格前面的prominent cases(著名案件)为复数形式，而且结合句意，可知空格里应该填表示举例关系的词组。但for instance是状语性短语，一般后面不直接加名词，且前面或后面应有逗号隔开；而such as前面一般是名词复数，后面是名词的单数或复数均可，前后是总分关系。故选D。
单选题
A. tightening
B. intensifying
C. focusing
D. fastening
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] tighten the control over为固定搭配，意为“加强对……的监控”。B. intensifying加强，加剧，不能和control搭配；C. focusing使聚焦，集中，D. fastening扎牢，使固定。因此正确答案是A。