The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases【B1】______the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant【B2】______of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【B3】______bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【B4】______and will strictly control the amount of【B5】______that can be given to a case【B6】______a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he【B7】______with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not【B8】______sufficient control. 【B9】______of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【B10】______of media protest when he said the【B11】______of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【B12】______to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【B13】______the European Convention on Human Rights legally【B14】______in Britain, laid down that everybody was【B15】______to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. "Press freedoms will be in safe hands【B16】______our British judges," he said. Witness payments became an【B17】______after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were【B18】______to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised【B19】______witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【B20】______guilty verdicts.
单选题
【B1】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:考查逻辑关系。空格前后是prominent cases和the trial of Rosemary West,前者泛指“一些著名的案件”,后者是一个具体的案件,可见两者是例证关系。因此选D.such as,表示举例,一般连接名词或名词性短语。for instance可表示“举例”,但放在句中多为插入语,且作状语。as to“至于,关于”;in particular“特别,尤其”,不符合题意。
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析。从结构上看,空格处填入的名词,既是control的宾语,又是that引导的定语从句修饰的先行词,即符合give sth.to a case的搭配。符合这两个要求的只有选项A.publicity,give publicity to sth.“宣扬/公布某事”。整个句子大意为:草案提议对报界付款给证人的做法定为非法,并严格控制案件的公开程度。penalty“惩罚”,popularity“流行”,peculiarity“古怪”,与题意无关。
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析。此处短语是a______of,修饰media protest,描述了媒体抗议的程度。从文意来看,应是“(引起了)一片(媒体的抗议)”,因此选A.storm。a storm of“暴风雨般的”,表示程度。rage“暴怒,大怒”,搭配为a rage,如:be in a rage,fly into a rage(勃然大怒);a flare of“一阵…”,不和media protest搭配;flash表示突然闪现的东西,如:a flash of hope(一线希望),a flash of wit(灵光一现)等。
单选题
【B11】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析。此处填入的名词要与privacy controls搭配,从意义上来看,只有B.interpretation“口译,解释,阐释”符合题意,“the interpretation of privacy controls”意为“隐私控制的解释权”。translation“翻译”,侧重笔译;exhibition“展览”;demonstration“演示”,均不符合题意。
【答案解析】解析:考查动词辨析。此处配是be+过去分词+to sth.,其中to是介词。根据下文可知此处表达的意思为“《欧洲人权公约》规定人人享有隐私权”,be entitied to sth.意为“有权…,有资格…”,因此选C.entitled。be authorized to do sth.意为“被授权…”,to是不定式符号:be creditedto sth.意为“把…归于某人或某物,认为属于…”,与题意不符;be qualified to do sth.意为“有资格,能胜任”,to是不定式符号,后接动词原形。
单选题
【B16】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:考查介词辨析。本题考查哪个介词可以与in safe hands(安然无恙)搭配。空格所在句子是Press freedoms will be in safe hands______our British judges(新闻自由由法官掌握将安然无恙),介词中只有with可表达“由…掌握,由…负责”的含义,例句:I shall leave the child with you.(我将把这孩子交给你)。
单选题
【B17】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析。此处意为“自West被判十次无期徒刑后,付款给证人的做法成为了______”。结合前面提到的the trial of Rosemary West,可知这个事件的影响很大,政府和法官都意识到要严格控制报界付款给证人的行为。由此可以推断出付款给证人的做法应该成为颇有争议的问题(issue),故选D。impact“影响”,一般用于have/make a great impact on sth.。incident“突发事件”,inference“推论”,均与题意不符。
单选题
【B18】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:考查动词辨析。此处结构为:be+过去分词+to have done sth.。适用这个结构的只有said和told,但be told to have done sth.意为“被告知做过某事”,不符合句意。因此只能选C.said。be said to have done sth.意为“据说做过某事”,此处意为“据说多达19个证人因向报社讲述他们的故事而获得报酬”。stated“被宣布”,remarked“被评论”,均不符合题意。