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 amount 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】[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。