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Whichflightwillthemantake?A.AirChinaFlight985onthe26th.B.AirChinaFlight985onthe27th.C.AirChinaF1ight985onthe28th.D.AirChinaFlight985onthe25th.

单选题The battle between Californians and federal regulators is about ______.

单选题There are lots of old things in museums. Some are on tables, some are in glass-topped tables. The things on show are all very old. Some of them have the ages of seven or eight hundred years. Some are even older. Last week we went to the museum in the center of the town. There we saw a king's hat. It was made of red silk. It is kept in a glass-topped table but it isn't a real one. It was used in plays. Another thing we saw was an old teapot. It was used for making tea and keeping tea hot. It looks quite different from our modem thermos. We found a strange thing with three legs and a strange top. The assistant told us that it was used for drinking. It was made of metal. It was made hundreds of years ago. We saw pieces of china on a long table. They were made even earlier but they look very beautiful like our modem ones. We had never seen so many beautiful things before. What hard- working people the Chinese people are!

单选题What does the man usually do on weekends?

单选题Why do university students so often cut classes?

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单选题Questions 18 to 21 are based on the following dialogue.

单选题Whatwillthewomanprobablydo?

单选题If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, tossing and 1in bed until the early hours of the morning when you eventually 2 asleep. When you wake up, you don' t feel 3 , but tired and worn out and 4 to face a new day. Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article 5 Stress and Sleep, 6 that stress and lack of sleep are directly 7 . Dr. Winkle says, "the more we worry, the 8 we sleep, the more we are unable to deal with 9 If we can find a way to get a good night' s sleep," he 10,"we can often find the 11 to deal with what' s worrying us. " So, what is a good night' s sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order to keep healthy 12 a lot. Seven hours is about the average amount, 13 strangely enough, sleeping longer often gives you a headache 14 of making you feel more refreshed. Dr. Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give themselves a short 15 and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or listening to music. Doing some exercise 16 in the day should help you to feel physically as well as 17 tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain caffeine(咖啡因) and will keep you. 18. "When you put the light 19," Dr.Winkle says, "concentrate on relaxing your muscles. Working slowly up from your feet, and you'll be asleep 20 you know it. "

单选题The United States is well known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest and possible time. 1 these wide modern roads are generally 2 many well maintained, with 3 sharp curves and many straight 4 , a direct route is not always the most 5 one. Large highways often pass 6 scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 7 large urban centers, which means that they became crowded with 8 traffic during rush hours, 9 the "fast, direct" route becomes a very slow route. However, there is 10 always another route to take 11 you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 12 new "superhighways" there are often older 13 of heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. 14 these are good two-lane(双重音) roads; others are uneven roads 15 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high 16 , or down frightening hillsides to towns 17 in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 18 the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a 19 to get a fresh, clean 20 of the world.

单选题WheredidBryanAdamsbeginhissingingcareer?A.InAfrica.B.InBritain.C.InCanada.D.InSouthernAmerica.

单选题The word "lucrative” in line 1 is closest in meaning to______.

单选题Futurists love computers. After all,40 years ago electronic digital computers didn't exist; today microchips as tiny as a baby's fingernail are making all sorts of tasks faster and easier. Surely the future holds still more miracles. Some of the computer experiments now going on inspire exciting visions of the future. For example, scientists are working on devices that can electronically perform some sight and hearing functions, which could make life easier for the blind and deaf. They're also working on artificial arms and legs that respond to the electric impulses produced by the human brain. Scientists hope that some day a person who's lost an arm could still have near-normal brain control over an artificial arm. Video games, computerized special effects in movies, and real-life training machines now being used by the US Army are causing some people to predict new educational uses for computers. Computers could some day be used to simulate travel to other planets, to explore the ocean floor, or to look inside an atom. Experiments with electronic banking and shopping inspire predictions that these activities will soon be done from home computer terminals. Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around (Honda has one in an experimental car) or to communicate with home and office computers. Many people, including handicapped workers with limited ability to move around, already are working at home using computer terminals. Each terminal is connected to a system at a company's main office. Some futurists say the day may come when few people will have to leave home to go to work -- they'll just turn on a terminal A growing number of factories such as the General Motors Plant in Newark, Delaware, "hire" computerized robots to perform tasks such as spot welding. Some executives get a gleam in their eyes as they envision the spread of these "perfect workers" -- no coffee breaks, no strikes, and no vacations or sick days. These modern and potential computer uses are possible because of the silicon microchip. These chips, which have become increasingly complex since their beginning in 1959, contain a network of information pathways. Electronic impulses travel along the paths. The plans for a chip look much like a city street plan and can be as large as a football field. It can take as long as three months to complete a new chip design. Chips are used to store information, too. An entire "computer" can be put onto one chip -- called a microprocessor. As chips become even more complex, easier to make, and less costly, futurists predict limitless possibilities. A group of Japanese scientists is working on a new generation of computers, which they hope will be able to understand vocal instructions, talk back to their users, and automatically try out alternate solutions to a problem to come up with the best answer. Some people say that the humans of the future will never be without their companion -- computers. Predicting the future can be tricky, of course. In 1948 an IBM study predicted that there would never be enough demand for computers to justify going into the business!