The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases __1__ the trial of Rosemary West.

　　In a significant __2__ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a __3__ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses __4__ and will strictly control the amount of __5__ that can be given to a case __6__ a trial begins.

　　In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he __7__ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not __8__ sufficient control.

　　Publication of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a storm of media protest when he said the __9__ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges __10__ to Parliament.

　　The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which makes the European Convention on Human Rights legally binding in Britain, laid down that everybody was __11__ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

　　“Press freedoms will be in safe hands with our British judges,” he said.

　　Witness payments became an __12__ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were __13__ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised __14__ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to __15__ guilty verdicts.

　　1. A. as to B. for instance C. in particular D. such as

　　2. A. tightening B. intensifying C. focusing D. fastening

　　3. A. sketch B. rough C. preliminary D. draft

　　4. A. illogical B. illegal C. improbable D. improper

　　5. A. publicity B. penalty C. popularity D. peculiarity

　　6. A. since B. if C. before D. as

　　7. A. sided B. shared C. complied D. agreed

　　8. A. present B. offer C. manifest D. indicate

　　9. A. translation B. interpretation C. exhibition D. demonstration

　　10. A. better than B. other than C. rather than D. sooner than

　　11. A. authorized B. credited C. entitled D. qualified

　　12. A. impact B. incident C. inference D. issue

　　13. A. stated B. remarked C. said D. told

　　14. A. what B. when C. which D. that

　　15. A. assure B. confide C. ensure D. guarantee

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　　答案：

　　1. D。such as比如，像……。such as前面的先行詞與詞組后面所引導的詞是整體與部分的關(guān)系;前面的整體包括后面的例子，后面的示例是對前面概述內(nèi)容的舉例說明。換句話說，such as前后是包括和被包括的關(guān)系，句中的特征體現(xiàn)是：詞組前面是復數(shù)名詞，后面則是單數(shù)名詞的陳列。as to關(guān)于;至于。I don't know anything as to the others.關(guān)于其他，我一無所知;for instance例如，比如，和such as意思相同，但用法不同。such as連接詞與詞組，是介詞性連詞。for instance連接句子，而且與句子的其它成分之間要用逗號隔開，作插入語用;in particular特別地，尤其。

　　2. A。tightening加強，使(法律法規(guī)等)更嚴格，和control做習慣動賓搭配。例子：The central government is tightening economic controls.中央政府正在加強經(jīng)濟控制。intensifying加強，加劇;使……強烈，不能和control做動賓搭配�？梢哉fintensify one's efforts加緊努力;focusing使(鏡頭)聚焦;集中(注意力);fastening扎牢，扣緊;使固定。

　　3. D。draft草案;草稿;草圖。a draft resolution決議草案。sketch素描;草圖;梗概。sketch map(地形)示意圖;rough粗略的;粗暴的。a rough plan大致的計劃;preliminary初步的;預備的。a preliminary investigation初步調(diào)查。

　　4. B。illegal非法的，違法的。illogical不合邏輯的，不合理的，說不通的;improbable不可能的;improper不恰當?shù)�，不得體的。

　　5. A。publicity宣傳;公眾的注意。penalty懲罰;popularity普及，流行，名氣，人緣;peculiarity獨特，特質(zhì)，奇特。

　　6. C。before在……之前，本局的意思是：為了大大加緊對新聞界的法律控制，大法官歐文勛爵將提出一項法律草案，其中將建議規(guī)定向證人付費屬于違法行為，并將嚴格控制媒體在案件審理之前對案件的曝光程度。其它選項顯然都不合邏輯。故答案為C。

　　7. D。四個選項都可以和后面的介詞搭配，但意思各異。agreed with同意，贊同。sided with站在……一邊，支持，幫助;shared with與人分享，共同分擔;complied with遵照，順從。

　　8. B。offer提供。present呈獻，奉送(禮品，獎品等)。manifest表明(思想，感情等);顯示。indicate指明;指示;是……的征兆。本局的意思是：歐文勛爵給下議員媒體選擇委員會主席杰拉爾德.考夫曼寫了一封信，信中說他同意該委員會今年發(fā)表的一份報告-該報告指出媒體的自律所提供的監(jiān)控并不夠。

　　9. B。interpretation解釋，闡述。translation翻譯;exhibition陳列，展覽;demonstration說明，演示。

　　10. C。rather than而不是。better than比……好，用于比較級。習慣搭配know better than很明智(而不至于)……;other than除……之外，不同于;sooner than比……早。

　　11. C。be entitled to有理由(有資格)獲得……，是固定短語。authorized被公認，被授權(quán)的;be credited to歸因于，歸咎于;qualified有資格的，有能力的。

　　12. D。issue (有爭議的)問題。impact沖擊;影響;incident事件，事變;inference推斷，推測。

　　13. C。be said to have done據(jù)說曾經(jīng)……。stated陳述，說明，多用于正式場合;remarked評論，說出感想和意見;told告訴。

　　14. D。根據(jù)句型結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)該選擇that作同位語從句的引導詞。what;when和which三項都不能引導同位語從句。

　　15. C。ensure爭取，保證，常用結(jié)構(gòu)是ensure sth., ensure that從句，或ensure doing...。assure保證，使放心，使確信，后面接表示人的名詞作賓語，常用結(jié)構(gòu)是assure sb. of sth.;confide交代，吐露(秘密)等;guarantee擔保，保證;承諾對……負責。