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比方，像……。such as前面的先行词与词组后面所领导的词是整体与局部的关联；前面的整体包括后面的例子，后面的示例是对前面概述内容的举例阐明。换句话说，such as前后是包括跟被包含的关系，句中的特点体现是：词组前面是复数名词，后面则是单数名词的摆设。as to关于；至于。I don't know anything as to the others.对于其余，我一窍不通；for instance例如，好比，和such as意思雷同，但用法不同。such as连接词与词组，是介词性连词。for instance衔接句子，而且与句子的其它成分之间要用逗号隔开，作插入语用；in particular特殊地，尤其。

　　2. A。tightening加强，使(法律法规等)更严厉，和control做习惯动宾搭配,yun2122。例子：The central government is tightening economic controls.中心政府正在增强经济把持。intensifying加强，加剧；使……强烈，不能和control做动宾搭配。能够说intensify one's efforts加紧尽力；focusing使(镜头)聚焦；集中(注意力)；fastening扎牢，扣紧；使固定。

　　3. D。draft草案；草稿；草图。a draft resolution决定草案。sketch素描；草图；梗概。sketch map(地形)示用意；rough粗略的；粗鲁的。a rough plan大抵的打算；preliminary初步的；准备的。a preliminary investigation初步考察。

　　4. B。illegal非法的，违法的。illogical不合逻辑的，不公道的，说不通的；improbable不可能的；improper不适当的，不得体的。

　　5. A。publicity宣扬；大众的留神。penalty处分；popularity遍及，风行，名气，人缘；peculiarity奇特，特质，独特。

　　6. C。before在……之前，本局的意思是：为了大大加紧对消息界的法律节制，大法官欧文勋爵将提出一项法律草案，其中将倡议划定向证人付费属于守法行动，并将严格掌握媒体在案件审理之前对案件的曝光水平。其它选项显然都分歧逻辑。故答案为C。

　　7. D。四个选项都可以和后面的介词搭配，但意思各异。agreed with批准，赞成。sided with站在……一边，支撑，辅助；shared with与人分享，独特分担；complied with按照，服从,新2代理备用网。

　　8. B。offer提供。present呈献，奉送(礼品，奖品等)。manifest表明(思维，情感等)；显示。indicate指明；唆使；是……的征兆。本局的意思是：欧文勋爵给下议员媒体取舍委员会主席杰拉尔德.考夫曼写了一封信，信中说他赞成该委员会今年发表的一份呈文-该讲演指出媒体的自律所供给的监控并不够。

　　9. B。interpretation说明，论述,五湖四海全讯网。translation翻译；exhibition陈列，展览；demonstration说明，演示。

　　10. C。rather than而不是。better than比……好，用于比拟级。习惯搭配know better than很理智(而不至于)……；other than除……之外，不同于；sooner than比……早。

　　11. C。be entitled to有理由(有资历)取得……，是固定短语。authorized被公认，被受权的；be credited to归因于，归罪于；qualified有资格的，有才能的。

　　12. D。issue (有争议的)问题。impact冲击；影响；incident事件，事变；inference推断，揣测。

　　13. C,3344555全讯网。be said to have done据说曾经……。stated陈说，解释，多用于正式场所；remarked评论，说出感触和看法；told告知。

　　14. D。依据句型结构，应当抉择that作同位语从句的引导词。what；when和which三项都不能引诱同位语从句。

　　15. C。ensure确保，保障，常用构造是ensure sth., ensure that从句，或ensure doing...。assure保证，使释怀，使确信，后面接表现人的名词作宾语,百乐门博彩，常用结构是assure sb. of sth.；confide交代，流露(机密)等；guarantee担保，保证；许诺对……负责。