2001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases __31__ the trial of Rosemary West.

In a significant __32__ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a __33__ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses __34__ and will strictly control the amount of __35__ that can be given to a case __36__ a trial begins.

In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he __37__ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not __38__ sufficient control.

__39__ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a __40__ of media protest when he said the __41__ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges __42__ to Parliament.

The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which __43__ the European Convention on Human Rights legally __44__ in Britain, laid down that everybody was __45__ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

“Press freedoms will be in safe hands __46__ our British judges,” he said.

Witness payments became an __47__ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were __48__ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised __49__ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to __50__ guilty verdicts.

31. [A] as to

[B] for instance

[C] in particular

[D] such as

32. [A] tightening

[B] intensifying

[C] focusing

[D] fastening

33. [A] sketch

[B] rough

[C] preliminary

[D] draft

34. [A] illogical

[B] illegal

[C] improbable

[D] improper

35. [A] publicity

[B] penalty

[C] popularity

[D] peculiarity

36. [A] since

[B] if

[C] before

[D] as

37. [A] sided

[B] shared

[C] complied

[D] agreed

38. [A] present

[B] offer

[C] manifest

[D] indicate

39. [A] Release

[B] Publication

[C] Printing

[D] Exposure

40. [A] storm

[B] rage

[C] flare

[D] flash

41. [A] translation

[B] interpretation

[C] exhibition

[D] demonstration

42. [A] better than

[B] other than

[C] rather than

[D] sooner than

43. [A] changes

[B] makes

[C] sets

[D] turns

44. [A] binding

[B] convincing

[C] restraining

[D] sustaining

45. [A] authorized

[B] credited

[C] entitled

[D] qualified

46. [A] with

[B] to

[C] from

[D] by

47. [A] impact

[B] incident

[C] inference

[D] issue

48. [A] stated

[B] remarked

[C] said

[D] told

49. [A] what

[B] when

[C] which

[D] that

50. [A] assure

[B] confide

[C] ensure

[D] guarantee

2001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

31. [D] 32. [A] 33. [D] 34. [B] 35. [A]

36. [C] 37. [D] 38. [B] 39. [B] 40. [A]

41. [B] 42. [C] 43. [B] 44. [A] 45. [C]

46. [A] 47. [D] 48. [C] 49. [D] 50. [C]