Section I Use of English <br/> Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l. (10 points) <br/> <br/> The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases [小题1]the trial of Rosemary West. <br/> In a significant [小题2] of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a [小题3] bill that will propose making payments to witnesses [小题4] and will strictly control the amount of [小题5] that can be given to a case [小题6] a trial begins. <br/> In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he [小题7] with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not [小题8] sufficient control. <br/> [小题9] of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a [小题10] of media protest when he said the _ [小题11] of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges [小题12] to Parliament. <br/> The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which [小题13] the European Convention on Human Rights legally [小题14] in Britain, laid down that everybody was [小题15] to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. <br/> “Press freedoms will be in safe hands [小题16] our British judges,” he said. <br/> Witness payments became an [小题17]after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were [小题18] to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised [小题19] witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to [小题20] guilty verdicts. <br/> <br/> 1、 <br/> A、as to<br/> B、for instance<br/> C、 in particular<br/> D、 such as2、 <br/> A、tightening<br/> B、 intensifying<br/> C、focusing<br/> D、 fastening3、 <br/> A、sketch<br/> B、rough <br/> C、preliminary<br/> D、 draft4、A、illogical <br/> B、 illegal<br/> C、 improbable <br/> D、 improper5、 <br/> A、publicity<br/> B、penalty<br/> C、 popularity <br/> D、 peculiarity6、 <br/> A、since<br/> B、 if <br/> C、before<br/> D、as7、A、 sided <br/> B、shared<br/> C、complied <br/> D、agreed8、A、 present<br/> B、offer <br/> C、manifest <br/> D、indicate9、 <br/> A、Release<br/> B、Publication<br/> C、Printing <br/> D、Exposure10、A、storm <br/> B、 rage<br/> C、flare<br/> D、flash11、A、translation<br/> B、interpretation <br/> C、exhibition<br/> D、demonstration12、A、better than<br/> B、 other than <br/> C、rather than <br/> D、 sooner than13、A、changes <br/> B、makes<br/> C、 sets<br/> D、 turns14、A、binding<br/> B、convincing <br/> C、restraining <br/> D、sustaining15、 <br/> A、authorized<br/> B、credited <br/> C、 entitled<br/> D、qualified16、A、with <br/> B、 to<br/> C、 from<br/> D、 by17、A、impact <br/> B、incident<br/> C、inference<br/> D、 issue18、 <br/> A、stated<br/> B、 remarked<br/> C、said<br/> D、told19、A、what <br/> B、 when <br/> C、 which<br/> D、that20、 <br/> A、assure<br/> B、confide<br/> C、ensure <br/> D、guarantee