2018考博英语完形填空模拟练习（14）

2018考博英语完形填空模拟练习（14）

　　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.

　　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] Release[B] Publication[C] Printing[D] Exposure

　　10.[A] storm[B] rage[C] flare[D] flash

　　11.[A] translation[B] interpretation[C] exhibition [D] demonstration

　　12.[A] better than[B] other than[C] rather than[D] sooner than

　　13.[A] changes[B] makes[C] sets[D] turns

　　14.[A] binding[B] convincing[C] restraining[D] sustaining

　　15.[A] authorized[B] credited[C] entitled[D] qualified

　　16.[A] with[B] to[C] from[D] by

　　17.[A] impact[B] incident[C] inference[D] issue

　　18.[A] stated[B] remarked[C] said[D] told

　　19.[A] what[B] when[C] which[D] that

　　20.[A] assure[B] confide[C] ensure[D] guarantee

　　参考答案：1-5. [D]. [A]. [D]. [B]. [A] 6-10. [C]. [D]. [B]. [B]. [A]

　　11-15. [B]. [C]. [B]. [A]. [C] 16-20. [A]. [D]. [C]. [D]. [C]

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