2014年在在职MBA完型填空练习及答案(6)

　　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.

　　9_of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a _10_of media protest when he said the _11_of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges _12_ to Parliament.

　　The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which _13_the European Convention on Human Rights legally _14_in Britain, laid down that everybody was _15_ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

　　"Press freedoms will be in safe hands _16_our British judges," he said.

　　Witness payments became an _17_after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were _18_to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised _19_witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to _20_guilty verdicts.

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　　B.for instance

　　C.in particular

　　D.such as

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　　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

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　　C.popularity

　　D.peculiarity

　　6 A.since

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　　D.as

　　7 A.sided

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　　8 A.present

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　　D.Exposure

　　10 A.storm

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