同等学力申硕英语完形填空练习题(5)

　　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

　　【答案解析】

　　答案：

　　1. D。such as比如，像……。such as前面的先行词与词组后面所引导的词是整体与部分的关系;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说明。换句话说，such as前后是包括和被包括的关系，句中的特征体现是：词组前面是复数名词，后面则是单数名词的陈列。as to关于;至于。I don't know anything as to the others.关于其他，我一无所知;for instance例如，比如，和such as意思相同，但用法不同。such as连接词与词组，是介词性连词。for instance连接句子，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特别地，尤其。

　　2. A。tightening加强，使(法律法规等)更严格，和control做习惯动宾搭配。例子：The central government is tightening economic controls.中央政府正在加强经济控制。intensifying加强，加剧;使……强烈，不能和control做动宾搭配。可以说intensify one's efforts加紧努力;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决议草案。sketch素描;草图;梗概。sketch map(地形)示意图;rough粗略的;粗暴的。a rough plan大致的计划;preliminary初步的;预备的。a preliminary investigation初步调查。

　　4. B。illegal非法的，违法的。illogical不合逻辑的，不合理的，说不通的;improbable不可能的;improper不恰当的，不得体的。

　　5. A。publicity宣传;公众的注意。penalty惩罚;popularity普及，流行，名气，人缘;peculiarity独特，特质，奇特。

　　6. C。before在……之前，本局的意思是：为了大大加紧对新闻界的法律控制，大法官欧文勋爵将提出一项法律草案，其中将建议规定向证人付费属于违法行为，并将严格控制媒体在案件审理之前对案件的曝光程度。其它选项显然都不合逻辑。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同意，赞同。sided with站在……一边，支持，帮助;shared with与人分享，共同分担;complied with遵照，顺从。

　　8. B。offer提供。present呈献，奉送(礼品，奖品等)。manifest表明(思想，感情等);显示。indicate指明;指示;是……的征兆。本局的意思是：欧文勋爵给下议员媒体选择委员会主席杰拉尔德.考夫曼写了一封信，信中说他同意该委员会今年发表的一份报告-该报告指出媒体的自律所提供的监控并不够。

　　9. B。interpretation解释，阐述。translation翻译;exhibition陈列，展览;demonstration说明，演示。

　　10. C。rather than而不是。better than比……好，用于比较级。习惯搭配know better than很明智(而不至于)……;other than除……之外，不同于;sooner than比……早。

　　11. C。be entitled to有理由(有资格)获得……，是固定短语。authorized被公认，被授权的;be credited to归因于，归咎于;qualified有资格的，有能力的。

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

　　13. C。be said to have done据说曾经……。stated陈述，说明，多用于正式场合;remarked评论，说出感想和意见;told告诉。

　　14. D。根据句型结构，应该选择that作同位语从句的引导词。what;when和which三项都不能引导同位语从句。

　　15. C。ensure确保，保证，常用结构是ensure sth., ensure that从句，或ensure doing...。assure保证，使放心，使确信，后面接表示人的名词作宾语，常用结构是assure sb. of sth.;confide交代，吐露(秘密)等;guarantee担保，保证;承诺对……负责。

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