2001年考研英语完形

2001年考研英语（一）试题Section IICloze TestDirections:For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points) 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 toB for instanceC in particularD such as32.A tighteningB intensifyingC focusingD fastening33.A sketchB roughC preliminaryD draft34.A illogicalB illegalC improbableD improper35.A publicityB penaltyC popularityD peculiarity36.A sinceB ifC beforeD as37.A sidedB sharedC compliedD agreed38.A presentB offerC manifestD indicate39.A ReleaseB PublicationC PrintingD Exposure40.A stormB rageC flareD flash41.A translationB interpretationC exhibitionD demonstration42.A better thanB other thanC rather thanD sooner than43.A changesB makesC setsD turns44.A bindingB convincingC restraining D sustaining45.A authorizedB creditedC entitledD qualified46.A withB toC fromD by47.A impactB incidentC inferenceD issue48.A statedB remarkedC saidD told49.A whatB whenC