Section Ⅰ   Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word （s） for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）

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   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

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