1、2001 年考研英语（一）试题Section II Cloze 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
2、 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_ an
3、d 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 contro
4、l._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 Conventio
5、n 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
6、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 ti
7、ghteningB 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 Publ
8、icationC 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 restrainingD sustaining45. A authorizedB creditedC entitledD qualified46. A withB toC fromD by47. A impactB incidentC inferenceD issue48. A statedB remarkedC saidD told49. A whatB whenC whichD that50. A assureB confideC ensure31. D 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. A36. C 37. D 38. B 39. B 40. A41. B 42. C 43. B 44. A 45. CD guarantee46. A 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. C
