Directions:
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.
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.
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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D |
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2 |
A |
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3 |
D |
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4 |
B |
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5 |
A |
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6 |
C |
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7 |
D |
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8 |
B |
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9 |
B |
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10 |
A |
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11 |
B |
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12 |
C |
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13 |
B |
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14 |
A |
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15 |
C |
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16 |
A |
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17 |
D |
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18 |
C |
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19 |
D |
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20 |
C |