2001年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题及参考答案

　　Part Ⅱ Cloze Test

　　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. (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 to 　　[B]for instance 　　[C]in particular　　[D]such as

　　32.[A]tightening 　　[B]intensifying　　 [C]focusing　　 [D]fastening

　　33.[A]sketch　　 [B]rough 　　[C]preliminary　　 [D]draft

　　34.[A]illogical　　 [B]illegal　　 [C]improbable　　 [D]improper

　　35.[A]publicity　　 [B]penalty　　 [C]popularity　　 [D]peculiarity

　　36.[A]since 　　[B]if 　　[C]before 　　[D]as

　　37.[A]sided 　　[B]shared 　　[C]complied　　 [D]agreed

　　38.[A]present　　 [B]offer 　　[C]manifest　　 [D]indicate

　　39.[A]Release 　　[B]Publication 　　[C]Printing 　　[D]Exposure

　　40.[A]storm 　　[B]rage 　　[C]flare　　 [D]flash

　　41.[A]translation　　 [B]interpretation　　[C]exhibition　　 [D]demonstration

　　42.[A]better than　　 [B]other than　　 [C]rather than　　 [D]sooner than

　　43.[A]changes　　 [B]makes 　　[C]sets 　　[D]turns

　　44.[A]binding 　　[B]convincing　　 [C]restraining　　 [D]sustaining

　　45.[A]authorized 　　[B]credited　　 [C]entitled 　　[D]qualified

　　46.[A]with　　 [B]to　　 [C]from 　　[D]by

　　47.[A]iMPAct　　 [B]incident　　 [C]inference　　 [D]issue

　　48.[A]stated　　 [B]remarked 　　[C]said　　 [D]told

　　49.[A]what 　　[B]when 　　[C]which 　　[D]that

　　50.[A]assure　　 [B]confide　　 [C]ensure　　 [D]guarantee