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
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked [A],[B],[C] and [D].Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(40 points)
Passage 1